Fun fact. I've always heard how the sailors and pirates from the old tall ship days used sometimes think that they saw mermaids swimming in the waters while peering over the ship's rails. But, the "mermaids" were really manatees. No idea if this is just a fable or if there's truth to it, but that's what I've always heard.
Anyway, if you mistake a fat, slow manatee (I love them for their ugly/cuteness, but they're still fat and slow), if you mistake a manatee for a mermaid, you've been out at sea far, far too long! (Or, maybe fat and slow is an attractive mermaid. I'm not judging.)
But what about the Weeki Wachee mermaids?!
Fun fact. I've always heard how the sailors and pirates from the old tall ship days used sometimes think that they saw mermaids swimming in the waters while peering over the ship's rails. But, the "mermaids" were really manatees. No idea if this is just a fable or if there's truth to it, but that's what I've always heard.
Anyway, if you mistake a fat, slow manatee (I love them for their ugly/cuteness, but they're still fat and slow), if you mistake a manatee for a mermaid, you've been out at sea far, far too long! (Or, maybe fat and slow is an attractive mermaid. I'm not judging.)