Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Love your Sea Cow

Today is Manatee (aka Sea Cow) Appreciation Day so I decided to share a picture from my close encounter with a Sea Cow during my recent trip to Australia.
Isn't she beautiful? Is it any wonder that ancient sailors, away from home for months or years on end thought these beauties were mermaids when they saw them come up for air.  According to something I read recently, Manatees, who are closely related to Elephants, evolved from land animals to sea dwelling creatures. That seems backwards to me but perhaps they found floating around all day to be a more peaceful existence. They are still mamals but can hold their breath for up to 20 minutes.
I was able to take this picture at the aquarium in Sydney.  They have these glass tunnels that allow you to walk through /under the tanks as the sea creatures swim over and beside you.  I was lucky to get this picture as she swam quickly over me. 

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