Sea cow

Mermaid fish tail boasts the dugong . The water body and its head is reminiscent of men.

Even the name of this mammal comes from duyung, which means mermaid, sea maiden. (But fantastic character will prettier). Dugong has a small round head and short neck. On its face stump hanging fleshy lips. Immediately from the neck begins this beautiful tail, the tail-this beast and reminds mermaid.

Dugong inhabits warm coastal waters in bays and lagoons of Kenya and Mozambique. Usually sea monster keeps aloof and behaves very modestly popasetsya off the coast, eat algae and - retire. Why not a cow in a pasture, or dugong is called: sea cow.

Whistling sounds it emits only when nervous or scared . According to legend, the singing mermaid sea could enchant sailors. Having a good ear, dugong can catch the slightest fluctuations of water. But hearing the animal developed very poorly.

They say that the meat of these mammals is very similar to veal. It is clear that the hunt for dugongs. Aborigines traditionally catch them with harpoons boats, any other kind of hunting is prohibited: the dugong is listed as endangered.