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| Keywords: Sea fables explained (15584909821).jpg THE MERMAID <br> 43 <br> fore obliged to come to the surface at frequent inter\-als <br> for respiration As they breathe through nostrils at the <br> end of the muzzle instead of like most of the whales <br> through a blow-hole on the top of the head their habit is <br> to rise sometimes vertically in the water with the head <br> and fore part of the body exposed above the surface and <br> often to remain in this position for some minutes When <br> seen thus with head and breast bare and clasping its <br> young one to its body the female presents a certain re- <br> FIG i6 ” THE DUGONG Fvom Sir J Emcrsoii Tcnucnt's ' – dylon <br> semblance to a woman from the waist upward When <br> approached or disturbed it dives ; the tail and hinder portion <br> of the body come into view and we see that if there was <br> little of the inulier fonnosa siepcrjie at any rate dcsinit <br> in piscem ' The manatee has thence been called by the <br> Spaniards and Portuguese the woman-fish and by the <br> Dutch the manetje or mannikin The dugong having <br> the muzzle bristly is named b\- the latter the baard- <br> manetje or little bearded man There are no bristles <br> or whiskers on the muzzle of the manatee ; all the portraits 10985626 41337 10456 Page 43 Text http //www biodiversitylibrary org/page/10985626 1883 10 5962/bhl title 10456 International Fisheries Exhibition; Lee Henry Biodiversity Heritage Library Sea fables explained Mermaids Monsters Are Real Folklore Ocean Smithsonian Libraries bhl page 10985626 dc identifier http //biodiversitylibrary org/page/10985626 bhlMonstersRreal Halloween dugong smithsonian libraries bhlmonstersrreal halloween Information field Flickr posted date ISOdate 2014-10-21 CC-BY-2 0 BioDivLibrary https //flickr com/photos/61021753 N02/15584909821 2015-08-25 17 56 29 cc-by-2 0 PD-old-70-1923 Dugong Sea fables explained Photos uploaded from Flickr by Fæ using a script | ||||
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