Mercows head northAn endangered manatee has been spotted up near Rhode Island, further north than it is expected, but water temperatures are up. A couple of weeks ago, New Yorkers got a look at a manatee in the Hudson River. Global warming? mmmmmmaybe... well, who's to say?
Ancient sailors thought the manatee was a mermaid - an honest mistake, perhaps, for a sailor to make after months at sea. [Link]
OK, I've always been puzzled by this. Maybe it is the case that these sailors were so desperate that they were happy to see anything with curves, but still, I have to think that this is partly because of them having a different "feminine ideal" than people have now.
(putting aside the fact that they are not only seeing these big spuds as half-woman, but they are thinking that they are mermaids -- something that doesn't even exist -- or does it?) "Honest mistake"? Kind of funny.
Picture snagged from Flickr
- mermaid - manatee - Sailors -
5 comments:
Yes, manatees don't look at all like Daryl Hannah.
I'll bet the old tyme sailors would have thought that Daryl Hannah needed a sandwich.
Heh! A BUNCH of sandwiches!
I thought she was endearing in that flick, just like the producers wanted me to think.
I wonder if the Atlantic current up the East Coast has been changin' too. I know it's awfully warm goin' past Florida..
Hey now! My noodley appendage was onto somethin'!
Looks like a trend, alright! You might say the South is rising! Problem is, pretty fish and sexually attractive manatees are one thing, but on land there's uglier stuff moving north, like killer bees. Yikes!
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