Do mermaids really exist?

It is highly unlikely that mermaids exist. What is likely is that sailor might have glimpsed a plant eating marine mammal called the manatee. The manatee floats upright while nursing its young, using its front feet to cradle its baby. From a distance, an imaginative sailor might think it is woman with a baby in her arms.

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