#savethefishies Fact of The Day! 🐘💡 Manatees and mermaids. Christopher Columbus and other early explorers claimed to have seen female figures swimming in the ocean—the mermaids in the writings and drawings of this era. Whether they had been at sea for too long or it was a trick of the light, we now know that many of these encounters were with manatees. 🐋💙 #sandcloud
Thanks: 📸 @benjhicks