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Burton, Maurice (detail)
   
1957
Manatees, not mermaids.
Illus. London News 230: 272. 2 figs. Feb. 16, 1957.
–Summarizes Moore's (1956) account of Florida manatee behavior, and again expresses doubt as to the sir. origin of the mermaid legend.

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Behavior (General and Miscellaneous)
(SEE ALSO: Birth and Breeding; Captivity, Sirenians in; Locomotion; Migration and Movements; Sound Production; Respiration and Diving; and under species)
  x 1957 Burton, M. (TML; gen. acc.; 272.)

Guyana
(formerly British Guiana)
  1957 Burton, M. (TMM; photo)

Mermaid Legend
(SEE ALSO: Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Ri)
  x 1957 Burton, M. (sir. origin of legend discounted, in light of manatee behavior; 272.)

Trichechus manatus latirostris (Harlan, 1824) Hatt, 1934
  x v 1957 Burton, M. (summary of Moore [1956]; 272.)


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