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Sikes, Sylvia K. (detail)
   
1974
How to save the mermaids.
Oryx 12(4): 465-470. 3 figs. June 1974.
–Discusses the status of T. senegalensis in Nigeria, including individuals kept in captivity; describes the harpooning technique used by the Kabawa tribe; proposes ranching of manatees for meat as a means of conservation.
  Fauna Preservation Society funding for Sikes' research was announced in Oryx 12(2): 167, Oct. 1973.

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Africa
(SEE ALSO: Indian Ocean; Egypt; Madagascar; Red Sea)
  x 1974 Sikes, S. (TS; Nigeria; hunting, conservation; 465-470.)

Captivity, Sirenians in
(SEE ALSO: Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
  x 1974 Sikes, S. (TS; Nigeria; 468-469.)

Conservation
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Economic Uses; Hunting and Capture; Weed Control)
  x 1974 Sikes, S. (TS; Nigeria; 466-470.)

Economic Uses
(SEE ALSO: Archeological Sites, Sirenia at; Hunting and Capture; Medicinal Applications; Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance; Weed Control)
  x 1974 Sikes, S. (TS; Nigeria; ranching for meat; 469-470.)

Hunting and Capture
(SEE ALSO: Accidental Death or Injury; Archeological Sites, Sirenians at; Captivity, Sirenians in; Conservation; Economic Use; Natural Enemies; Weed Control)
  x * 1974 Sikes, S. (TS; Nigeria; harpooning by Kabawa; 467-468.)

Religious, Superstitious, or Ornamental Use or Observance
(SEE ALSO: Economic Use; Mermaid Legend)
  x 1974 Sikes, S. (TS; head & teeth as luck charms; m466.)

Trichechus senegalensis Link, 1795
  x * 1974 Sikes, S. (Nigeria; hunting, conservation; 465-470.)

Vernacular Names
  x 1974 Sikes, S. (TS; Nigeria; mammy-water; 466.)


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