dugong

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• The large lagoon and break in the reef attract many species, including dugongs, whale sharks, dolphins and manta rays.
• Of all the cetacea, that which approaches the nearest in form to man is undoubtedly the dugong, which, when its head and breast are raised above the water, and its pectoral fins, resembling hands, are visible, might easily be taken by superstitious seamen for a semi-human being. The Mirror of Literature, Amusement, and Instruction Volume 14, No. 406, December 26, 1829
• M. Cuvier suspects that I may have mistaken for it the animal called by naturalists the dugong, and vulgarly the sea-cow, which will be hereafter mentioned; and it would indeed be a grievous error to mistake for a beast with four legs, a fish with two pectoral fins serving the purposes of feet; but, independently of the authority I have stated, the kuda ayer, or river-horse, is familiarly known to the natives, as is also the duyong (from which M.layan word the dugong of naturalists has been corrupted); and I have only to add that, in a register given by the Philosophical Society of Batavia in the first The History of Sumatra Containing An Account Of The Government, Laws, Customs And Manners Of The Native Inhabitants
• The order Sirenia is composed of manatees and dugongs, and the order Cetacea includes whales, dolphins, and porpoises.
• This description helps to explain why both the dugong and the manatee have given rise to tales about mermaids, marine creatures with breasts and a forked tail.
• Blacks harpoon dugong as they do turtle, but the sport demands greater patience and dexterity, for the dugong is a wary animal and shy, to be approached only with the exercise of artful caution. The Confessions of a Beachcomber
• The fisherman found a rare dugong in the water.
• Dugongids lack the vestigial nails on their flippers that are possessed by manatees.
• The Shark Bay project covered all aspects of conservation concerning bilbies, dugongs and other flora and fauna in the area.
• He said this in a despairing tone, for the dugong, which is the The Castaways