
This, my friends, is a sea cow. Or manatee. Or mami water. Or (my personal favourite here) a dugong.
These here dugongs in Lake Volta in Ghana, West Africa, are slowly being wiped out. There's a Guardian article here.
I think that us farmers need to show a bit of solidarity to the poor little sea cow. Well I say little, your Dugong is about the size of a sofa (yes, sofas vary, I'm aware of that. Two seater, three seater, recliner, 3 years 0% finance. Enough questions - I'm just quoting the Guardian here)
Some people think that they are mermaids on account of their teats. I don't think that, I'm just telling you what they think. That's the last thing that I think. Good grief haven't they seen that picture - she's no bloomin' mermaid.
According to the article One fisherman from Akosombo, a town on the banks of the Volta, refuses to speak of mami water, other than to say: "It is not an animal. It is a woman." WHAT??? How lonely is that fisherman? I'll have what he's drinking. She wouldn't be mistaken for a woman even in Spalding on a Saturday night (Boston maybe, Spalding no)
Anyway. That's the sea cow. Be glad you don't have to milk it. Or marry it.







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