Assertion: manatee | /r/HasProperty | mermaid
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text: People used to think the Manatee was a mermaid.
text: I'm not aware of instances wherein manatees were once called mermaids, although Linnaeus and early taxonomists favored manatees and dugongs with the order "sirenia" after the mythological Greek sirens who lured sailors to their deaths with their songs.
text: Are manatees mermaids?
text: Interestingly, there is some lore around manatees which says that lonely, malnourished, and disoriented sailors, used to think manatees were mermaids.
text: Christopher Columbus thought that manatees were mermaids, writing the sea maidens were “not half as beautiful as they are painted.
text: They’ve historically been associated with the mythology of mermaids: Christopher Columbus and other sailors most likely saw Manatees rather the mermaids reportedly sighted during their explorations of the Caribbean.