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Legends of mermaids have been a popular nautical subject with tales of sightings handed down through generations. It is now believed that sightings by sailors may have actually been manatees being spotted.

The manatee has a human like appearance and surfaces to breathe air and to eat sea grass. The manatee holds it's flippers out in front, which in low light - or moonlight - gives them a human like appearance. A human in an upright standing position.

Mermaid Tattoo Design on Woman's BackMermaids are given attributes of positive beauty, calling to sailors, beautiful half fish, half human like existence. Two of the stories developed around the mermaid legend is their ability to bestow special magical powers to humans and their ability to foretell the future, The other constant myth related to mermaids - and this was illustrated in the movie Splash with Tom Hanks, and of course, The Little Mermaid - is the yearning mermaids have to be human and their tendency to fall in love with male humans. Which leads to the dark angle related to mermaids - due to their yearning to be with human males, they are said to lure sailors with their siren song - enticeing them to join them in the sea and luring them to their deaths.

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