a water color by Claudia Makeyev
D is for Dugong
Tagalog: Duyong
Scientific name: Dugong dugon
We delight in devouring delicious, delicate sea grass shoots.
We’re shaped like manatees and have dolphin tails to boot
Underwater we swim, sleep, and eat but we are not fish.
Dugongs are actually mammals, Isn’t that neat?
Mermaid Scientist 
j’apprécie beaucoup tes dessins! Bravo Claudia. Bisous Sonia