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Dugongs' debut at the Sydney Aquarium

2008-12-22 03:45:39 GMT2008-12-22 11:45:39 (Beijing Time)  China Daily

A dugong swims in the new Mermaid Lagoon display at the Sydney Aquarium in Sydney, Australia, Friday, December 19, 2008 during the introduction of two dugongs. It is said that dugongs, an aboriginal word meaning young child, in olden times were mistakenly identified as mermaids to mariners that had been at sea for a long time. [Agencies]

Hanna the mermaid swims in the new Mermaid Lagoon display at the Sydney Aquarium in Sydney, Australia, Friday, December 19, 2008 during the introduction of two dugongs. It is said that dugongs, an aboriginal word meaning young child, in olden times were mistakenly identified as mermaids to mariners that had been at sea for a long time. [Agencies]

A dugong swims in the new Mermaid Lagoon display at the Sydney Aquarium in Sydney, Australia, Friday, December 19, 2008 during the introduction of two dugongs. It is said that dugongs, an aboriginal word meaning young child, in olden times were mistakenly identified as mermaids to mariners that had been at sea for a long time. [Agencies]

Hanna the mermaid swims in the new Mermaid Lagoon display at the Sydney Aquarium in Sydney, Australia, Friday, December 19, 2008 during the introduction of two dugongs. It is said that dugongs, an aboriginal word meaning young child, in olden times were mistakenly identified as mermaids to mariners that had been at sea for a long time. [Agencies]

Photographers watch as Hanna the mermaid swims in the new Mermaid Lagoon display at the Sydney Aquarium in Sydney, Australia, Friday, December 19, 2008 during the introduction of two dugongs. It is said that dugongs, an aboriginal word meaning young child, in olden times were mistakenly identified as mermaids to mariners that had been at sea for a long time. [Agencies]

A dugong swims in the new Mermaid Lagoon display at the Sydney Aquarium in Sydney, Australia, Friday, December 19, 2008 during the introduction of two dugongs. It is said that dugongs, an aboriginal word meaning young child, in olden times were mistakenly identified as mermaids to mariners that had been at sea for a long time.

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