Picture: Supplied Becoming a temporary mermaid became the unexpected highlight of our day following an unsuccessful manatee boat tour earlier that morning. My husband Tom and I had wanted to take Leia ...

“The best apocryphal story credits Christopher Columbus for spotting a mermaid during his voyage but actually ‘discovering’ ...

This is because of the manatees’ humanlike upper bodies and fishlike tails. This inspired Danish author Hans Christian Andersen to write the story The Little Mermaid. His book later became the ...