<font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">It had to be, the water is to way to warm for a walrus.Quote:
Originally posted by travelinman:
</font><blockquote><font size="1" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">quote:</font><hr /><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">Originally posted by G L:
sure it wasn't a manatee, Greg? They are common down here and look a lot like a walrus.
Something I find hard to believe is the manatees are one of the possible explanations for the mermaid. Those old saliors must have been blind.</font><hr /></blockquote><font size="2" face="Verdana, Helvetica, sans-serif">1. Very hard-up
2. Think about what women looked like then in general and maybe their perception wasn't too far off from what was waiting for them at home...