Do Mermaids Really Exist?

 

Popular belief has it that the legend of mermaids comes from the Manatee. A mermaid (from the Middle English mere in the obsolete sense 'sea' (as in maritime, the Latin mare, "sea") + maid(en)) is a legendary aquatic creature with the head and torso of human female and the tail of a fish

Florida - a haven for wildlife

With so many cruises departing out of Miami and Fort Lauderdale, I thought a few images from my own trips to Florida wouldn't go amiss:

Egret