IN 1560 JESUIT PRIEST JOSÉ DE ANCHIETA FIRST SAW A MANATEE,KNOWN IN BRAZIL AS '' PEIXE BOI '',
SURPRISED,HE COMPARED HIM TO AN ELEPHANT,TODAY SCIENCE KNOWS THEY SHARE THE SAME ANCESTORS. THE PEIXE BOI IS A HIGH RISK ENDANGERED SPECIES,THEY ARE GENTLE,CALM,AND GRAZE LIKE CATTLE,
THIS SCULPTURE MEASURING 53cm in LENGHT.LIGHT ACRILIC PAINT,
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Ina Griet
May 21, 2020 at 3:00PM
This is wonderful. The gentle animal is so well captured by the simple lines.