Manatee Christmas Ornament
12278, Merck Family's Old World Christmas
**New for 2008**
Ornament measures approximately 2 3/4, silvery gray color marine animal. Made of mouth blown glass and hand painted.
Manatees are large, gentle sea mammals that live in warm coastal seas and water ways. Legends of mermaids most likely came from sightings of long-tailed manatees, who cradle their young in their arms. Manatees are very rare and an endangered species.
