>>5166418
How smart are these things btw?

>>5166426
not very smart. mainly a curious, loitering sea species

>>5166440

Acthelly they might be as smart as their relatives, the elephants

>>5166418
Weren't there rumors that Columbus actually fucked a manatee or was that someone else?

>>5166496
But are they smarter than kudus?

>>5166502

He saw a mermaid he described as "manly". That's pretty much agreed to be a manatee

>>5166496
seems that smart animals are mammals who are social and take care of their young ones, elephants are particulary good in protecting their infants and teenagers and having a proper ceremony to say goodbye. manatees are perpetually intrigued, which makes it a good base to learn. lets give them a maybe

>>5166418
Seamen and pirates went crazy for this?

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>>5168537
if you were by chance and coincidence profiling the manat, you end up with two things:
-they dont talk, so noone listens, which is something they always did
-pirates and seamen dont listen (endangers the ship) to "mermaids" -which, again is not the manate, since they do not talk
hope that clarified confusion.

My grandfather killed and ate one :/

>>5171034
probably and easy kill and chewy meat. was he larping as a pirate? why did he do everyone this disservice?