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An orphaned dugong becomes a social media influencer in Thailand

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UN Environment

Publication Date
2019-07-10

“We got lucky she appeared when she did. We were about to get off the water when she popped up out of nowhere,” explains Alex Rendell, a Thai actor and conservationist, and founder of the Environmental Education Centre, of his encounter with the seven-month old dugong baby called Marium. “I’ve been there five times now.

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https://www.unenvironment.org/news-and-stories/story/orphaned-dugong-becomes-social-media-influencer-thailand