'The nation's sweetheart': Thailand falls in love with orphaned baby dugong
by Jamie Fullerton in Bangkok from Environment | The Guardian on (#4JD8D)
Marium, who is five months' old, was rescued off Thailand's southern Krabi province after she was separated from her mother
She eats sea grass, drinks milk from a rubber glove, snuggles up to passing canoes and frequently beaches herself. But these idiosyncrasies have not stopped an entire nation from falling in love with her.
Thailand has a new national sweetheart - an orphaned baby dugong called Marium.
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