meet Dyson

Dyson is a Dugong!.......he is also a sea floor vacuum cleaner :-)

Wildlife Photographer of the Year finalist

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Meet Dyson.....

Dyson is a Egyptian Dugong!!!

Dyson lives in a sheltered bay along the Egyptian coast.......

where he vigorously feeds .....sucking up sea-grass all day...... as its principal food source!

it moves itself along the ocean floor on its flippers......

rather than its whale-like tail,.....which it uses for swimming.

According to Douglas..... local dive operators .....

have given this particular individual the nickname Dyson.....

on account of his powerful sea-grass vacuuming technique!

What a funny creature :-)

yea...you wouldnt wanna get your hands anywhere near that mouth......

when he is happily vacuuming that sea grass!!!

the Egyptian version of a Florida manatee?

anyway...

enjoy!

picture by: Douglas Seifert....from the USA
for: Wildlife Photographer of the Year exhibition
source: http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit/wpy.html