'The nation's sweetheart': Thailand falls in love with orphaned baby dugong
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.
Marium is being hand-reared after she was found alone near a beach in Thailand’s southern Krabi province in April and rescued.
After photos showing the five-month-old marine
