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Sea cows belong to the Sirenians, named for the mythological seabird-women who bewitched sailors with song. I’m drawn to sirens, selkies, and the goddess Io who swam the seas in the form of a cow. Most of my writing is about women, whales, and cows.

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    Mary Beth Rew Hicks is a marine biologist and writer on the Oregon coast. She is writing a memoir about women and whales. Her writing has been published in Selkie and Assignment.

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