The Dugong

The Dugong

One of my latest artwork for my Philippine Wildlife Art project features the Dugong. Most people are familiar with the dugong, or its cousin the manatee. But there is so much more behind these large but harmless creatures of the sea. Not only are dugong related to manatees, both are more related to elephants then they are other marine mammals!

This is just some of the trivia I learned while drawing the dugong. Speaking of drawing, here is a timelapse of one of the art pieces here:

Read more about them at Philippine Wildlife Art!

https://philippinewildlife.art/portfolio/dugong/