WEST YARMOUTH — This is one curvaceous sea creature.

A sand sculpture of a busty mermaid outside of Salty’s restaurant has drawn some complaints that her breasts are too big. But the eatery’s owner said the hullaballoo over the installation is hogwash.

“It’s crazy that this has stirred up so much controversy,” Raymond Roy said. “It’s covered, it’s not nudity and it shouldn’t be censored.”

The mermaid wearing a clamshell bikini that barely covers up her generous proportions is one of 41 sculptures around town as part of this year's Yarmouth Summer Celebration.

To celebrate the sandy art that was created by Greg Grady and his team from New Hampshire, Yarmouth police added pictures of them on their Facebook page. But a few people last week commented that the mermaid sculpture was offensive, Police Chief Frank Frederickson said.

Several comments were a little off-color in jest, too, Frederickson said. He also got calls from Yarmouth Chamber of Commerce and town hall staff who relayed some concerns from the public.

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They pulled the post out of respect to those who didn’t think the saucy sculpture was in good taste, even if it was just a small minority, Frederickson said. Personally, he thinks the mermaid is "terrific" and an asset to the community alongside the others.

“(Censorship) was certainly not our intent,” he said. “It conflicted with some people so we took the picture down and replaced it with another one.”

“Our apologies for posting the Salty’s Diner mermaid sculpture. It was removed from this site due to complaints,” read the police Facebook post.

It was hard to find people who didn’t support the half-woman, half-fish sculpture that was meant to mirror Salty’s business logo of a woman riding a lobster. It is just sand, after all, several online posters said.

“It’s a work of art, absolutely. It’s cool,” said David Gibbs of Attleboro, who moseyed over to the restaurant Thursday with three others to see what the fuss was about. Ironically, Salty’s was closed for the day due to equipment problems.

Two females in his party had no problem with the mermaid, even if she has a certain Dolly Parton quality to her.

“If you’ve got it, flaunt it,” laughed Kara Levoshko of Middleboro.

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