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Title: Marine biology: Are mermaids real?
Post by: musicproject on Jun 13, 2015
I saw a video showing five real mermaids, and I´m kinda confussed, they seem real but I don´t really know

This is the video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1-wWgUthJA (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=m1-wWgUthJA)

What do you think?


Title: Re: Marine biology: Are mermaids real?
Post by: bio_man on Jun 13, 2015
Meraids are mythical creatures. They don't exist. This sort of thing can easily be created with computer special effects, nothing new here.


Title: Re: Marine biology: Are mermaids real?
Post by: ronniemoises on Jun 13, 2015
A mermaid is a legendary aquatic creature with the upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including the Near East, Europe, Africa and Asia. The first stories appeared in ancient Assyria, in which the goddess Atargatis transformed herself into a mermaid out of shame for accidentally killing her human lover.


Title: Re: Marine biology: Are mermaids real?
Post by: Monox D. I-Fly on Sep 4, 2015
Aren't mermaids actually just a female dugong milking her child?


Title: Re: Marine biology: Are mermaids real?
Post by: bio_man on Sep 5, 2015
female dugong

I have *never* heard or seen this animal before. Will research it more!


Title: Re: Marine biology: Are mermaids real?
Post by: Monox D. I-Fly on Sep 5, 2015
female dugong

I have *never* heard or seen this animal before. Will research it more!

It's a Cetacea (marine mammal) whose face looks like a cow.


Title: Re: Marine biology: Are mermaids real?
Post by: bio_man on Sep 5, 2015
lol

So is it like a whale?


Title: Re: Marine biology: Are mermaids real?
Post by: padre on Sep 5, 2015
lol

So is it like a whale?

Yes.


Title: Re: Marine biology: Are mermaids real?
Post by: bio_man on Sep 5, 2015
But it looks so different.