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| 300yo mummified ‘mermaid’ with ‘human face’ and tail? |
love/hate/fear of mermaids would love this
It always amazes me just what tales some groups of followers will believe to be true, no matter how entertaining telling them might be, hey Chris?-)
Europe, China and Japan all over the world.
“Therefore, I can imagine that people at that time were also very interested in it.”
He continued: “I think it is made from living animals and we would like to identify them by CAT scans or DNA testing.
“Therefore, I can imagine that people at that time were also very interested in it.”
He continued: “I think it is made from living animals and we would like to identify them by CAT scans or DNA testing.
“It looks like a fish with scales on the lower body and a primate with hands and a face on the upper body.”
There is precedent for such a fabrication.
PT Barnum, whose life inspired the 2017 blockbuster
There is precedent for such a fabrication.
PT Barnum, whose life inspired the 2017 blockbuster
The Greatest Showman, exhibited a similar specimen at his
American Museum in New York before it burned down in 1865.
This mummy, created from the torso and head of a monkey sewn onto the back half of a fish, was purportedly caught off the coast of Fiji and later purchased from Japanese sailors.
In Japanese folklore, there exists a creature called the ningyo, which is described as having a monkey’s mouth with fishlike teeth and a body covered in golden scales.
The scientists examining the mummy will publish their findings later this year:-)
This mummy, created from the torso and head of a monkey sewn onto the back half of a fish, was purportedly caught off the coast of Fiji and later purchased from Japanese sailors.
In Japanese folklore, there exists a creature called the ningyo, which is described as having a monkey’s mouth with fishlike teeth and a body covered in golden scales.
The scientists examining the mummy will publish their findings later this year:-)
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