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English. Mermaids: The Body Found is a mockumentary television program [1] originally aired on American TV channels Animal Planet (May 27, 2012) and Discovery Channel (June 17, 2012). It tells a story of a scientific team's investigative efforts to uncover the source behind mysterious underwater recordings of an unidentified marine body.
Mad About Men. Magic Island (film) The Mermaid (1904 film) Mermaid Got Married. A Mermaid in Paris. The Mermaid (1965 film) Mermaids (2003 film) Mermaids of Tiburon. Mermaids: The Body Found.
Country. Worldwide. In folklore, a mermaid is an aquatic creature with the head and upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish. [1] Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including Europe, Asia, and Africa. Mermaids are sometimes associated with perilous events such as floods, storms, shipwrecks, and drownings.
However, these half-human creatures are not real as “no evidence of aquatic humanoids has ever been found,” the post continues. “Mermaids are fictional, of course,” echoes Dr. Compora ...
In April 2012, Animal Planet's entertainment-oriented direction was criticized after it broadcast Mermaids: The Body Found—a fictional documentary suggesting that mermaids were real. Despite its fictitious content, the documentary was widely viewed, and a follow-up entitled Mermaids: The New Evidence set an all-time ratings record for the ...
The appearance of her hair ranges from straight, curly to wooly black and combed straight back. [4] [5] Most scholarly sources suggest the name "Mami Wata" is a pidgin English derivation of "Mother Water", reflecting the goddess's title ("mother of water" or "grandmother of water") in the Agni language of Côte d'Ivoire, [6] although this etymology has been disputed by Africanist writers in ...
Career. Sid Bennett has written, directed and produced over a hundred hours of mainstream TV programmes in the US, UK and worldwide. His two-hour film Mermaids: The Body Found, a fantasy drama made in documentary-format, netted one of Discovery Channel/Animal Planet's biggest cross-platform audiences in its history. [1] Sid Bennett's other TV ...
The purpose of the show was to argue that mermaids COULD exist, much as Discovery's documentary on Dragons did. The primary difference between the shows is that "Mermaids" presents valid scientific hypothesis as if it were real evidence, thus is a mockumentary.