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  2. Are mermaids real or a fin-tastic fable? The history and ...

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    While mermaids exist in many cultures, the origin story Dr. Compora says is among the most familiar connects them to the sirens from Greek mythology. “Much of the modern idea of mermaids is ...

  3. Mermaid - Wikipedia

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    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.

  4. Mermaids: The Body Found - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Meet a real-life mermaid with a rare disease [Video] - AOL

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    Meet a real-life mermaid with a rare disease. October 5, 2020 at 11:01 AM. ... Anna Nicole Smith’s daughter Dannielynn debuts a dark wig in photos shared by her dad. Entertainment.

  6. Hannah Mermaid - Wikipedia

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    Hannah Fraser (born 6 February 1974), known professionally as Hannah Mermaid, is a professional model, actress, dancer, and performer who specialises in underwater and ocean-oriented freediving performances, often in mermaid costume. [1][2][3] She is a central figure in modern mermaiding [4][5][6][7][8][9] and is an ocean ecology activist. [10 ...

  7. What it's like to be a 'real life' mermaid - AOL

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    "No matter what the government says, mermaids are real," Lauren says with a twinkle in her eye. More to See: 'Most disastrous wedding pic ever' goes viral 69 years later, woman returns to find ...

  8. Fiji mermaid - Wikipedia

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    The Fiji mermaid (also Feejee mermaid) was an object composed of the torso and head of a juvenile monkey sewn to the back half of a fish. It was a common feature of sideshows where it was presented as the mummified body of a creature that was supposedly half mammal and half fish, a version of a mermaid. The original had fish scales with animal ...

  9. Mermaiding - Wikipedia

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    Mermaiding. Woman wearing a costume mermaid tail (Miami, Florida, 2003). Mermaiding (also referred to as artistic mermaiding, mermaidry, or artistic mermaid performance) is the practice of wearing, and often swimming in, a costume mermaid tail. [1][2] In the beginning of the twentieth century mermaiding was sometimes referred to as water ballet ...