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Mermaids

do you believe in mermaids?

  • yes

    Votes: 8 25.0%

  • no

    Votes: 18 56.3%

  • undecided

    Votes: 4 12.5%

  • i am decended from one!

    Votes: 2 6.3%
  • Total voters
    32
“KURASHIKI, Okayama Prefecture—A “mermaid mummy” kept at a temple has been an object of worship, the stuff of nightmares and a source of mystery for hundreds of years. Now, for the first time, a project has started to scientifically analyze the mummified creature, which has the upper body of a human and the lower body of a fish.”

(video in link)

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/...SvPjSU1e18tjEyHyuKzew95xkgIpRybVBHrWKOMApNlSU

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Swifty said:
“KURASHIKI, Okayama Prefecture—A “mermaid mummy” kept at a temple has been an object of worship, the stuff of nightmares and a source of mystery for hundreds of years. Now, for the first time, a project has started to scientifically analyze the mummified creature, which has the upper body of a human and the lower body of a fish.”

(video in link)

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/...SvPjSU1e18tjEyHyuKzew95xkgIpRybVBHrWKOMApNlSU

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That's so obviously a monkey. :chuckle:
 
Swifty said:
“KURASHIKI, Okayama Prefecture—A “mermaid mummy” kept at a temple has been an object of worship, the stuff of nightmares and a source of mystery for hundreds of years. Now, for the first time, a project has started to scientifically analyze the mummified creature, which has the upper body of a human and the lower body of a fish.”

(video in link)

https://www.asahi.com/ajw/articles/...SvPjSU1e18tjEyHyuKzew95xkgIpRybVBHrWKOMApNlSU

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It’s a fuckin monkey.

A Fiji Mermaid.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fiji_mermaid

Is exactly what It is.
 
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Clossssssserrrr… I want to tell you a secret.
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doo dii dayy .. let me whisper in your ear .. doo dii day .. aam in love with you ..

It's not a monkey then. It's clearly one of the Beatles .. or Ed Sheeran's grandad because it's a ginger.

Joking aside though, the white bits on it's forehead and fingers are stone/gypsum/plaster flake offs after that kind of prop gets old. I've made stuff like this myself. It's fake, the white bits are where the paint's chipped off over the years. It's not a monkey/Fiji mermaid half monkey half fish unless someone cast their sculpture over a monkey skull, I'm just giving my opinion of what it was made of.
 
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A Real Mermaid Caught In Diani Beach, Ukunda, Kenya:


Well, who could fail to be convinced by that?

The story:

“Various clips claiming to show a "real mermaid" on a beach have gone viral across TikTok and YouTube, causing widespread speculation about how the footage came to be, and leading local authorities to debunk the claims.

On April 6, a user called Aamir Cali uploaded a TikTok captioned "Real Mermaid Caught in Muizenberg South Africa." The clip shows a group of people crowding around a human-like figure with a long moving tail attached to its lower body.

It went viral with 9.6 million views and is one of several on the user's account that claim to show a "real mermaid" caught on film.

On April 7, additional footage of what appeared to be the same scene resurfaced on several YouTube and TikTok accounts, but this time, captions under the videos said it was filmed in Ukanda, which is a town in Kenya. These videos have millions of combined views.

The account owners who uploaded these clips have not made any subsequent videos or responded to any comments to clarify whether they own the footage. Insider was unable to independently verify where the videos were filmed, and none of the account holders immediately replied to Insider's request for comment.

According to local Kenyan news channel NTV News, the Coast Regional Commissioner and Kwale County Commander in Kenya have dismissed the videos "as lies," and said, "Reports of an alleged mermaid spotted in Ukanda that are circulating on social media are fake." “

https://apple.news/AiYbHrLNcROKXVFQkGHmQAg

maximus otter
 
maximus otter said:
A Real Mermaid Caught In Diani Beach, Ukunda, Kenya:


Well, who could fail to be convinced by that?

The story:

“Various clips claiming to show a "real mermaid" on a beach have gone viral across TikTok and YouTube, causing widespread speculation about how the footage came to be, and leading local authorities to debunk the claims.

On April 6, a user called Aamir Cali uploaded a TikTok captioned "Real Mermaid Caught in Muizenberg South Africa." The clip shows a group of people crowding around a human-like figure with a long moving tail attached to its lower body.

It went viral with 9.6 million views and is one of several on the user's account that claim to show a "real mermaid" caught on film.

On April 7, additional footage of what appeared to be the same scene resurfaced on several YouTube and TikTok accounts, but this time, captions under the videos said it was filmed in Ukanda, which is a town in Kenya. These videos have millions of combined views.

The account owners who uploaded these clips have not made any subsequent videos or responded to any comments to clarify whether they own the footage. Insider was unable to independently verify where the videos were filmed, and none of the account holders immediately replied to Insider's request for comment.

According to local Kenyan news channel NTV News, the Coast Regional Commissioner and Kwale County Commander in Kenya have dismissed the videos "as lies," and said, "Reports of an alleged mermaid spotted in Ukanda that are circulating on social media are fake." “

https://apple.news/AiYbHrLNcROKXVFQkGHmQAg

maximus otter
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That is interesting footage but i feel it's faked. The connection between human and fish isn't subtle, and the tail doesn't shift the way you'd think, but the translucent color added to the tummy was a nice touch. Also, the crowd didn't really seem like people reacting to something phenomenal. But interesting!
 
The cosplay(?) pastime of playing as merfolk has grown into an international activity involving thousands of enthusiasts.
Fin-tastic! Growing ‘mermaiding’ subculture makes a splash

There was a pivotal moment in Queen Pangke Tabora’s life that eclipsed all others: It was the moment, she says, when she first slid her legs into a mermaid tail.

For the transgender Filipina woman approaching middle age, seeing her legs encased in vibrant, scaly-looking neoprene three years ago was the realization of a childhood dream. And it marked the beginning of her immersion into a watery world where she would find acceptance. The former insurance company worker described the experience of gliding under water, half-human and half-fish, as “meditation in motion.”

“The feeling was mermai-zing,” Tabora said one recent morning while lounging in a fiery red tail on a rocky beach south of Manila, where she now teaches mermaiding and freediving full-time. ...

Across the world, there are thousands more merfolk like her — at its simplest, humans of all shapes, genders and backgrounds who enjoy dressing up as mermaids. In recent years, a growing number have gleefully flocked to mermaid conventions and competitions, formed local groups called “pods,” launched mermaid magazines and poured their savings into a multimillion-dollar mermaid tail industry. ...

When mermaiding first started to catch on, most tails for sale were custom-made silicone creations that weigh up to 23 kilograms (50 pounds), cost upwards of $6,000 and take a surprising amount of time and lubricant to wrestle into. But over the past few years, the increasing availability of cheaper, lighter fabric options — some of which sell for less than $100 — has transformed the mermaiding community from an exclusive enclave for privileged professionals into an achievable dream for the wider public.

As mermaiding went mainstream, glamorous photos of mermaids resplendent in glitzy tails began gaining traction on social media, further fuelling mer-mania. An obsession with “The Little Mermaid” is common among merfolk, and there is anticipation of a fresh wave of mermaiding interest when a live action reboot of the film is released next year.

Swimming in the tails takes practice, and requires a piece of equipment long used by freedivers called a monofin — a single fin into which both feet are inserted. A mermaid’s mastery of the dolphin kick is key, along with equalization techniques to alleviate ear pressure under water.
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FULL STORY: https://apnews.com/article/canada-sydney-621e29ea1810b66da54684aa6a1da4b7
 
Putting something on, that decreases your ability in the water?

This is an accident waiting to happen.
 
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MrRING said:
That is interesting footage but i feel it's faked. The connection between human and fish isn't subtle, and the tail doesn't shift the way you'd think, but the translucent color added to the tummy was a nice touch. Also, the crowd didn't really seem like people reacting to something phenomenal. But interesting!
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In this particular case - shouldn't 'it' be called a Merman?
 
To add to a few of the above stories...

Mermaiding provides freedom and empowerment in the water for Nicola and her merpod​

I've always loved swimming and the ocean, and I always felt that I swam as a mermaid whenever I was in the water, even before I had a tail.

When my husband bought me my first tail nearly seven years ago, it was the best Christmas present ever.

I started looking into mermaiding and discovered a worldwide community of it, and it's absolutely huge. In Adelaide, we have our own merpod. For me and a lot of other people, we identify as mer.

I started taking my tail everywhere we went on holiday — people were entranced by it, to the point that they were wanting photos with me rather than the scenery.
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https://www.abc.net.au/everyday/mermaiding-provides-freedom-and-empowerment-in-the-water/101367580
 
Urgh!

At least they stress the safety aspect. It seems wildly inadvisable to me.

And mermaids are nasty characters to identify with.

<Disclaimer; Kondoru doesn't swim well and can't climb neither>.
 
Weird creature crashes against ocean cliff ..

'The camera view pans to the side and then jump-cuts to a similar dark creature on the rocks. It is unclear if it is the same creature later, or a different one. From this angle it bears a passing resemblance to a dead squid, but it’s not hard to see a human figure with a fishy tail either.'

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/tech...sedgntp&cvid=31dfe5a96c7e43e6a7b6ac86937246b1

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Swifty said:
Weird creature crashes against ocean cliff ..

'The camera view pans to the side and then jump-cuts to a similar dark creature on the rocks. It is unclear if it is the same creature later, or a different one. From this angle it bears a passing resemblance to a dead squid, but it’s not hard to see a human figure with a fishy tail either.'

https://www.msn.com/en-gb/news/tech...sedgntp&cvid=31dfe5a96c7e43e6a7b6ac86937246b1

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Apart from this thing having the appearance of being a merman, I note it has a pretty peculiar skull with what looks like flanges on each side. Thought it was just shadow - but it shows up in the shadow on the sand.
 
Swifty said:
'The camera view pans to the side and then jump-cuts to a similar dark creature on the rocks. It is unclear if it is the same creature later, or a different one. ...
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After multiple careful viewings, it's clear to me there are two different objects, and the one shown being tossed against the rocks isn't a creature at all.

The dark object that washes up atop a rock in the deliberately fragmentary string of video snippets is NOT the mer-person figure shown laid out on the sand.

Instead, its visible part (correlating with the mer-person figure's "upper body" and "head") is a rigid elongated object with a round cross section. It looks like a wooden pole or post.

In the brief glimpse you get of it you can see it has a uniform composition along its length (i.e., no separate head / neck / shoulder segments). When the waves toss it on the rock this section moves without any articulation (bending; twisting) at all.

Whatever the video shows in the water isn't the thing shown laid out on the sand.
 
EnolaGaia said:
After multiple careful viewings, it's clear to me there are two different objects, and the one shown being tossed against the rocks isn't a creature at all.

The dark object that washes up atop a rock in the deliberately fragmentary string of video snippets is NOT the mer-person figure shown laid out on the sand.

Instead, its visible part (correlating with the mer-person figure's "upper body" and "head") is a rigid elongated object with a round cross section. It looks like a wooden pole or post.

In the brief glimpse you get of it you can see it has a uniform composition along its length (i.e., no separate head / neck / shoulder segments). When the waves toss it on the rock this section moves without any articulation (bending; twisting) at all.

Whatever the video shows in the water isn't the thing shown laid out on the sand.
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Does the video (which I don't seem able to watch for some reason) mention the location of the beach because if it doesn't, that rings alarm bells for me.
 
Here's a photo grab from the video - prior to the jump cut.

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This earlier version of the "creature" doesn't have a fish tail or "arms" at all. The "head" end doesn't match the later shot, and if you watch the video you'll see this version doesn't even show a neck at all.

When the water moves this earlier version, it moves as a single rigid whole.
 
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