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2006-12-13 11:05:17 · 51 answers · asked by diana s 4 in Entertainment & Music ➔ Horoscopes
There is a possibility that they do exist!! the ocean is a HUGE place and they're still discovering underwater creatures to this day....
2006-12-13 11:08:09 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 4⤊ 2⤋
Mermaids are real, just not in the way you think.
It is said that in the old days when people were sailing the old OLD time ships they would suffer from scurvy because there was no way to keep fruits and vegetables on the ship with out them rotting in a few days so all they had was old meat in salt. Therefore, after being a sea for so long they would suffer from hallucinations and view the manatees (an actual animal) and see them as mermaids.
2006-12-13 11:32:58 · answer #2 · answered by purrfectica 2 · 0⤊ 2⤋
ok to stop the bleeding over here. Yes mermaids exist they are called manatees. They live in the St. John's river in FLA. Some drunken sailors got off a ship and saw them and thought that they were beautiful creatures, imagine thier suprise when they sobered up. However, the nickname stuck and there we have it. The mermaid.
2006-12-13 14:27:52 · answer #3 · answered by LunaFaye 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Mermaids do not exist. There is, however, a birth defect called the mermaidism. what happens is the legs do not seperate in the womb and the child is born with thier legs fused together. It is generally a fairly simple operation to seperate the legs surgically.
2006-12-13 11:14:05 · answer #4 · answered by zkiwi2004 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
A mermaid (from the Middle English mere in the obsolete sense 'sea' + maid(en)) is a legendary aquatic creature with the head and torso of human female and the tail of a fish. The male version of a mermaid is called a merman; the gender-neutral collective noun is merfolk. Various cultures throughout the world have similar figures. They were known to sing sailors to their deaths, like the Siren, or squeeze the life out of drowning men, while trying to rescue them.
The Sirens of Greek mythology are sometimes portrayed in later folklore as mermaids; in fact in some languages the name sirena is used interchangeably for both creatures. Other related types of mythical or legendary creature are water fairies (e.g. various water nymphs) and selkies
It is simply a myth.
2006-12-13 11:08:07 · answer #5 · answered by brad yo 1 · 3⤊ 3⤋
hmm i wouldnt really know cause i dont live under the sea
but they did not too long ago come out with a better version of the little mermaid it was alot better good renter
2006-12-13 11:16:04 · answer #6 · answered by lee 1 · 2⤊ 1⤋
In the scientific world... No. If mermaids existed, they would be as curious about us as we are about them. Someone would have seen/met one by now.
In the fantasy realm. Sure, they are just like us only underwater... that and the fishtail thing...
2006-12-13 11:09:41 · answer #7 · answered by John N 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Okay, can i ask u 1 ?, are u on come crack man
yeah sure mermaids exist alright (sarcastic)
NO
OF COURSE NOT
JUST LIKE SANTA ISN'T REAL
J/K
but i dont think they are but u can believe
im 26 and i believe in santa still
2006-12-13 11:08:34 · answer #8 · answered by Save the Envirnment 1 · 1⤊ 3⤋
they dont exist...but some side shows in the 30s and 40s and 50s etc. put the head and torso of a monkey on a fishes lower body...it looked pretty convincing...ive seen one in a museum..but they are not real.
2006-12-13 11:08:00 · answer #9 · answered by true 3 · 1⤊ 2⤋
Mermaids never existed its just a load of horse sh*t
2006-12-13 11:06:52 · answer #10 · answered by . 6 · 0⤊ 3⤋