Are mermaids real? Let me start by saying that humans are very different than all other terrestrial (living on land) mammals. Aside from our sentience and sapience and our amazing intelligence, our spines are much straighter and more flexible in comparison to other terrestrial mammals; our fingers are partially webbed. We can control our breathing like no other mammal on Earth. Did you know that human babies can hold their breath instinctively? Any other terrestrial mammal's offspring would drown. We have a thick layer of insulating fat thats purpose is to keep us warm in water . The only other type of mammal with a fat layer similar to ours is marine mammals. We are also the only land mammals that sweat, an adaptation more suited for marine life. What I'm trying to conjecture here is that maybe, somewhere in our evolutionary lineage, we were borne of the sea. Before discarding this thought, think about it: earlier in Earth's history , food was much more plentiful in the oceans than it was on land. It was advantageous and probable that our ancestors adapted in some way, over millions of years, to accommodate this. Look at modern polar bears. Hundreds of thousands of years ago, a group of brown bears that lived in frigid regions split from the normal line of evolution to take advantage of the plentiful supply of food in the ocean . They grew to hold their breath longer, and grew a tolerance for colder weather and freezing waters. These bears are what we know today as polar bears. We're actually witnessing a species adapting to its environment over time right now! If polar bears are changing into marine mammals now, why, somewhere down the line, couldn't this have happened to humans?

 

In recent years, there have been recurring spottings of an unknown genus of dolphin, or a completely unknown species of marine mammal. All of these spottings have only been in partiality; only parts of these species have been recovered. What has been recovered suggests that, due to the discovery of a hinged ribcage, finger-like bones in the tail fin, a large spleen (common in marine mammals), and the remains of leg and hip bones with an iliac crest (a bone formation designed to support weight), these creatures are very, very similar to us. If you didn't already know, a vestigial structure in an organism is a part that serves no purpose, but still appears in said organism, like how many species of whales still have hip bones. Vestigial structures were most likely used in past variants of a species. The iliac crests found have to mean that these unknown, humanoid creatures once walked on land. And there's only one type of creature that walks completely upright on two legs with iliac crests like the ones found in this creature... You and me.

 

I believe mermaids exist, just not in the idea that many believe it in. They are a remnant of an early evolution that branched off of us because most of the early world was water. Some of our ancestors may have gotten stranded on an island and turned to the water instead of staying on land like we did. They were forced to go to the water and evolutionized into what I believe are Mermaids.

 

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Videos regarding a documentary of a mermaid from Animal Planet *it's pretty long so you don't have to watch it*

 

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Part eight

Part Nine

Edited June 11, 201312 yr by occazn

I say not real until I see it. When I think of a mermaid, I think of the little mermaid and I am 100% sure, if there are real mermaids, they are not like that. Anyways, I saw a leaked video somewhere saying there was.

I don't believe that they exist. It's a fictional Idea and I don't think that there is a large chance the the fictional idea was true.

^, mermaids aren't real imo, unless I see a quality video and pictures with multiple people confirming they saw it. Even then I'd be skeptic. 

Above nub, those videos are poorly put together piles of shit

 

First of all, I thought this was an intellectual discussion. That wasn't very intellectual at all.

 

 

I say not real until I see it. When I think of a mermaid, I think of the little mermaid and I am 100% sure, if there are real mermaids, they are not like that. Anyways, I saw a leaked video somewhere saying there was.

 

I'm not talking about those videos of something being on a rock and the thing jumps off the rock. I'm not talking about some random fish fin just coming out of the water and people proclaiming that's a mermaid. The videos I'm talking about aren't leaked but were actually given to a Live television audience. A geologist actually got the video from being in a submarine in the deep depths of the ocean. He was playing the sounds of the "Bloop" An unidentified sound that nobody knew what made it for years. He stated that seven months into their expedition, they actually found this Mermaid and have a video of it. I can link the video here if you want.

Also, back in the 1300's or something like that, a man *I forgot the name of* owned a freak show. In that freak show, he claimed to have had a "Real Mermaid". Within the next day of saying he had the "Real Mermaid", the freak show was set on fire from unknown reasons and the "Mermaid" was gone. Although, somebody did take a picture of it and the picture of that Mermaid back in the 1300's resembles very closely to the one in the video from the Geologist. 

 

There has been a lot of proof of mermaids existing. Just not in a scientific way. How come centuries ago, people from all over the world had myths and drawings of mermaids, but none of them had any contact with one another? How come all of these drawings of a "Mermaid" Resemble one another? 

 

Another thing is that fisherman throughout history have found random spears and sharp utensils inside of fish they caught. How did these spears get into the fish? All of the spears looked the same and were all found inside of fish the fisherman caught. Where did these spears come from? Don't forget that if mermaids do, in fact, exist, and are an ancestor of us, then they also have superior intelligence. How do we, humans, defend ourselves from predators? We have cover, such as houses to hide from them. We have weapons such as Guns to defend against them. Why can the mermaids not do the same? Although there have been sightings, only few people have claimed to have ever "Caught" A mermaid or ever seen one. The myths from centuries ago have mermaid sightings all over the world, but we don't have any now. Maybe it's because man is so curious about the mermaids, we drove them into hiding. 

LOCK THIS THREAD PL0X No intellectual discussion here :[. Just people saying "its fake l0l* GG this topic