UM-Bot Posted May 26, 2007 #1 Share Posted May 26, 2007 While sailing the ocean near Haiti, Christopher Columbus in 1493 reported seeing three mermaids from a distance. The Genoese explorer was not impressed.Up close, the sea maidens were "not as pretty as they are depicted," he wrote in his journal, "for somehow in the face they look like men. "Many scientists now think that what Columbus probably saw was a manatee, an aquatic mammal that resembles a flippered hippo. View: Full Article | Source: Live Science Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Denzanrom Posted May 27, 2007 #2 Share Posted May 27, 2007 Real 'mermaids' aren't even half-fish. They take a human form but have scaly skin. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TheRugDoctor Posted May 29, 2007 #3 Share Posted May 29, 2007 Real 'mermaids' aren't even half-fish. They take a human form but have scaly skin. o i see those all the time then Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
:PsYKoTiC:BeHAvIoR: Posted May 29, 2007 #4 Share Posted May 29, 2007 I wish I was able to visit this exhibition! It looks exciting to learn how mythical creatures came to be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spirit_Wolf Posted May 30, 2007 #5 Share Posted May 30, 2007 Aww. Wish I could visit it, that would be awsome! But I can always drea, oh well. But I think that people who love mythical creatures will enjoy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marvy Posted June 1, 2007 #6 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Yes this is great ... rational and logic is the way to go ... but more or less, blind faith to science will actually drives us away from one unknown reality to other "less absurd, more expected, comforting, and still inside the box" reality type. The latter which is what people need to have an enjoyable life. Off course I prefer to hear that Columbus and his crew are bunch of retards rather than accepting the idea that bizzare creature lives out there without our knowledge about it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SureFire Posted June 1, 2007 #7 Share Posted June 1, 2007 Off course I prefer to hear that Columbus and his crew are bunch of retards rather than accepting the idea that bizzare creature lives out there without our knowledge about it. Lol, good point, I mean at that time he had just started hit trips correct? And everything was uncharted at the time right? So I wonder why he was so closed minded when it came to things like that? Garbage, straight garbage... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Mule Posted June 12, 2007 #8 Share Posted June 12, 2007 Well....he WAS moronic enough to think he landed in India...and we have a holiday for this fool and not one for Neil Armstrong? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cryptozoology:BELIEVE! Posted August 4, 2007 #9 Share Posted August 4, 2007 Did a taxadermist get bored again? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenth Posted August 4, 2007 #10 Share Posted August 4, 2007 (edited) Someone dished up some alien hybrid fish here just makes you wonder what other undiscovered creatures lurk in the dark groggy depths of the ocean hehe alien hybrid Edited August 4, 2007 by Zenth Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zenth Posted August 4, 2007 #11 Share Posted August 4, 2007 ALIEN EXPERIMENTS ON FISH WE ARE ALL DOOMED!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glorybebe Posted August 4, 2007 #12 Share Posted August 4, 2007 ALIEN EXPERIMENTS ON FISH WE ARE ALL DOOMED!!!!! LOL! I would love to see this show! Oh, well, I still love to think "what if...." Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Dada Posted September 11, 2013 #13 Share Posted September 11, 2013 Skip to 15:49 to see a nice replica of one of the Victorian Mermen based on Frank Buckland's own description: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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