• Question: are mermaids real

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      Asked by anon-285894 on 4 Mar 2021.
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        Sara Velasquez answered on 4 Mar 2021:

        Im not aware of any scientific evidence of mermaids, but there is a lot we don’t know about the depth of the sea. But there are a lot of interesting animals in the sea that have inspired new materials and technologies such as waterproof clothing. 🙂

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        Isolda Romero-Canelon answered on 4 Mar 2021:

        mmmm….define mermaid!

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        Jesko Koehnke answered on 4 Mar 2021:

        There is no evidence for their existence on this planet, but that does not mean they don’t exist. I personally do not think so, but it would be super-exciting to be proven wrong.

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        Martin McCoustra answered on 4 Mar 2021:

        It depends on what you mean…. There is in a museum somewhere a stuffed animal that is described as a Mermaid. But its cobbled together from bits of different animals – a monkey and a large fish. The Victorians did this a lot! People have also said that the Manatee, an aquatic mammal found in the waters around Florida, is the source of the mermaid myth.

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        Amy Sanders answered on 4 Mar 2021:

        Despite extensive research, we haven’t been able to confirm the existence of mermaids. It’s thought that sailors may have gone a bit loopy and decided that the manatees they saw were what we refer to as mermaids.
        But then again, the ocean is very big and we haven’t found everything yet, so who knows!

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        Matt Foulkes answered on 4 Mar 2021:

        I’d love to say yes to this, but I’m afraid I’ve never seen one. I would say they’re probably not real – but would be excited to be proven wrong!
        However, what I can say is that I have been to see the statue of ‘The Little Mermaid’ in Copenhagen, the capital city of Denmark, I really liked Copenhagen and can recommend it for a visit some time. But the Little Mermaid statue really lives up its name – for something so well known, it certainly is little!

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        Ane Valera answered on 5 Mar 2021:

        I’m sorry to say that even if sailor tales talk about them, there is not scientific evidence about their existence. But hope they find some relevant results so that we can say they exist!

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