Mermaid, also known as Mermaid and mackerel (ancient Chinese name), is a mysterious aquatic animal with a human body and fish tail. It mostly lives in the waters of the sea and often appears in fairy tales, myths, strange tales, fantasy novels or ancient legends, as well as historical records. It is a famous artistic image.
It is said that the mermaid is bounded by the waist, most of which are beautiful women in the upper body and beautiful fish tails with scales in the lower body. The whole body is both attractive and easy to escape quickly. There are male and female. They have no soul and are as ruthless as the sea; Sound is usually deceptive as its appearance; It has many characteristics, such as temptation, vanity, beauty, cruelty and desperate love. It can not only live underwater, but also live on dry land for a short time. In addition, due to the imagination of modern people, it can also be amphibious, and even has magic ability.
In modern times, many films, cartoons, songs and other forms are named after it. It is generally believed that the biological prototype of mermaids is dugong or manatee. As for whether it really exists, people are also skeptical. People in many countries have claimed that they have witnessed the appearance of mermaids, as well as the exploration, interpretation and introduction of mermaid fossils reported by various news media and the forum of unsolved mystery programs, but there is still no actual and clear evidence and proof for scientific research.
In June, 2013, mermaids were frequently claimed to have been seen in the nearby waters in yam Town, Haifa District, Israel. The town manager lost no time in issuing a "reward order" in order to set off a tourism boom. Despite the endless reports of mermaids in yam Town, many people are still skeptical of the existence of mermaids. Some people even think that the reward offered by the government is suspected of hype.

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Recently, an American researcher said that the mermaid is not just a legend, it really exists in our real world. This statement immediately attracted widespread attention. Researchers believe that mermaids are anthropoid apes that evolved from some ancient apes living in the sea in the process of evolution from ancient apes to humans. They share the same ancestor with humans. Only in the slow evolution years, human beings have forgotten it and become a legend.
Old Pliny, a natural scientist who has written about "Mermaid" creatures, wrote in his immortal book "natural history": "as for mermaids, also known as neerid, this is not incredible... They are real, but their bodies are rough and covered with scales, even those parts like women also have scales."
In April, 1990, the media reported that some scientists were trying to find out the origin of the mummy of a mermaid 3000 years ago, the most amazing archaeological discovery today.
Dr. Eduardo of the United States, who participated in this work, said that from the evidence they had, the mermaid was not a legendary or fictional creature, but a creature that did exist in the world.
The media in Kuwait reported on August 24th, 1980 that recently, a miracle of the biological park, the mermaid, was discovered on the coast of the Red Sea. The mermaid is shaped like a fish in the upper body and a woman in the lower body - with two legs and ten toes like a human. Unfortunately, it was found dead.
There are also discoveries about living mermaids. In 1962, a scientist caught a mermaid alive. British media, Chinese media and many other newspapers and periodicals reported on this matter. Dr. vino Greider of the Lenin Academy of Sciences of the former Soviet Union told the story: in 1962, a probe ship carrying scientists and military experts caught a human speaking child off the coast of Cuba, with scaly skin, gills, a head like a human and a tail like a fish.
The little mermaid said he came from the city of Atlantis, and told researchers that millions of years ago, the continent of Atlantis crossed Africa and South America, and then sank into the sea... Now the remaining people live on the sea floor, and their life span is 300 years. Later, the little mermaid was sent to a secret research institution in the Black Sea for scientists to study in depth.
Other related discoveries in 1958, Dr. Lotan of the national oceanic society of the United States photographed some human like underwater footprints at the bottom of the Atlantic Ocean 5 kilometers deep. In 1963, during submarine exercises in the southeast of Puerto Rico, the U.S. Navy found a strange ship, with a speed of 280 kilometers per hour, which was untraceable, beyond the reach of modern human technology.
In 1968, American photographer Mooney found a monster near the bottom of the sea, with a face like a monkey, a neck four times longer than a man, eyes like a man but much larger, and a fast "propeller" in his legs. In 1938, people once found "toad man" on jumingda beach in Estonia, with chicken breast, flat mouth and round head, jumping into the Baltic Sea quickly.
The existence of strange creatures on the sea floor such as "mermaids" has been proved in kind, so it has changed from what people call "absurdity", "superstition" and "myth" into a serious scientific research topic at present.

The familiar image of mermaid comes from Lorelei, a beautiful mermaid often mentioned in German legends and poems. She often appears on the Bank of the Rhine river when the sky is dark, and uses her cold and beautiful appearance and sad and moving song to confuse the passing boatman, distract him and lose his direction, and finally sink to the bottom of the river.
The upper body of a mermaid is human (mostly female) and the lower body is the body of a fish, which is the basic form. At that time, people probably misread dugong, a mammal living in the sea, as a monster, so it was widely spread, but this statement has no factual basis. However, in art, literature or painting, it is mostly used as a metaphor symbol, which is more credible. Mermaids are mostly used to symbolize very unfortunate things, such as the mermaid in Andersen's fairy tales. In most literary works, the fate of mermaids is very miserable, and they can't get happiness in the end. Incidentally, although the familiar Mermaid sculpture has only one tail fin in the lower body, in ancient Western paintings, mermaids usually have two tail fins, which is quite incredible.
It is said that mermaids are the curse of those who go to sea. Their upper bodies were breathtaking, while their lower bodies were covered with scales of cold fish tails (sometimes one, sometimes two). Coupled with the enchanting song, countless sailors were led to the road of no return (such as Miss siren). Although they live long, they still face death, and it is said that mermaids have no soul.
Many folklores mention the story of mermaids marrying humans. In most cases, the man stole the mermaid's hat or belt, or comb and mirror. When such things are properly hidden, the Mermaid will live with him. Once she finds her lost property, she will return to the sea. Generally speaking, mermaids are very dangerous to humans. Their gifts will bring misfortune, such as causing disasters such as floods. Seeing mermaids on the journey is a bad omen for a sunken ship. They sometimes yearn to see mortals drown. Take a famous example: Lorelei of the Rhine. Sometimes, they lure young people to live underwater with them. Such stories are carved on the benches of some churches in Cornwall and England.
Melanesians in the southwest Pacific islands also have similar myths and legends. Their mermaid is called "adaro", with a human upper body and a fish lower body. They live in the sun, come to the earth through a rainbow, and usually hide in tornadoes on the sea. Unlike other mermaids, adala is a dangerous creature in the eyes of Melanesians. They will attack humans with flying fish, making them unconscious or even die.