Truth behind the myth?19:32 Jul 16 2012
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Are mermaids a meer myth?Or are we real?
http://animal.discovery.com/tv-shows/other/videos/mermaids.htm
Animal Planet brings viewers into the world where the legend is real. The film blends real-life events and phenomena with the story of two scientists who testify they found the remains of a never-before-identified sea creature. Spectacular CGI animates a world where mermaids really do swim below the water’s surface, cooperatively hunt with dolphins and may continue to survive in an intricate society where they stay hidden in fear of their Earth-bound relatives.
As the crescendo to Monster Week, a weeklong network programming stunt airing from May 21 to May 28, Mermaids: The Body Found is a story about evolutionary possibility grounded in a radical scientific theory – the Aquatic Ape Theory, which claims that humans had an aquatic stage in our evolutionary past. While coastal flooding millions of years ago turned some of our ancestors inland, is it possible that one group of our ancestors didn’t retreat from water but rather went in deeper? Could they have ventured farther into sea out of necessity and to find food? The Aquatic Ape Theory makes it possible to believe that while we evolved into terrestrial humans, our aquatic relatives turned into something strangely similar to the fabled mermaid. As evidence that humans once evolved into aquatic creatures, the Aquatic Ape Theory cites some of the striking differences between man and other primates and the many features we share with marine mammals, including the following:
•Webbing between fingers (other primates don’t have this)
•Subcutaneous fat (insulating from cold water)
•Control over breath (humans can hold breath up to 20 minutes, longer than any other terrestrial animal)
•Loss of body hair (hair creates drag in water)
•Instinctive ability to swim (human babies are able to do this)
•A highly developed brain, which depends on nutrients provided by seafood
Mermaids: The Body Found makes a strong case for the existence of the mermaid, a creature with a surprisingly human evolutionary history, whose ancestral branch splits off from a shared human root. The film is science fiction, using science as a springboard into imagination and centering the story on the following real-world events:
•In the early 1990s, the US Navy began a series of covert sonar tests, which were linked to mass die-offs of whales, which washed up on beaches throughout the world. For years, the Navy denied they were responsible for these beachings.
•In 1997, scientists at the National Oceanic Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) recorded a mysterious sound (called “The Bloop”) in the deep Pacific, which was thought to be organic in nature. It has never been identified.
These are facts.
Mermaids: The Body Found is a story that imagines how these real-world phenomena may be related. In this story, startling amateur video and photographic evidence, as well as additional audio recordings, suggests whales weren’t the only creatures affected by the Navy’s sonar. The film follows the two scientists who tracked the whale beachings for years and delivers first-hand, on-camera accounts of what they claim to have discovered in the aftermath of one particular beaching. Their story is nothing less than fantastical: they claim to have found the remains of a mermaid.
With compiled amateur footage, including photos and video shot by deep-sea fishermen that never have been shown in the US, as well as cinema-quality CGI, Mermaids: The Body Found argues how a mythical creature – one of humankind’s most enduring legends – may be real. It depicts how mermaids may have evolved from the early human family tree and persisted into the present day.
Tahli Kouperstein | tahli_kouperstein@discovery.com
http://press.discovery.com/ekits/monster-week-mermaids/press-release.html
COMMENTS
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xxEmaeraldxx
18:37 Jul 30 2012
Holy Mony.. He is BIG!
BLOODLIFE
18:44 Jul 30 2012
Keep it away from the horses or you may not have one!!
PandorasBx
19:03 Jul 30 2012
Damn! *shudders*
margareet
22:28 Aug 03 2012
OMFG, hahahahaha
Oceanne
08:08 Aug 04 2012
Getting bigger by the day too.Ive let him stay there.He is putting a world of hurt on the bug population.LOL
hannahrose
10:10 Aug 11 2012
nightqueen
10:18 Aug 11 2012
HOLLY CRAP BIG ENOUGH TO THROW A SADDLE ON IT, AND STUFF THE FANGS DUCT TAPE THEM UP
Oceanne
10:32 Aug 11 2012
HAHAH! You are so right! I COULD saddle him.
Funny.:D
Btw,he is STILL right there.His web is a carcassyard for bugs now.