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The Buxton Mermaid
An old mermaid was recently found, stored in the archives of the Buxton Museum and Art Gallery, and a research team from the University of Lincoln decided to examine it. So far they've discovered that its hair is human, its upper body is constructed of wood and wire, its teeth are carved bone, and its eyes are mollusc shell. Future tests will determine what fish its tail came from. (link: BBC News)
At first I thought it looked like the Bloomsbury Mermaid (pictured below). But no, they're definitely different mermaids. Though similar in design. (Thanks, Hudson!)
At first I thought it looked like the Bloomsbury Mermaid (pictured below). But no, they're definitely different mermaids. Though similar in design. (Thanks, Hudson!)
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Categories: Animals, Cryptozoology Posted by Alex on Thu Feb 16, 2012 |
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Tie me to the mast. I can't resist their beauty. 
Posted by Paul Taylor in Peterborough, UK on Thu Feb 16, 2012 at 11:40 AM
Those may be some of the least-convincing mermaids I've ever seen.
Posted by Robin Bobcat in Californian Wierdo on Thu Feb 16, 2012 at 03:08 PM
Have you seen this? I can't get onto this site at work.
http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=desert
This skeleton - of what looks like a mermaid - was discovered two weeks ago in the Egyptian desert near Fayoum...
Posted by Mr R on Fri Feb 17, 2012 at 03:19 AM
http://www.liveleak.com/browse?q=desert
This skeleton - of what looks like a mermaid - was discovered two weeks ago in the Egyptian desert near Fayoum...
I swear, I read "Buxom Mermaid" first....
Posted by LaMa in Europe on Sat Feb 18, 2012 at 02:49 AM
So did I LaMa...
Posted by Nettie in Perth, Western Australia on Mon Feb 20, 2012 at 04:31 AM
Thanks for the nightmares, Alex. :D
The lower one looks quite convincing actually. I might have to try and create some ''artists impressions'' of what they looked like when alive...would be a fun challenge.
Posted by Cliodna in Estonia on Mon Feb 27, 2012 at 06:23 AM
The lower one looks quite convincing actually. I might have to try and create some ''artists impressions'' of what they looked like when alive...would be a fun challenge.
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