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Scientists Solve Mystery of 300-Year-Old Mummified ‘Mermaid’ That Was Worshipped for Centuries for Medicinal Properties
In 2022, temple authorities from Okayama, Japan permitted scientists to examine a mermaid ... half of the body is fish, but the upper half is not mammalian." Researchers found that most of the ...
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A ‘Mermaid’ in the Pacific Ocean Was Mummified 300 Years Ago, Was Worshipped for Powers of Immortality
Scientists were baffled by the discovery ... flesh of a mermaid and lived for 800 years. This ‘Yao-Bikuni’ legend is also preserved near the temple where the mermaid mummy was found ...