Is it possible for mermaids to exist?
970134
I have zero knowledge of the full contents of the earth's oceans, but i'm going to throw out my opinion here that while almost anything is possible, it is improbable that mermaids truly exist in the form we see them in fairy tales.  They are represented as human formed/fish tailed beings, with human upper bodies, lungs, arms, etc...meaning they would be breathing air, not processing oxygen from water.  In spite of the size of the oceans, mermaids leaping from the water to suck in some air would eventually be spotted, certainly at a frequency greater than once every 500 years.
803780
If one see animals that are not from this realm it doesn't negate that they exist, it merely means that they are seeing beyond this plain of existance. I have as a Totem animal the mighty Lepreachaun named Erniesta O'Latern of the Spanish Donegal and People try and tell me all the time that She doesn't exist yet I know that She does. So yes Sweetie Pie mythological Totems do exist and Your friend is really seeing those non existant armidillos. My other Totem when Erniesta is out of town ( She has a time share in the Caymans ) is Santa Claus! People are hard pressed to say Old Nicky doesn't exist eh, eh?.
902658
Yes, I have never seen any but I believe they can exist
1117486
don't the already exist?
1111487
I think my daughter has it.  I'll have to look. I think its one by Hans Christian Anderson? Maybe not?\nIn the meantime, maybe one of these on the links might help jar your memory or look familiar.\nhttp://www.surlalunefairytales.com/littlemermaid/themes.html\nhttp://www.childrenslit.com/f_andersen.html\nhttp://www.happyhunter.com/The+Little+Mermaid+and+Other+Stories
373462
I guess they exist!\n\nDugongs have bee mistaken as mermaids by sex-crazed sailors, but I guess the mers are really out there!\n\nI bet you they're just waiting for the right opportunity to move the city of Atlantis out of the water and stuff like that! We just have to wait! :)
906146
Even the best photos have been debunked. Nessie is often believed to be a leftover dinosaur like creature. It's a great story but there just isn't enough food to sustain a creature of that size in the lochs.\n\nIf a creature like "Nessie" lives, it's in the oceans, not in the lochs.\nThis a good photo of an odd carcass picked up by some japanese fishman that's quite interesting. It's from 1977, and still debated by some.\n\nAnd remember Giant Squids (Architeuthis) were considered a myth too, until just a few years ago they were finally found, photographed and proven to be real. And why did they look? Because those japanese fisherman kept pulling dead ones up.
1119883
The bible does mention unicorn's unless you got the version that changed them into donkeys..But yes they could all have been real..I think Unicorn's became those whales with the horns (narwhal) when they missed the boat..
692877
Superman? Santa Claus? Leprechauns?\n\nAfter all, when a non-existent fantasy creature does anything it probably involves other non-existent fantasy creatures. Don't you think?\n\n_______________\nBTW, WHITNEY W: Have you been reading "Gödel, Escher, Bach"?
281970
it's a hard question to answer, cuz same as you can't be certain aliens don't exist, you really can't know for sure if they do !! Although I can't say they exist ... i don't really see it impossible ... they "might" exist ;)
940472
Sorry, I think they are mythical creatures.  Nice to think about, but not real.
838820
Hi. I do not think so. It may be possible that life forms unimagined may exist (I'd be surprised if they didn't) but they would still need to be based on something other than vacuum.
353820
It looks like a mutated mahi- mahi , but honestly I think it's fake- look at it, it looks plastic- the eyes are open but green and there isn't an actual eye ball. Don't you think if it was real form of ocean life that there would have been some sort of follow up info on the news? check google this is the only thing that comes up- this video. \nI think it's a hoax. \n\nThanks though- it's creepy I'll have night mares for a week.\n\nbut on another thought- There is this over all fascination with mermaids. yes, traditional pictures are pretty- and the though of having friendly,English speaking, magical allies is appealing- but I wonder if "mermaids" looked like this would they all end up in sold at exotic fish stores , or killed and packaged in tuna? ( " Now with mermaid meat!")
984930
I don't think they exist yet. But it would be cool thou.
991055
No one has ever produced any convincing evidence that anything besides perhaps the odd otter or two lives in Loch Ness.\n\nDespite numerous 'expeditions' and untold numbers of tourists coming to the lake every year, no one has ever produced so much as a half decent picture of one.\n\nAll the signs point to the probability that there's nothing there.
342010
I think Cinderella, after having been poor and mistreated for so long would appreciate her life more. The other two were already princesses, but then again, they had their hardships too, but just not like Cinderella, I mean they were asleep, Cinderella was awake for her beatings.\n\nI wouldn't want to be the little mermaid. According to the orignal story, she dies. FYI.
754794
I believe that cows are the mutated form of Unicorns... but yet again i'm a huge dreamer...\nanyways its just a figure-of-speech... but i'd love to see cow's jumping over moons...