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half woman, half fish, all marketing — the original cautionary tale dressed as a fantasy.
sailor scienceColumbus logged three real mermaids; they were manatees.
deadly sirensOriginal myths had them luring men to drown.
forgery fameP.T. Barnum's Fiji Mermaid stitched a monkey to a fish.
global mythNearly every coastal culture invented one independently.
no anatomyFish tails make human reproduction biologically impossible.