Monday, July 16, 2012

Mermaid body found

  • Monday morning, the term "mermaid body found" was trending high on Google trends after a Discovery channel show 'Mermaids: The Body Found' aired on television Sunday night.
  • (Examiner)
  • Mermaid body found, proclaimed a documentary that aired last night on Animal Planet, a subsidiary of the Discovery Channel. The announcement came as quite a surprise to viewers, many of whom thought that the documentary was real. It wasnt.
  • (Examiner)
  • And while the the folks at Animal Planet may have stretched the truth, Mermaids: The Body Found uses actual CGI images to give its viewers a preview of what a mermaid might look like, if in fact it did exist.
  • (International Business Times)
  • The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has clarified and confirmed that no evidence of existence of mermaids has ever been found. No evidence of aquatic humanoids has ever been found.
  • (ibtimes.co.uk)
  • Although Animal Planet made clear that the program Mermaids: The Body Found was science fiction, and not fact, the phrase based on some real events was enough to get the Internet abuzz with the possibility that an actual mermaids body was found.
  • (Abington Mariner)
  • was apparently moved to wade into the mermaid debate by an Animal Planet special that made the case for the mythical creatures' existence.
  • (Slate)
  • The documentary -- Mermaids: The body found -- was so convincing, NOAA said, that it got several public inquiries about the existence of aquatic humanoids.
  • (Bluefield Daily Telegraph)
  • On Memorial Day, the Animal Planet channel aired a documentary purporting to show the discovery of a real mermaid.
  • (Daily Hampshire Gazette)
  • The Body Found," that was aired in May and explored whether there is "a kernel of truth that lives beneath the legend of the mythic mermaid". Not so, said the National Ocean Service.
  • (Deccan Herald)
  • The NOAA statement unveiling the shocking news apparently came after the airing of a recent Animal Planet TV show "Mermaids: The Body Found." NOAA traced the history of the mermaid legends in its statement.
  • (AlterNet)

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