A mummified "mermaid" was caught in a fishing net in the 1700s and kept as a sacred object in Japan. Researchers discovered the mysterious artifact was made of bones, pufferfish skin, and animal hair.

The head and torso of the mummy, which likely belonged to a small monkey. A centuries-old mummified "mermaid" that scientists recently revealed to be a gruesome doll of animal parts is even weirder ...

In 1846, a Japanese policeman drew a legendary mermaid with scales like a coat of mail and flowing hair that ran all the way down to three mer-fins. He’d come across the creature while investigating a ...

A team of Japanese scientists is examining a bizarre "mermaid" mummy that has baffled experts for centuries. The mummy, which is possibly around 300 years old or older, appears to have the upper body ...

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