ANIMAL PLANET MERMAIDS NEW EVIDENCE TORRENT
Gaia Shaw
Mermaids: The Body Found is a mockumentary television program[1] originally aired on American TV channels Animal Planet (May 27, 2012) and Discovery Channel (June 17, 2012). It tells a story of a scientific team's investigative efforts to uncover the source behind mysterious underwater recordings of an unidentified marine body. The show presents the controversial aquatic ape hypothesis as evidence that mermaids exist, along with a digitally manufactured video. A sequel broadcast called Mermaids: The New Evidence aired May 26, 2013.
Mermaids: The Body Found received 1.9 million views during its US telecast premiere on Sunday, May 27, 2012. This is the network's most watched telecast since the Steve Irwin memorial special in September 2006.[8]
Mermaids Animal Planet has been criticized for giving the impression of being an actual documentary, when in fact much of the material was made up, and the scientists shown were actors.[9] Publicity for the program included a website falsely claiming government seizure of the site's domain, and the US National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration put up a rebuttal to the program.[10]
This is a fairytale told and retold to children everywhere; it's a beloved story about a legendary creature that's described in the mythologies of nearly every human culture in history. People across all continents who've had no communications with other societies have described the same half-man, half-fish anomaly - they've spoken about the same mythic animal.
What if there's a kernel of truth that lives beneath the legend of the mythic mermaid? Now, in MERMAIDS: THE BODY FOUND, premiering Sunday, May 27, from 9-11 PM ET/PT, Animal Planet brings viewers into the world where the legend is real. The film blends real-life events and phenomena with the story of two scientists who testify they found the remains of a never-before-identified sea creature. Spectacular CGI animates a world where mermaids really do swim below the water's surface, cooperatively hunt with dolphins and may continue to survive in an intricate society where they stay hidden in fear of their Earth-bound relatives.
As the crescendo to MONSTER WEEK, a weeklong network programming stunt airing from May 21 to May 28, MERMAIDS: THE BODY FOUND is a story about evolutionary possibility grounded in a radical scientific theory - the Aquatic Ape Theory, which claims that humans had an aquatic stage in our evolutionary past. While coastal flooding millions of years ago turned some of our ancestors inland, is it possible that one group of our ancestors didn't retreat from water but rather went in deeper? Could they have ventured farther into sea out of necessity and to find food? The Aquatic Ape Theory makes it possible to believe that while we evolved into terrestrial humans, our aquatic relatives turned into something strangely similar to the fabled mermaid. As evidence that humans once evolved into aquatic creatures, the Aquatic Ape Theory cites some of the striking differences between man and other primates and the many features we share with marine mammals, including the following:
MERMAIDS: THE BODY FOUND makes a strong case for the existence of the mermaid, a creature with a surprisingly human evolutionary history, whose ancestral branch splits off from a shared human root. The film is science fiction, using science as a springboard into imagination and centering the story on the following real-world events:
MERMAIDS: THE BODY FOUND is a story that imagines how these real-world phenomena may be related. In this story, startling amateur video and photographic evidence, as well as additional audio recordings, suggests whales weren't the only creatures affected by the Navy's sonar. The film follows the two scientists who tracked the whale beachings for years and delivers first-hand, on-camera accounts of what they claim to have discovered in the aftermath of one particular beaching. Their story is nothing less than fantastical: they claim to have found the remains of a mermaid.
With compiled amateur footage, including photos and video shot by deep-sea fishermen that never have been shown in the US, as well as cinema-quality CGI, MERMAIDS: THE BODY FOUND argues how a mythical creature - one of humankind's most enduring legends - may be real. It depicts how mermaids may have evolved from the early human family tree and persisted into the present day.
MERMAIDS: THE BODY FOUND is produced for Animal Planet by Darlow Smithson. Tom Brisley is executive producer for Darlow Smithson. For Animal Planet, Charlie Foley is executive producer, creator and writer. For Animal Planet, Vaibhav Bhatt is co-writer and supervising producer, and Jamie Dugger is producer. Steve Gomez, of Bandito Films, is director of animation.
Animal Planet Media (APM), a multi-media business unit of Discovery Communications, is the world's only entertainment brand that immerses viewers in the full range of life in the animal kingdom with rich, deep content via multiple platforms and offers animal lovers and pet owners access to a centralized online, television and mobile community for immersive, engaging, high-quality entertainment, information and enrichment. APM consists of the Animal Planet television network, available in more than 96 million homes in the US; online assets www.animalplanet.com, the ultimate online destination for all things animal; the 24/7 broadband channel, Animal Planet Beyond; Petfinder.com, the #1 pet-related Web property globally that facilitates pet adoption; and other media platforms including a robust Video-on-Demand (VOD) service; mobile content; and merchandising extensions.
Psychological explanations for the belief system of mermaids is that there is no physical evidence for or against mermaids; no one can yet prove that they did exist, yet people who have spent lots of time at sea claim to have seen and interacted with these aquatic phenomenons. They have somehow been a topic of interest among people for thousands of years now, and will continue to be an extraordinary belief of the sea-faring community until they are proven fact or fiction.
As you stated, I believe that sailors may have just seen a fin or silhouette that looked familiar to them and drew conclusions. Also, this may be a stretch; but being out at sea so long is it possible these sailors could have been hallucinating, drunk, or both? There also could be a possibility of mutant creatures or creatures that are rarely seen. A spotting would spark interest but the validity of the spotting could never be confirmed.
hey ! that is a good thought, honestly it could be that since they are out in the sea for long periods of time having no contact with other humans, their minds are playing tricks on them and they are seeing hallucinations and imagining things that they have probably heard about or listened to people talk about etc. Great point!
I think its very interesting how fairy-tales and folklore contribute to the belief that mermaids are real. I think its also helpful to point out the modern fads and social-media surrounding mermaid inspired entities. I also like how in the end you talked about retreating to the supernatural and mermaids being unflasifiable to explain psychological they are an extraordinary belief.
I think this topic is extremely interesting and one that I have not thought or learned a lot about. It does not shock me that people believe in mermaids or find this believable. I think this relates to UFO sightings and there are probably similar phenomena at play, such as flaws in visual perception.
That makes a lot of sense. Although this is one of my personal favorite extraordinary beliefs, I do understand how this could have just been a flaw in perception. It makes sense, especially for sailors who claimed to have seen them at night. But with the ones who claim to have talked to them, you have to wonder about their soundness of mind!
Yes they were visible! I believe they were described as some sort of moving black figure in the water. I thought that was really interesting too! It makes me wonder, if merfolk or fish people are really just fantasy, how did they exist in various cultures as the same type of thing?!
I think this is a particularly interesting topic because of how popular mermaids are to our youth in current culture. Also, there is really no negative connotation that go along with believing in mermaids or mermen for children. I think this is because we want to believe in them and we want our youth to be able to fantasize and dream about possibilities which helps our development. One question I have is, is there any harm in believing in mermaids? Or is it harmless?
I think this is a very interesting topic! I especially think this because in my culture, there are alot of people who swear up and down that they have seen mermaids with their own two eyes and that they have majestic powers and abilities that regular humans do not posses. Perhaps the sailors along with the people from my culture are seeing things they want to see , or are maybe hallucinating, The mind is a very powerful tool that can often trick us in many ways.
Outside of fictional movies like Aquamarine and TV shows like H2O, I had no real knowledge or exposure to history or mythology about merfolk existence, so I found your blog post really informative! Although I would love to continue my childhood belief that mermaids exist in the depths of the ocean, the lack of real evidence for the creatures has me thinking otherwise. Mermaid conspiracies remind me of Bigfoot, especially because all the evidence that supports the existence of these two beings are anecdotal and based on eyewitness sightings. Until documented proof of mermaid existence arises, the lure and mysticism of merfolk remains only fictional.
I think it is really interesting how cultural influence can make stories and folklore last through time. Even to this day there is still a fascination with whether or not mermaids exist. With so much technology and the advancements we have made with submarines I feel as if we would have found them by now or remnants of mermaids.
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