Are These Real Photos Of A Dead Mermaid? (Video)

Probably not I’m pretty sure but still pretty interesting to look at. Does anyone know where these come from or any back story to them? I have a friend doing a mermaid book and they asked me if I knew. I don’t know. Maybe from a movie set? If someone knows let me know in comments and I’ll forward the info to said friend. - JP

A mermaid is a legendary aquatic creature with the upper body of a female human and the tail of a fish
 

A Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including the Near East, Europe, Africa and Asia
 

The first known mermaid stories appeared in Assyria, The goddess Atargatis, mother of Assyrian queen Semiramis, loved a mortal (a shepherd) and unintentionally killed him. Ashamed, she jumped into a lake and took the form of a fish
 

 This Realm organisms in The ocean is the lifeblood of Earth, covering more than 70 percent of the planet’s surface, driving weather, regulating temperature, and ultimately supporting all living organisms

REAL MERMAID CAUGHT ON CAMERA ! in Kiryat Yam, Israel:

History of Mermaids:
 

The first known mermaid stories appeared in Assyria, ca. 1000 BC. The goddess Atargatis, mother of Assyrian queen Semiramis, loved a mortal shepherd and unintentionally killed him. Ashamed, she jumped into a lake to take the form of a fish, but the waters would not conceal her divine beauty. Thereafter, she took the form of a mermaid-human above the waist, fish below—though the earliest representations of Atargatis showed her as a fish with a human head and arm, similar to the Babylonian Ea. The Greeks recognized Atargatis under the name Derketo.
 

Since then, many other mermaid stories have appeared in folklore from various cultures around the world. For instance, the African water spirit Mami Wata is mermaid in form, as is the water spirit Lasirn, who is popular in folklore in the Caribbean Islands.