The real “mermaid mummy” that was found 300 years ago in the Pacific Ocean

translation exclusiveScientists have revealed that the 300-year-old mummified “mermaid” is made of cloth, paper and cotton decorated with parts of fish.

It was allegedly found in the Pacific Ocean off the Japanese island of Shikoku between 1736 and 1741, kept in a temple in the city of Asakuchi.

For his part, Hiroshi Kinoshita of the Okayama Folklore Association said that the mermaid mummy is a combination of the lower part of the fish’s body and the upper part of the monkey’s body, according to the “Daily Mail” newspaper.

The survey results showed that the lower half of the body is a fish, but the upper half is not a mammal and was mostly made of cloth, paper and cotton, although pufferfish skin was used on the arms, shoulders, neck and cheeks.

The hair of the mermaid mummy is from mammals, and its nails are made of animal keratin and the jaws are taken from a carnivorous fish, while there are metal needles in the back of the neck and lower body.

It turned out that the lower half was made with a perch scale, and sand or charcoal powder mixed into a putty-like substance was used to paint the surface of the body.

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