All news on the topic: Mermaids

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Bizarre 'mermaid' that's part fish, monkey and reptile probed by scientists
A bizarre mummy discovered in Japan and brought back to the USA in 1906 is being scanned by scientists to discover what it is, as it appears to have elements of several creatures
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Disney changes The Little Mermaid story so it doesn't scare children
Disney's version of The Little Mermaid skips over major plot points made in the original 1837 narrative depicting a 14-year-old's quest to find true love on dry land
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Outrage in Copenhagen after tourist is filmed fondling Little Mermaid statue
An American tourist last week was slammed by Danish locals after she climbed onto Copenhagen's famous mermaid statue and began to get very friendly—which eventually led to her making out with the bronze statue
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People are convinced mermaids are real after mystery corpse washed up on beach
Bobbi-Lee Oates, 34, thought she'd found a dead body on the beach in Keppel Sands, Queensland, with online commenters comparing it to a mermaid - with experts struggling to narrow it down
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H2O fans in hysterics after Netflix 'blunder' shows mermaids wearing goggles
Fans of H2O: Just Add Water have called out a Netflix 'blunder' that shows its three main characters wearing goggles while swimming underwater in their mermaid costumes
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'I make $300-an-hour,' says pro mermaid who can stay underwater for three mins
Felicia Flaherty, 28, is a professional mermaid, and she's part of a growing community of merpeople that are finding that business is booming for a hired underwater prince or princess - and she has even learned to hold her breath for three mins underwater in the process
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Fight breaks out at Little Mermaid cinema screening as parents demand refund
A group of adults became embroiled in a fight with viewers demanding a refund for their ticket during the Little Mermaid screening in Orlando, Florida
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'Wild' Little Mermaid theory uncovers Ariel's mum tragedy in another Disney film
Disney fans are bamboozled after a self-proclaimed 'movie detective' has unveiled a jaw-dropping theory of what happened to Ariel's mum in original The Little Mermaid film
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This Morning's Josie in hysterics as bra 'falls off' in Little Mermaid sketch
Josie Gibson brought a bit of merriment to the This Morning studio today when she was dressed up as mermaid sporting a shell bra promoting the release of the Disney classic reboot
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'I grew up with nothing but white princesses - I'm excited for Little Mermaid'
Young black girls have spent decades watching and embodying white princesses, so why does there have to be so much uproar that Halle Bailey is The Little Mermaid's Ariel?
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Little Mermaid returns as a live action heroine - and viewers says it's a smash
The live action remake of Disney’s 1989 animated feature, based on Hans Christian Andersen’s fairy story, is causing huge ripples of excitement
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Disney's Halle Bailey was shocked over Little Mermaid casting racism from trolls
Halle Bailey faced online hate when she was cast as Ariel, but believes it's inconsequential compared to what her grandparents experienced in America's Deep South
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The Little Mermaid's Halle Bailey wows in white shell-themed gown at UK premiere
American actress Halle Bailey ensured to stay in theme as she arrived for the British premiere of Disney's eagerly anticipated film, The Little Mermaid, which will hit cinemas soon.
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Disney superfan transforms bathroom into Little Mermaid paradise for under £200
Ahead of the release of the new live-action version of The Little Mermaid, a thrifty Disney fan has shared how she turned her bathroom into an under-the-sea paradise, for less than £200
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'Curvy' mermaid statue in village sparks outrage for being 'too ugly and vulgar'
Students at the Luigi Rossi art school in Monopoli in Puglia, Italy created the statue before it was placed in a town square - the has since been ridiculed online
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Little Mermaid fans in tears as Disney drops new trailer for live-action remake
Halle Bailey and Melissa McCarthy introduced the brand new trailer for The Little Mermaid, which premieres later this year
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Cider maker furious after cherry-flavoured drink banned as name 'is too sexual'
Robbie Langouroux-Fay says the Portman Group has banned his cherry-flavoured UnShaven Maiden cider because the name suggests 'searching for young virgin women'
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Mystery of chilling mummified mermaid worshipped for powers solved after 300 yrs
The tale of an ancient Japanese mummified ‘mermaid’ has finally been solved after scientists spent the last year studying it, as it was worshipped by locals for 400 years for its powers of 'immortality'
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Tattoo 'addict' shares what she looked like before 'spiritual' inkings on face
Lisa Strange, 33, considers herself a 'tattoo addict' and has no pans to stop getting inked even though she has around 100 individual designs - and now she's shared what she looked like before