Our Brotehrs And Sisters Of The Sea

María Alejandra Acevedo Aguilera 8A
Persuasive Essay
February 29th, 2012

Our brothers and sisters of the sea

Have you ever wondered: Why are there cave paintings and stories about beings that resemble a lot to humans but have tails like the ones of fish instead of feet and have their home in the ocean? Why did so many civilizations agree in the existence of mermaids? Why do dolphinslike to play with us and obey us? My answer is simple: mermaids are real. I know many people may disagree with this and may think I am crazy, or others will try to deny it because of the simple fact that we are unique, therefore no other creature can resemble to us and create handmade weapons or have a more complex language than any other animal of the sea. A discussion of this topic may lead toquestions about the possibility of what we think to be a myth, might be real. It also may lead to existential questions because it might make us realize we are not the only creatures that do not act only by instinct, but also by reason which make it controversial. A few months ago, I myself would not have believed mermaids are real. But now I do think so, and I say we have brothers and sisters inthe sea and this can be proved scientifically and by the testimonies of people thousands of years before that we think was their imagination, and normal people now. Dolphins can also show this a little bit. I will tell you why.

One of the reasons I believe in mermaids is because there is scientific evidence that can support the theory that states that mermaids are real. When my uncle andaunt came to my house to visit us for Christmas, we started talking about documentaries. My aunt said that there was a really great documentary about mermaids that was presented by Animal Planet. The United States government forbade the reproduction of this video and in Colombia it was only presented once. Nevertheless, it is on Youtube so my mom and I watched it during vacation. At first, I thoughtit was just a joke and unsubstantiated evidence. After I saw the video, I became a full believer of the existence of mermaids. The documentary showed a group of scientists that were in charge of the investigation of whale strandings. These scientists also discovered sounds that came from the sea during the use of sonars (a technique used to propagate sound and detect objects under the see).Experiments with these sonars are forbidden because it can damage internal organs of animals and cause strandings. The sounds of these creatures was different from any other known animal, and it was much more sophisticated than any language. They called the creature “The Bloop”. In the documentary, they show that there are theories that state that mermaids were apes like us who them became hominidsthat were stuck between rocks and could not return ot the land so they learned to live in the sea. There are many species that have been decendant from animals that live in land; therefore, apes themselves could have also evolved into animals capable of thinking and breathing for a long period underwater, and then learned to remain all the time in the water. They even reconstructed part of a bodyfound inside a shark in South Africa. They found little bones that could form the shape of a human hand but larger, and the pelvis was also like ours. The skull could be reconstructed as well and it was impresive, it was a lot like our skull but bigger and the eyes were much bigger than ours and they had a dorsal fin that went from the skull and to the tail. Many scientific evidence was found, andperhaps others have been found but we do not know because history can repeat itself and we can end up with our brothers and sisters like we did with the Neardenthal man or because we are afraid to find out the truth.

Obviously, mermaids are not like Ariel in Disney's movie, The Little Mermaid and they do not speak their language with articulated words, but they speak like they were...