Mermaid

Mermaids (aquatapithicus oceanii )are a species of pelagic hominids indigenous to all oceans of the world. Depictions of mermaids are found throughout virtually all the worlds cultures from ancient Greece and Rome China, and even the native Americans. Mermaids evolved from the same ape like ancestor that modern humans are descended from While their human cousins live on land mermaids have adapted to life in oceans their legs over time fusing into a paddle shaped tail similar to a manatee's in appearance. Contrary to popular belief mermaids do not look like attractive women with fish tails and they don't have hair which their ancestors lost long ago. Mermaids have completely hairless bodies and large eyes that allow them to see in deep water low light environments their hands are webbed which aids in swimming they also possess a sagital crest in their skulls like gorillas leftover from their primate ancestry. They echolocate to find their way and communicate with each other and possess a mass called a melon in their foreheads like dolphins that directs the echolocation. mermaids being mammals need to surface to breath air but can hold their breath for up to 35 minutes. although little is known of their breeding habits they give birth to live young usually only one at a time. Like land based primate species mermaids are highly intelligent and similar to chimpanzees make tools from various materials such as stingray barb spears, seaweed nets, and other objects they also live and travel in groups who migrate to various places throughout the year. There have been reports of a freshwater species of mermaid in the great lakes and amazon river, but this hasn't been confirmed.Today mermaids like other marine life are facing extinction due to environmental pressures caused by humans such as pollution, over fishing their food supplies and the testing of sonar weapons.