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It was described as a tongue-in-cheek article published in a legitimate journal, detailing the supposed biology, origins and extinction of mermaids, including their diet of human flesh and the horny skin folds.
There's a dude, I love this guy. His name is Carl Bantz. Ugh. And he, you're not a Carl Bantz fan? Well, I'm not quite sure I understand unless. Did you read the article?
— Episode: Selects: Mermaids: Not a real thing
Episode: Selects: Mermaids: Not a real thing
It was described as a tongue-in-cheek article published in a legitimate journal, detailing the supposed biology, origins and extinction of mermaids, including their diet of human flesh and the horny skin folds.
There's a dude, I love this guy. His name is Carl Bantz. Ugh. And he, you're not a Carl Bantz fan? Well, I'm not quite sure I understand unless. Did you read the article?
He goes so far as to say that they most likely only produced one or two offspring at a time because the females of the species had two breasts and that was it.
Like this is the thought that this guy put into this article and the fact that he writes it totally straight Yeah. and like really gives it its due attention, like it wasn't that like this is going to be a great idea and just the idea itself is hilarious so I don't really have to put any effort into actual execution.
He put effort into the execution and he did pretty good. I'm not knocking him, I guess. I just don't see why this journal would put something like that out there even.
It's called Mermaids, Their Biology, Culture, and Demise. You can find the full PDF online.