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Posted on Jan 29, 2015

10 Real (and CUTE!) Mermaids

Sometimes you reach a mind-boggling epiphany that forever shapes the way you view the world around you. For some people, that epiphany is, y'know, a belief in God, or figuring out the meaning to life, or learning how to conjugate the verb "to lay." For me, it was noticing that mermaids are everywhere. No, I mean, really. Unfortunately, humans don't have mermaids. But other animals do. Wouldn't a scorpion see a lobster and think of it as a mermaid? There's a whole family of animals-- the pinnipeds-- that is absolutely full of mermaids... if you're not human, that is.

by Juniper Russo

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10 Real (and CUTE!) Mermaids

Take this adorable harp seal pup, for example. It's a mermaid...

Or look at this beautiful spotted seal. He's a mermaid...

Or what about this elephant seal? It's misnamed, because it's not a mermaid to you even if you're an elephant. But it is a mermaid if you're...

Goo goo g'joob. This walrus is a mermaid to you if you're...

And this California sea lion here would be a mermaid to you if you were...

Maybe it looks horrifying to you, but southern sea lion is someone's siren. You'd see this as a mermaid if you were...

Check out this ribbon seal! Totes a mermaid...

There's no mistaking that cute, cuddly, "I want you to pet me but I also kinda wanna bite you" expression. This would definitely be a mermaid to...

There's an even better cat-mermaid, though. This sea lion has a twin on land, and I don't even have to say who she is...

I might be on to something. It looks like the pinniped fashion world loves imitating land-dwelling celebrities. Remind you of anyone?

10 Real (and CUTE!) Mermaids

Take this adorable harp seal pup, for example. It's a mermaid...

Or look at this beautiful spotted seal. He's a mermaid...

Or what about this elephant seal? It's misnamed, because it's not a mermaid to you even if you're an elephant. But it is a mermaid if you're...

Goo goo g'joob. This walrus is a mermaid to you if you're...

And this California sea lion here would be a mermaid to you if you were...

Maybe it looks horrifying to you, but southern sea lion is someone's siren. You'd see this as a mermaid if you were...

Check out this ribbon seal! Totes a mermaid...

There's no mistaking that cute, cuddly, "I want you to pet me but I also kinda wanna bite you" expression. This would definitely be a mermaid to...

There's an even better cat-mermaid, though. This sea lion has a twin on land, and I don't even have to say who she is...

I might be on to something. It looks like the pinniped fashion world loves imitating land-dwelling celebrities. Remind you of anyone?

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