This whole thing is bananas but I want to make a stand for the Coelacanth, a dark, armoured fish that is not only in the fossil record from 400 million years ago but also still exists in the oceans off Comoros. Comoros even name their national fütbol team that played at the Africa Cup of Nations tourney last year after this fun little survivor.
If there was ever a fish that was swimming around at the time of real mermaids(?) it was a Coelacanth.
That there isn’t a chatty/grumpy/magically wise Coelacanth in Disney Lil’ Mermaid lore is shortsighted on their part.
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