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Friday, June 05, 2009

A STRANGE ONE

I have just received the following e-mail and I really have no idea what to make of it. I also have no idea what to reply:

Dear Sir

I have been an amateur cryptozoologist for 30 years yet find myself insufficiently informed to answer the intriguing question posed by my youngest grandchild this morning who, despite her few years, will not accept a fairy-story-type explanation. Could you help me at all, please? If a mermaid were to fall ill, would one treat it as a fish or a human? As facile as it sounds, this is a serious question.

Thank you very much

Yours sincerely

Sostratus Winston

I can only refer Mr Wilson to a section of one of C.S.Lewis's books when he describes centaurs as having both human and horselike metabolisms. However, as I strongly believe that merfolk are all either hoaxes, zooform in nature, or - at best - unidentified sirenians, the answer is probably that they should be treated as any other marine mammal. However, this is a very peculiar question with which to start the day...
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2 comments:

fleury said...

i would probably first find out the ailment, if a fish-specific one, maybe to do with the mer-person's swim bladder then treat as a fish, if a sore throat then give her/him strepsils. perhaps the child in question could become the fist mer-doctor :D

8:56 PM
fleury said...

and jon, i'd advise you to get the child into the cfz :) sounds like she has a promising future!

8:59 PM

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