THE NATURAL HISTORY MUSEUM - UNITED KINGDOM : WHAT CREATURE INSPIRED THE KRAKEN? THE JENNY HANIVERS? THE MERFOLK

NHM- UK : DISCOVER SEA MONSTERS AND THEIR INSPIRATIONS

Excerpt: Originating in Scandinavian folklore, the kraken is usually depicted as an aggressive cephalopod-like creature capable of destroying entire ships and dragging sailors to their doom. .... 'Many cultures around the world have a myth or legend about a tentacled beast bothering seamen or generally getting up to no good,' Jon says. .... 'Squid and octopus really are unusual animals. Their body plan isn't similar to anything else that we know of in the sea. They move quickly and the way that their bodies, arms and tentacles move seem to stimulate something in our fear of the unknown.

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Siren here!  This website has a great collection of art depicting the merfolk and other species!

PAVLOPETRI GREECE : 6000 YEAR OLD MEDITERRANEAN SUNKEN CITY INFORMS US ON HOW THEY LIVED LONG AGO.

PAVLOPETRI GREECE SUNKEN CITY ORG 

Excerpt: A network of pipes lining the streets indicates there was some kind of plumbing, running water, and perhaps a sewage system. The private homes of more affluent families had two stories, seemingly with roof terraces. The town's wealth derived from its weaving and pottery industries, but most of all it was due to its fortunate location on a natural harbor, making it a port of call with all the associated jobs and income - and probably a lively night life too.

Trading ships from Crete stopped here to load and unload wares  As we know from shards of pottery found here, local artisans made a business of imitating the styles and fashions of fashionable Crete, creating affordable copies and keeping the local citizens on the cutting edge of style.

SPECIAL SEAL KILLED IN GREEK RESERVE - OUTRAGE

BBC NEWS EURO - SEAL KILLED BY SPEAR FISHERMAN 

Kostis, a MEDITERRANEAN MONK SEAL was a rare type, and the island of Alonissos thought of him as it's symbol...

SEA MONSTER OFF COAST OF GREECE? CAN YOU IDENTIFY THIS?

FOX NEWS - SEA MONSTER OFF GRECIAN COASTLINE  go to this link to see the picture!

Some say it could be a Cuvier’s beaked whale, which have been known to frequent the Mediterranean, others have speculated that it could be the “love child of a hippo and crocodile”—but so far, even scientists are baffled.

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Siren here!  It's possible that this is a carcass - dead not alive - that's bobbing around.  I thought of a horse, a hippo...

THE GREEK THE SIRENS LURED SAILORS ONTO THE ROCKY COAST