The truth is 'naked' about magical creatures

The logbook of Christopher Columbus recounts, in 1493 he had the opportunity to encounter three mermaids when passing through the Haitian sea. But disappointingly, ' they are not as beautiful as described in the legend '. Scientists now think that it was very likely that Columbus had mistakenly looked at . manatees - a creature close to the hippopotamus.

To demonstrate this argument, the American Museum of Natural History has helped viewers to witness firsthand the digital overlap images: the image of the fish placed on the manatee has similar features. How different and different, Columbus and the crew of the crew were so confused .

Titled " Mysterious Creatures: Dragons, One-Horned Horses and Fishman ", the latest exhibition currently on display at the Museum helps viewers find the true origin of famous mythical creatures. Here, visitors can touch the horns of the narwhal - hundreds of years ago, which have always been trusted by Europeans as evidence of the existence of the Horned Horse.

The figure of Warren Gould Roby's mermaid sculpture, American
between 1825-1850 (Photo: LiveScience)

Or you can look at the pristine skull of a wild prehistoric dinosaur - a creature whose fossils have so far been scattered throughout the Gobi desert, to the point where merchants pass through. this area must be mistaken for griffin's remains - the bird-headed monster that is always present in ancient Egyptian legends.

In addition to displaying models, the exhibition 'Mysterious Creatures' also offers a reason to convince the stars and a creature but to appear in many ancient stories, in many different countries and at different times. .

Typically fish. These sea beauties were originally the imaginary products of European sailors. When they docked at ports all over the world, the image of a half-fish and half-fish creature was also 'dispersed', not only that it was also woven with the beliefs of each region.

Dragon, One-Horned Horse and Fishman - 3 most famous and magical mysteries
most controversial (Photo: LiveScience)

Also here for the first time a legendary Japanese creature was officially launched, it was Kappa - the monkey green skin ogre loves to eat children and loves . cucumber. Kappa only lives in a prison pond, occasionally crawling to the ground. The power of Kappa is hidden in the pond water contained in a round head like a bowl.

At Kappa at night, the best way is to bow to it seriously. At that time, Kappa bowed and bowed, the water in his head was poured out, the power dissipated, forcing him to rush a circuit back to the pond.

Another story, half-broken and half-truthed, was passed down through generations of the famous and long-standing world of Marco Polo - the gospel of Genghis Khan who always carried with him the bird's feather. Roc - a giant bird that exists only in the legend of hunting elephant meat.

However, Henry Yule, the representative of Polo, also doubted that the Ric feathers were merely a palm leaf.

Chupacabra means " goat smoking ", Spanish calls it a child
vampire sucking human blood (Photo: LiveScience)

Thuy Van