ANIMAL PLANET mermaid program

[merboy78xy]

OK... AGAIN... I'm probably the last to have found this, and I probably missed a posting on it...

But I just watched this GREAT Youtube posting of an old (or recent?) ANIMAL PLANET episode called "Mermaid Found"
It was a "documentary" about how this Marine Biology Team (NOAA) discovered a strange underwater animal call (named the "Bloop" reel) in 1997, and when in 200(2?) a strange whale beaching occurs, they find out that the NAVY may be responsible for using a new underwater SONAR blast as a weapon-- and causing severe trauma to whales, dolphin and the like.
Well, according to this show, people witnessed "bodies" showing up in the beached whale masses... and the NAVY was going out of their way to cover it up. When NOAA listened to one of their underwater recording buoys to see if their suspicions about the NAVY using Sonar were correct, they heard a brand new recording of the "Bloop" sounds.

SO, long story short... this documentary was trying to support the Aquatic Ape Theory (which I actually prescribe to... at least to some degree). And they tried to build a case for the true existence of evolutionary aquatic humanids... a.k.a. mermaids.

Now... I watched this show with a grain or two of salt, cause it was obvious that there is some SERIOUS bunk going on here. A lot of BAD acting (not just in the reenactments but also in the "Doctors" and "scientists" they interviewed) and CGI seemed to run amok in the "actual footage" they presented (not just the normal CGI clips they do when they show animals they can't film: giant squid, dinosaurs, etc.).

So, I don't know how much, IF ANY, truth there is. Did they actually find a carcass? Was there even really a "Bloop" recording?
The government supposedly confiscated all evidence (conveniently), so who can say. BUT I DO like some of the what-ifs they pose, and if there IS any truth... it's pretty fantastic. So, I pose it to you guys... what do YOU think? Let's discuss!!

Here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ip9BQYngCM&feature=related

[New York Mermaid]

I know of the bloop sound ive heard of it before. I remember hearing about it watching a documentary about sea monsters, i believe its some undiscovered cetacean

[merboy78xy]

Hey Lanai... if you get a chance, watch the youtube vid. Whether there is any truth to it, it raises some really cool ideas and thoughts... like the strange relationship that dolphins and humans have, as well as the interesting way different cultures from around the world have the same merfolk image as part of their history

[MermaidAubrin]

Whoa just finished part 3 so freaking cool

[New York Mermaid]

Hey Lanai... if you get a chance, watch the youtube vid. Whether there is any truth to it, it raises some really cool ideas and thoughts... like the strange relationship that dolphins and humans have, as well as the interesting way different cultures from around the world have the same merfolk image as part of their history

Yes i did watch it, and it does have some interesting points, it is a possibility. I dont doubt there are any strange creatures out there, sailors talked about sea monsters seen til this day. my grandfather who was a fisherman recalled a story of seeing a creature with a long body off Vieques Puerto Rico.. I love Cryptozoology so much, this was an interesting vid.

[Moonflower]

I believe I might know what made it!

1285

You know... 'cause his name is 'Blooper'...
Yeah, I know, it's not funny... Sorry, I haven't slept much LOL

[ScheherazOdd]

I've seen this before, it's pretty neat. I used to have a beta fish named Bloop, because I'm the sort of nerd who names pets after sonar anomalies.

[merboy78xy]

hahaha... that's awesome. :)

[MermaidAubrin]

While watching the this I texted some one say I was watching a fascinating documentary they were confussed so I ran down stair to tell my mom "whoa sound amazing send me a link" yay someone cared :D ilove you mom

[MermaidAubrin]

I got my mother to watch it and she is quite skeptical about things so she did her research about this and here is what she said





Hey Sweetie,

You can post this to your forum, if you wish.* I'm really sorry to say it, but the mermaid documentary is a well-crafted hoax.* It's pretty rotten of those folks to make this thing and pretend it's real, because many people will be fooled by it.

If you watch with a skeptical eye, though, and look up some of the things they say, you can figure it out pretty quickly.* First, these are actors.* You can find their names on the IMDB page about the movie.* In a real documentary, you will hear from the *real* scientists.* This Dr. Brian McCormick is not a marine biologist, though there is a medical doctor by that name in the southern US.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt1816585/

If you look down near the bottom of the page, you'll see someone else posting about it being a fake.

The mass whale beaching that supposedly happened in April of 2004 in Washington state doesn't seem to have occurred, though there was one later that year.

Sadly, the Navy does underwater explosion and sonar stuff that does indeed mess up cetacean sonar navigation, possibly leading to these beachings.* It's really too bad that the one true part of this thing is also the saddest. :(

On the bright side, the world really is full of amazing and wonderful things, and it's great that you have an interest in learning about them through science.* Keep it up, there are many other things just as cool and exciting out there, and many of them are even true. :)

[taom]

Lol, Aubrin, your mom sounds awesome.

[green52]

I've seen this before, it's pretty neat. I used to have a beta fish named Bloop, because I'm the sort of nerd who names pets after sonar anomalies.

I like to name mine after famous people, but with fish puns in their names: Henry Fishenger, and F. Scott Fishgerald.

[green52]

Also, I just read what Aubrin's mom wrote, and I think its so charming that she expresses herself like a lecturer, but begins with "Sweetie"

Is your mom a professor or a lawyer? Most people don't build an argument so carefully and rationally.

[merboy78xy]

Well, in response to what Aubrin's Mom said, I absolutely agree. I already knew (and posted in this original thread) that this thing was chock full of bunk-- the bad acting, etc. And at the end of the documentary (part 8) they have the credits that acknowledge the actors by name... so I also knew that these were truly actors playing scientists. But I still wonder about some of the other elements the "documentary" brings up.
I looked into the "bloop" sound. I found recordings of it, as well as some other interesting sounds recorded and named by NOAA, such as: Julia, Slow-down, train, etc.
Cool stuff, though I will also said that the "bloop" sound was exactly that: a sound that went "BLOOOooop!" Like a giant bubble. Now, it certainly was no bubble. The scientists that studied it are certain of that. But the community is divided about whether it is a sound made by an animal or something else, like arctic ice plates shifting, etc. So, the "recording" that was on ANIMAL PLANET was completely fabricated. There were no "speech patterns" in the "Bloop" recording. (though some of the other ones are really eerie sounding... mostly sounding like the thing they're named after).

So: we know that there really are some unique and questionably biological, yet unidentified sounds recorded. We know that strange beachings do occur. We know that there is a number of anthropologists that prescribe to the "aquatic ape" theory...
I just wonder that other things might have some underlying truth to them.

I suppose we'll never know. Unless something like this should wash up on the shores and not be covered up by government.

Another thought I had since the "documentary"... It suggested that early in evolution (provided you believe in evolution), half of the hominids steered away from the water's edge (back towards the plains) and the other half wandered further into the seas.
It is known that seals used to be more terrestrial. It is also known that some whales have vestigial legs. It is known that manatees are most closely related to elephants! SO... the idea of animals evolving into new aquatic versions is not in question.
I wonder if (even if hominids didn't become mermaids in the truest sense of the word) there is some ancient and deeply imbedded (DNA?) differences in the humans that walk around today between the "aquatic" apes and the "terrestrial" apes.
Now, in studying palmistry (or zodiac) you learn that people are grouped by hand shape into earth, air, fire, water. And they have characteristics that mirror these groupings.
I wonder if again: there is any connection. Maybe the reason some of us are drawn to the water, or to merfolk is that we have that deep-down history. Maybe "Earth" people (the hard working; the ones not afraid to get their hands dirty; the ones with large, square, strong hands...) maybe they have the "deep down" of those who walked toward the fields and plains.

Who knows.
Thoughts?

[MermaidAubrin]

Also, I just read what Aubrin's mom wrote, and I think its so charming that she expresses herself like a lecturer, but begins with "Sweetie"

Is your mom a professor or a lawyer? Most people don't build an argument so carefully and rationally. yes my mom can very gingerly tell some one they are wrong :) and no she is not a lawyer or professor I just I asked why she words things so great *deep thought* " hm I really... like words"

[merpirate]

I haven't had time to watch this yet but I do know about the bloop,. I will watch this video series soon though, funny side note about it you can find a lot about it by typing the bloop sound cthulhu into a search.

[merboy78xy]

yeah, I found it amazing that there was such a huge following of the Cthulhu ideas put forth in Lovecraft's stories.
I guess it's become a large part of peoples' truth. I'm not sure if I prescribe specifically to the idea of Cthulhu as a name, though I do believe in ancient entities that have been part of this world. I think it's interesting how many cultures have stories of Giants, Ancient ones, Shining ones, Titans, The Fallen (Grigori), Nephalim, etc. etc. So I think that there is some truth there as well. Just not sure it's necessarily as "horrific" and negative as Lovecraft portrayed it. What do you think Merpirate?

[merpirate]

I think honestly we know very little about our own seas currently and in my mind a mermaid is very likely or something that is close to one (Beyond a sea cow) As for elder ones, I think that it is possible that since so many legends seem to have some truth in them. that we might just find something there too

[merboy78xy]

I agree whole heartedly. I can't imagine what all is down there. We honestly know more about the moon than we do about the "abyss" (which was a great movie btw).

[Joy&RaptorsUnrestrained!]

Is this movie part of the same one with that movie about dragons: a fantasy made real that came out several years back?

[merboy78xy]

I dunno... what movie are you discussing? I mentioned the movie "the Abyss" but it doesn't have dragons in it

[Spindrift]

Is this movie part of the same one with that movie about dragons: a fantasy made real that came out several years back?

I love that mockumentary - I have it on DVD! :D Totally wish I could go on a dragon (fossil) hunt and find something.

[Joy&RaptorsUnrestrained!]

merboy78xy here is the page for the Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real show
http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/dragons/

[Capt Nemo]

As for messing up whales, here's food for thought.

130 db = threshold for pain.

300 db = active sonar "ping".

I have heard thru naval sources that pings may go as high as 600 db at the source, and can injure or kill a diver.

[merboy78xy]

wow that's some intense sound. Sucks that we always have to use these discoveries for such horrible means!
And Joy, yeah-- I remember that "documentary" now... that was a fun one!

[Prince Calypso]

so when will and english version ever air in the states. it would be nice to watch it it without the Japanese- Chinese subtitles

[Prince Calypso]

also, i find it funny that people are really getting all bent out of shape about the documentary. it's clearly meant to be a "what if" documentary. animal planet never claimed this was a real documentary or that the doctors where real. they were making a documentary that was meant to say "what if" these creatures where real, how would be come across them? What would they be like
they did the same thing with Dragons; a Fantasy Made Real

on another note, i think that mermaids are real. its my utter belief that if you want to make someone not believe in something you should put it on tv

[Joan Haworth]

The thing that you mentioned about the actors were in fact used during the dramatizations. The story was told by the original people but the dramatization was in fact done by actors. You can actually look both of the doctors up and see they are real,,,this was them..and that they truly did this kind of work for NOAA.

[~Molly~]

...its on again...
just wish they would quit wasting time on mermaid cgi and get to more science stuff.

[Joy&RaptorsUnrestrained!]

I was actually kinda disappointed with it, now that I've seen the mermaid mockumentary. The creepy faces, lack of hair, Big Brother subplot, made up stories about cave paintings in Egypt, questionable geologic dating (I'm not sure bottlenose dolphins predated Megalodons, for instance, though dolphin relatives did exist in that time), as well as the disappointing ending... the dragon show was better.

[Mermaid Annariea]

i dont agree with how the merfolk look... but all the science-y stuff is cool. the merfolk are kinda creepy looking...

[Prince Calypso]

i get why they made the mermaid look the way they did. the less closer they are to common conception of mermaids they more realistic you can make it. long flowing hair would create drag, get snagged on stuff and a whole lot of other things. when you think in terms of biology the wide large eyes, the hairless bodies, they all make an amount of sense.
i think the mermaids were done will but could have been better
the story line was someone what believable but yes the Big brother thing did take away from it but they id have to come up with some reason why a body was suddenly found and what better reason than government weaponry testing. and honestly if the government was guilty of killing something so closely resembling humans they would do everything in their power to keep it under wraps and discredit anyone who said other wise.
i mean we've all seen ET. we know what the government is capable of if they find out other intelligent life existed on earth besides humans.

[iliveinthesea]

I know this thread is old, but I just watched Mermaid last night on Animal Planet. You all are confused. Yes, there were actors in the movie, but the actors were the ones doing the reenactment. Duh. The two scientist, Dr. Paul and Dr. Rebecca are REAL people and they really worked for NOAA. The two actors playing them are clearly listed on IMDB and in the credits and you can see, they look nothing like the real Paul and Rebecca. A quick google search will show their names coming up in articles about works with NOAA not related to the mermaid doc. Most the of "fictional" stuff in the movie comes from the theories about how mermaids would have evolved and of course they have to use cgi to show that.

I for one, believe it.

[AniaR]

it was officially stated it;s a mockumentary, ilivineinthesea, so no, we're not confused, it has aired before, and the entire thing has been on youtube for years. The other link on this topic is here: http://mernetwork.com/index/showthread.php?1911-the-animal-planet-mermaid-mocumentary-is-airing!

[Nemefish]

I believe I might know what made it!

1285

You know... 'cause his name is 'Blooper'...
Yeah, I know, it's not funny... Sorry, I haven't slept much LOL
my favorite childhood games were mario games and i thought this was hysterical!!!! lol XD

[felipa_04]

Hey I just saw peolpe responding about the network trying to fool people but I do not believe that is what they were trying to do. I recorded the program watched it once and then went to watch it again to take notes so I could do my own investigating and when I looked at my recording it was listed as a movie and not a documentary. I was upset to see that because I too at first believed it was a documentary.

[Merman_Shawn]

I honestly don't know how people thought this was real. The CG wasn't the best and the side plot was really contrived.
All that said, I really liked everything else about it. The theory of aquatic apes was fascinating and well thought out. Over all I give it a solid 8.

[michellerobison]

I saw it before ,my hubby didn't catch it until it re-aired the other night, He was dissappointed it wasn't more of a discovery of mermaids instead of contrived stuff and Big Brother, he kinda felt it made a mockery of mermaids...and this coming from an average guy who really isn't into it.

[merboy78xy]

I was ok with the fantasy of it... I could tell there was some serious BUNK going on... so I never believed the show was real (nor the CGI for that matter), however, on first impressions, I wondered if there was ANY truth in the story. And in doing some research, you find that there is SOME truth behind the BLOOP sound (among many other "unexplained ocean noises" such as JULIA or SLOWDOWN). So you wonder-- did someone somewhere find some nugget of truth and it gets passed down like the children's game "telephone" and we come out with a watered-down, severely diluted, over-fantisized "documentary" that was written in fun and "what if" style... but actually contained some truth none-the-less?

[Lyna]

yea, it had some things based on actual natural occuring habits and whatnot of real creatures...and they tried to back up the turn evolution might have taken. i don't know if they chose the most believable fork in the road though from the beginning with apes splitting into the sea and the rest onto land....i guess it might expedite evolution and keep a humanoid form up top...but my thing is....if all living creatures evolved in the water...why couldn't the split have occurred in the water and moved to land....or i don't know...a species combination somewhere. they just could have back they're story a lot better. the ridge on the head...that was terrible. and if they're going to be that realistic that merpeople would be unable to grow hair....why make them so thin when it has been proven that living in the sea would cause a noticeable layer of body fat for insulation? they made mermaids look like scary freaks. it's suppose to be a romantised race...

[merboy78xy]

well, I think they wanted to do some science hook-- and their best bet for any interest was to make it very different from Ariel.
And the Aquatic Ape theory was already a theory some scientists have posed, and not having to do extra work by coming up with another theory was probably lookin good. Tho I think it's kinda cool to see someone do a show on the theory... see it acted out

[drucilla]

Yes i did watch it, and it does have some interesting points, it is a possibility. I dont doubt there are any strange creatures out there, sailors talked about sea monsters seen til this day. my grandfather who was a fisherman recalled a story of seeing a creature with a long body off Vieques Puerto Rico.. I love Cryptozoology so much, this was an interesting vid.
AHHH!!!!! I've never ever came across someone else who even knew what Cryptozoology is, let alone loves it too!!!!! When I was in school I told my job counselor that I wanted to be a cryptozoologist but she didn't even know what it was. After she looked it up, she said that it is just a hobby, and that I needed to find a real job. :(
It must be so nice to have a grandfather like that, lucky. :p lol

[drucilla]

*I have never come across*

[Elle]

merboy78xy here is the page for the Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real show
http://animal.discovery.com/convergence/dragons/

You can view this one on youtube as well

Part 1

http://youtu.be/RP2Ijh0xmdI

Part 2

http://youtu.be/mHT-tz9U0AM

[Gem Stone]

my friend almost died laughing when he saw the mermaid thing on tv. he watched it, knowing I liked mermaids, and then came up and asked me how I made the transition from aquatic ape to human. he caught me off guard so I asked him what he was talking about. he told me not to worry, Animal Planet figured it out and I didn't have to hide anymore. that's when it dawned on me he must have seen that. to this day, he still asks how my skin isn't blue:rolleyes:

[MermanJesse]

Well, Gem Stone, if you are in cooler water long enough, your lips start turning blue.

[Gem Stone]

That actually happened to my brother. We were scuba diving and at first I thought it was because if the water and shade but when we surfaced his lips were blue. He couldn't stop shivering for an hour.

[SeaGlass Siren]

i think they had a disclaimer at the end that everything in the mockumentary is fictional and only used very little fact *aquatic ape theory, the 'bloop'*
a science fiction movie disguised as a documentary. how clever!

[aWittleNoob]

..............im not a skeptic or a believer but, here is what I think.... how do you know god real you can't see him, he can't exist, you can't see your brain, and it exists? take everything with a grain of sugar, a grain of salt, a spoon of honey and a spoon of vinegar, if any of you had actually gone to the website, you would have seen it being blocked by the u.s government which is kinda weird, because when a government deals with this type of situation they just let it set out and sit out and let it just sit there. so they are hiding something in my opinion, also who would want to waste all the money on a fake website? imo, anything is possible, until completely proven impossible..... dinosaurs don't exist, the lochness doesn't exist, and dragon's couldn't have existed.... the reality is back in the day, fairytales were mixed, hallucinations were common place, and a lot of aquatic mammal tails could of been mistaken for a mermaid's tail, but say if the mammal theory is correct, then the story taveled by word or mouth and got corrupt, how do you describe it, the body of a woman, and the tail of the wish. Liars were common, so were cheats, con-artist, and swindalers, so yeah. a dragon could of been a dinosaur that lived someone, it's possible, or they could have been living, and someone killed one, and the tail spread, and got more more crazy. it breathed fire, it could fly! ridiculous if you ask me..... just a bunch of liars trying to sound cooler, or something, or make something out of nothing........

[aWittleNoob]

if you remember the unicorn, it was actually a rhino, but word sprayed by word of mouth, and someone artist made a statue thinking, hmm it must look like this! :D so everyone though a unicorn was a horse with a horn, and not a rhino, and word spread through mouth and century..... said the unicorn had magical heeling properties you name it.......

[SeaGlass Siren]

Wittle, what website are you talking about?

[Mermaidmechanic]

Replying to an old thread, I know. I just thought I would share some knowledge. This show (as we know) did have a disclaimer at the end. There is such a thing as "the bloop" but one generally accepted theory is that it was an equipment glitch. Maybe an air bubble trapped inside the system that finally got free and created that odd noise. Nearly everything else is just a "what if" scenario using "the bloop" as a base point for the plot line. Yes, some whale beachings are blamed on military equipment testings. We are constantly trying to devise ways to keep ahead of the enemy and detecting enemy vessels from far away is a great advantage. When we realize something like that has impacted the environment in a negative fashion we typically try to work the kinks out before using it again so we can use the equipment without injuring the wild life. We take painstaking precautions to try not and impact the ocean too much as it requires much man power and resources to respond to an environmental incident. Also, most of us out there actually care about the environment. Even us wrench turners down in the dark hot dungeon referred to as an engine room.

[Trident True]

I have watched this doc and felt it quiet real, but coming from me i'm probably one of the most spirtual person you could meet. what also bothers me is the lack of opened minded people on here you either BELIEVE in merfolk or not, if you think that just for one minute that they arn't real then your mind will turn against you you will convince yourlsef that they are not real. the scientific stuff behind this doc was extreamly interesting. now when it comes to the bloop, you have to remember that the sound was recorded in 1997 then again in 2004 well recorded in the water the other was also recoreded in africa by a different scientest as it was stated. the beachngs that occured in 2004 were also in aus, now we humans just need to realise that the US navy is the ONES that cause the beachings and yet they denied it and that us humans are the only threat to all things living on earth. now in the doc when they played back the recording of the whales. could anyone else feel their pain? I acutally was in tears. were not the intelligent species were the F*** species. open your minds as well as your hearts......

[Moonflower]

I have watched this doc and felt it quiet real, but coming from me i'm probably one of the most spirtual person you could meet. what also bothers me is the lack of opened minded people on here you either BELIEVE in merfolk or not, if you think that just for one minute that they arn't real then your mind will turn against you you will convince yourlsef that they are not real. the scientific stuff behind this doc was extreamly interesting. now when it comes to the bloop, you have to remember that the sound was recorded in 1997 then again in 2004 well recorded in the water the other was also recoreded in africa by a different scientest as it was stated. the beachngs that occured in 2004 were also in aus, now we humans just need to realise that the US navy is the ONES that cause the beachings and yet they denied it and that us humans are the only threat to all things living on earth. now in the doc when they played back the recording of the whales. could anyone else feel their pain? I acutally was in tears. were not the intelligent species were the F*** species. open your minds as well as your hearts......


I'm sorry, I can't quite understand what you're trying to say...

[Mermaid Momo]

^ same, I'm not sure i'm following on that part.

[SeaGlass Siren]

I think true thinks that it was a real documentary :| That bloop can be anything. As far as everyone else knows theres very little evidence that mers exist... Aside from the fact that every culture and race has some form of mers long before these countries came into contact with each other.

But if that bloop really is a mer, why haven't we seen it yet if it's been communicating with whales??

[Echidna]

I've seen that "mockumentary".
It's fantastic, everyone should watch it for the incredible CGI alone.

The Bloop is quite real, and the name already indicates they thought it was a glitch BUT,
if you listen really closely to it, it's so intricate and modulated.
I cannot believe it's technical.

My bet is it is indeed a yet undiscovered deep sea species (there are probably tons;
they only lately discovered giant squids and kalmars, for ocean's sake),
and yes, humans definitely spent a long evolutionary stage at the sea-
just look how even the smallest children are drawn to the water, and the fascination it holds for nearly everyone!-,
but I do NOT believe there is a yet undiscovered, humanoid species out there responsible for it.

If there ever existed a creature like that, humans would have driven it to extinction long ago.
Our nearest relatives in the sea are probably dolphins (and look how they are treated in certain countries).

[MermaidKatia]

Didn't the mockumentary also mention that ten new species of whales have been discovered in the last few years? WHALES. It just shows how much there is left to learn about our wonderful planet. That gives me hope. There's still so much left to discover.

[Alveric]

The problem is that it is a mockumentary, mixing facts like the bloop with fiction without telling the audience which is which. There are a lot of mysteries in the sea, unfortunately, this show just muddied the water.

[SeaGlass Siren]

alveric, they put disclaimer at the end of the mockumentary that all of it was fictional and that only the bloop recordings were real.

[Mer_Adella]

Here's what I understood. It isn't going to be the same "mockumentary" As I understood it, it was going to be like "re-examining" the first one (Body found) but its going to be a newer one...right?

[Merman Dan]

They have a page, now: Animal Planet: Mermaids (http://animal.discovery.com/tv-shows/mermaids)

[Echidna]

As for messing up whales, here's food for thought.

130 db = threshold for pain.

300 db = active sonar "ping".

I have heard thru naval sources that pings may go as high as 600 db at the source, and can injure or kill a diver.

This is totally horrible! :(

A sonar weapon testing was definitely happening.
Combined with fishing, large loud ships, dynamite, and all the trash and poisons that are daily dumped into the oceans,
it is a miracle anything is still alive in them :/

[Mermaidmechanic]

The Navy and Coast Guard are not attempting to destroy the ocean. We work very hard to protect it and this documentary actually makes some of us in service a bit upset. More so us Coasties... one of our main missions is protecting the ocean and environment. We work very closely with the navy to protect the waters we sail on and this documentary turns us all into villains. Yes, there was some navy testing that caused whales to beach. This was an unpredictable technology and it was not the intention of the navy to hurt the wildlife. The intention was to save lives and protect without the use of explosives which can not only harm the environment, but not too long ago if a missile missed its target it would become stray, drift on currents, and potentially hit an innocent vessel. We need sonar in order to monitor fishing vessels, potential drug smugglers, and enemy vessels. Sonar saves sailors lives. We interfere as minimally as possible.

[SeaGlass Siren]

Regardless if it was attpted or not (and I believe it was not intentional), it's still beaching the whales. It's still happening.

It just stinkscux no matter what we do we end up harming the ocean anyway :/

[Mermaid Momo]

Oh yeah! For those waiting to watch it, it airs next (or should I say "this"?) Sunday! The 26th! I won't be able to watch it because I'm going camping on a lake with my family but I hope it'll re-run!

[AniaR]

I don't get animal planet. *sobs*

[Echidna]

While the show was pretty good (I loved it, even though the actors were sooo fake),
I was a bit disappointed to learn the featured "Bloop" was not the real Bloop (lol).

I didn't realize this for quite some time, since I knew the Bloop does exist but never heard it before.
So I actually got excited hearing that mega-evolved whalesong-like signature they played.
Turns out it was all just fabricated to suit their story!

The real Bloop is horribly loud and very scary.
Unless it's some geological, huge phenomenon (dunno, it sounded...different), it has to be Cthulhu.

As for all the other, unexplained signatures (Julia, Whistle, Upwind etc), those don't sound like much really.
Could literally be anything :p

[SeaGlass Siren]

Or maybe leviathan xD

[Echidna]

I like 'em both :D
It's just that R'lyeh is described very close to the Bloop epicentre. hehe.

[AniaR]

I thought I read somewhere that they proved what the bloop was recently. *scratches head and goes off to search the internet*

[Merman Dan]

Wired: The Bloop (http://www.wired.co.uk/news/archive/2012-11/29/bloop-mystery-not-solved-sort-of)

[Echidna]

yeah, I read that too.
They claim the signature was only mistaken because it's mostly listened to in 16x speed.
Well, I listened to it a lot of times. In real speed.
Their explanation falls flat imo.

Also, the location was on the latitude of New Zealand and while they're not that far away, I haven't heard of glaciers IN New Zealand :P

[Jadestone]

There are indeed many glaciers in New Zealand :) It's easy to forget, but New Zealand is actually not very far from Antarctica. Us in the northerm hemisphere are so used to thinking of "south" as warmer places, but in the southern hemisphere it's the opposite.

But sound does carry MUCH farther and louder underwater due to the increase in density of the material it's traveling through (versus air), so it's not that surprising that the sound could have carried from Antartica. The West Antarctic Ice Sheet especially is prone to cracking, and has collapsed at least once before in this geologic period (and is probably heading that way again...).

It might be disappointing, but oh well. Believe me, I'd be super excited if Cthulhu was real... and then a bit terrified :)

[Echidna]

awwww :(
you gotta admit...glaciers are much less intriguing! :p

[SeaGlass Siren]

yes but they're pretty to look at *o*

[mermaid_nixie]

At the end they say all but some very few things were not real. The bloop was real though :D