Ngokocwaningo olusha, “i-mermaid” enamakhulu eminyaka eyatholwa ochwepheshe iwunodoli onyantisayo wezingxenye zezilwane ayijwayelekanga kunalokho okwakucatshangwa ngaphambili.
Abacwaningi bathola i-mermaid, ecishe ibe ngama-intshi angu-12 (amasentimitha angu-30.5) ubude, ebhokisini lezinkuni elikhiyiwe ngaphakathi kwethempeli laseJapane e-Okayama Prefecture ngo-2022. Ngaleso sikhathi, abacwaningi babecabanga ukuthi yadalwa ngomzimba wenkawu nekhanda elithungelwe emzimbeni. yenhlanzi engenakhanda.
I-hybrid hybrid, efana ne-Ningyo evela kuzinganekwane zaseJapane - a isidalwa esinjengenhlanzi esinekhanda lomuntu okuthiwa ukwelapha izifo nokwandisa ukuphila isikhathi eside - ngaphambili wawukhonjiswa ebhokisini lengilazi ethempelini ukuze abantu bakhulekele ngaphambi kokuba ligcinwe eminyakeni engaphezu kwengu-40 edlule.
Ngokwencwadi engaphakathi kwebhokisi likamama, lo mfanekiso wathathwa umdobi phakathi kuka-1736 no-1741, nakuba cishe waqanjwa emashumini eminyaka kamuva njengomgunyathi ukuze udayiselwe abantu abacebile abafuna ukuthuthukisa impilo yabo noma ukuphila isikhathi eside.
Abacwaningi base-Kurashiki University of Science and the Arts (KUSA) yase-Japani bathatha i-mermaid (ngemvume evela kubapristi basethempelini) futhi baqala ukutadisha i-artifact esabekayo besebenzisa amasu anhlobonhlobo afana ne-X-ray kanye ne-CT (computerized tomography) ukuskena, I-radiocarbon dating, i-electron microscopy, kanye DNA ukuhlaziywa.
NgoFebhuwari 7, 2023, iqembu lagcina likhiphe lokho elikutholile ngo- KUSA statement (kuhunyushwe kusuka ku-Japanese). Futhi lokhu abakuthola nge-mermaid kwakuxaka kakhulu kunalokho obekulindelwe.
Lokhu okutholakele kuveze ukuthi umlenze we-mermaid wawunendwangu, iphepha, nokotini futhi wawugcinwe ndawonye ngezikhonkwane zensimbi ezisuka entanyeni ziye kwesingezansi. Iphinde yapendwe ngengxube yesihlabathi namalahle.
Umzimba, ngakolunye uhlangothi, wawumbozwe izingxenye ezithathwe ezidalwa ezihlukahlukene. Izingxenye zezingalo, amahlombe, intamo, nezihlathi zazimbozwe uboya besilwane esincelisayo nesikhumba senhlanzi, cishe okwakuvela ku-pufferfish. Umlomo namazinyo e-mermaid cishe kwakutholakala ezinhlanzini ezidla ezinye, futhi izinzipho zayo zakhiwe nge-keratin, okubonisa ukuthi zithathwe esilwaneni sangempela kodwa esingaziwa.
Ingxenye engezansi ye-mermaid yavela enhlanzini, cishe i-croaker - inhlanzi ene-ray-finned eyenza umsindo oshoshozayo ngesinyi sayo sokubhukuda ukuyisiza ilawule ukunyakaza kwayo.
Nakuba abacwaningi bengakwazanga ukuthola noma iyiphi i-DNA egcwele ku-mermaid, ukuhlaziywa kwe-radiocarbon kwezikali kwembula ukuthi zingahlehlela emuva ekuqaleni kwawo-1800.
Ngokusho kochwepheshe, i-mermaid cishe yadalwa ukuze ikhohlise abantu ukuba bakholelwe ukuthi ama-Ningyos nezimfanelo zabo zokuphulukisa okuthiwa zazingokoqobo. Kodwa-ke, kukhombisa futhi ukuthi amaqili adala umsebenzi omningi kunalokho obekulindelwe ekuhlanganiseni isidalwa esingumgunyathi.
Sekunezinye ezingu-14 eziye zatholwa eJapane, futhi iqembu manje lihlela ukubaqhathanisa.
Ucwaningo lwashicilelwa okokuqala ngo KUSA ngoFebhuwari 2, 2023.
