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  "id": 18197520,
  "title": "Feejee Mermaid on display in Colorado may shock and intrigue—but no longer considered a 'missing link'",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/feejee-mermaid-on-display-in-colorado-may-shock-and-intrigue-but-no",
  "topic": "science",
  "section": "Science",
  "published": "2026-11-04T22:20:06.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Phys.org",
    "slug": "phys-org",
    "url": "https://phys.org/news/2026-11-feejee-mermaid-display-colorado-intrigue.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Mermaids have inhabited world folklore and mythology for centuries. Ancient Babylonians worshiped Oannes, a human-fish hybrid; sirens populated Greek mythology; and fairy tales such as \"The Little Mermaid\" have made this figure a pop culture icon.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
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  "coverage": {
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    "also_reported_by": [
      {
        "outlet": "The Conversation",
        "title": "A Feejee Mermaid on display in Colorado may shock and intrigue – but it’s no longer considered a ‘missing link’ on the evolutionary tree",
        "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/11/04/a-feejee-mermaid-on-display-in-colorado-may-shock-and-intrigue-but",
        "published": "2026-11-04T13:28:34.000Z"
      }
    ]
  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}