Open Eyes, if you read that link you will understand. That article includes quotes from the filmmaker stating that there is no evidence, that the program was made for entertainment purposes, and that he doesn't necessarily believe in the existence of mermaids.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mermaids:_The_Body_Found
The program was fictional. Sorry
I didn't watch it myself but after reading your post I was hoping it was true. Maybe it was presented as a "true dramatization" or contained some other misleading come on. Are you familiar with the radio dramatization of War of the Worlds in the 1930's or 1940's that was presented to sound as if it were real?
Quote:
Foley is quick to point out that he doesn't necessarily believe that mermaids existed, but, as he did with a previous special, "Dragons: A Fantasy Made Real," wanted to "plausibly imagine them."
To do that, he had to think about how a real mermaid would actually look -- and it's wouldn't be a red head like Ariel the Little Mermaid at all.
"Evolutionarily speaking, hair would be the first to go because it's a drag underwater," he said. "Also, we thought about the coloring. Sea mammals tend to have countershading. They are lighter on what, in layman's terms, would be the belly and darker on the back. This is so they would blend in with the water if you're looking at them from above and would blend in with the sun shining through the water if you're looking at them from below."
Foley hopes the special gets people interested in the Aquatic Ape Theory, but also admits that his goal isn't to win converts to the idea.
"This is meant for entertainment," he laughed. "We didn't submit this for peer review."
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I do believe in pollution and chemical contamination caused by fracking. There is no doubt about that.