The Pros And Cons Of Mermaids

One example of proof that mermaids aren't real is Animal Planet, a channel is that known for its documentaries, the show portrayed scientists going into a submarine and exploring the ocean and capturing footage of mermaids. What actually was going on was the scientists were paid actors and they used props to make it seem real, and it tricked many people because there was “only the show's very brief disclaimer in the end credits noting it was a work of fiction”(Castro). Another example is the Feejee mermaid, in the 1840s a man named Samuel Barrett Eades set up a “mermaid” in his coffee shop. It is said that the odd-looking creature was created by a fisherman who sewed together a half ape and half fish as a joke. It then made its way to England,