You sound like you'll believe whatever people tell you, all we sensible people ask is for evidence, we're not narrow minded either, we're just smart enough not to believe everything we read in books and see on TV. DERP... (→_→
Actually it's wrong...a friend of mine saw the same mermaid showing. It's probably photoshop and a lot of special effects. It's quite sad that another supposedly "scientific" channel would once again bend to the desire of money...(the mermaid show was the most watched show of the channel).