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Something fishy

I just spent over an hour watching (intently if I may say) Animal Planet's Mermaids: A Body Found. The documentary starts with an interesting premise that US navy underwater experiments may have been the cause for a lot if whale beachings and that it may have killed a previously unknown species that is more man than marine mammal. Show then proceeds to give evidence to the existence of mermaids, complete with cgi animations to give us a look. Spoiler: they look like green avatar humanoids with fish tails. Anyway, I was hooked, and began watching more intently, unmindful of the fact that it was eating up my JackTV time. I even managed to have nel watch, which she did enthusiastically while humming bars from The Little Mermaid. I got hooked, especially on the conspiracy part where it seems that some agency was trying to shut down the team who discovered the mermaids. Even if they only have sound recordings and a partially digested specimen. Then, during the end credits, all was revea