I watched about 5 minutes of the mermaid show and felt my brain cells dying. The video on youtube was made by the show, for the show. The show's disclaimer says only the "unknown noise" was not made up.
It's about the same level of reality as the rest of AP's crap shows. Bigfoot, ghosts, celebrity ghosts, aliens, aliens that are ghosts, aliens that kidnap bigfoot, aliens from ancient times, crystal skulls, crystals from the ancient times, crystal eggs that tell you what to bet on horse races....
Bunk. Animal Planet is now Tabloid Channel.
Also, 90% of the news is also bunk, or media spin.