Mermaids: The Body Found
 Mermaids is a docufiction that originally aired as Mermaids: The Body Found on May 27 2012 on Animal Planet and June 17 on Discovery Channel. It tells a story of a scientific team's investigative efforts to uncover the source behind mysterious underwater recordings of an unidentified marine body. The show presents the generally discredited aquatic ape hypothesis as evidence that mermaids exist along with a digitally manufactured video.