<<Could they be real?

Fins may have occurred at some point in evolution, though I doubt there was such beauty as portrayed. A very beautiful dream nonetheless!

Many religions have had half human-half beasts. This is just another one of them. Do we think centaurs are real? What about the sphinx? I always thought it was funny that they drew them with breasts, used to feed warm blooded babies. Fish lay eggs. What would the breasts be used for?

the image of them that so many people seem to be familiar with must have come from SOMEwhere. Plus, a lot of the ocean has still been left unexplored

I recently watched a documentary on this! Anyway...

Since I can't definitively say they don't exist, it means its possible that there's at least one out there in the ocean somewhere. However, it means mermaids would've had to survive a lot of the predators like biting sperm whales and megladons (50ft (and even bigger) long sharks). Also, it seems like they would've been spotted and reported a lot more than they have been due to all the fishing that goes on.

If they do exist, I imagine they're nothing like what we have them pictured as. I imagine they'd be more fish than human since having seashell covered boobs isn't really an evolutionary advantage considering sharks don't seem nearly as enthralled by them as normal males do.

I sure hope so.

I wanted to be a mermaid when I grew up. Still do.

Who knows :0

You never know. Just because you've never seen one doesn't mean they're not out there somewhere. Maybe they're just good at hiding. Plus it's fun for the imagination.

Well like Albert Einstein says:
"Imagination is more important than knowledge."

could is the big word in this question
possible not probable

But can dream they do.

'Could' is the operative word here. I doubt there are any around, but who knows?

If you want them to be...

I don't know, but it would be awesome if they did..

all is possible

I would like to think so

Hey, that one can rake your garden!

Scientists have found evidence that mermaids may exist.

I live by the sea, not sure what would happen if I saw a mermaid, one thing is for sure, they would be hard pressed to get a big rock to sit on, the seals around here keep their towels on them...!!!

Perhaps millions of years ago.

If you haven't seen one, you can't prove they're not real...

I don't think so, but I'd love to meet one .... so I'm keeping my imagination open :)

It would be really cool if they were!

Maybe....Reports have been reported as far back as many hundreds of years go.

God would have no reason to create them. Animals aren't made in God's image. But people are. so I don't think a merman or merwoman would fit that image.

noooo

In my opinion, no, but how cool would it be if they were real

agree

indeed. :>