Are mermaids real?

No, because people have never found one. Mermaids live in stories. People can wear shiny tails. Fish and seals are real.

Mermaids from stories are not real. No one has found a person with a fish tail living in the sea. Long ago, people saw seals or sea cows from far away and made up stories. It is like seeing a coat on a chair in the dark and thinking it is a person. Your eyes can guess wrong.

Mermaids are make-believe creatures. Scientists have explored oceans and found many amazing animals, but never a human with a fish tail. Long ago, sailors may have seen manatees or seals far away and thought they looked a little like people in the water. Then stories grew. Fun fact: manatees are sometimes called sea cows, and they can hold their breath for about 20 minutes while resting.