Mermaids and Mermen, Pirates and sailors thought they were real

Check out these pics,found them on the net.i dont know if this is real or not.you all decide.this merman was found near the  beach in the philippines.if its not real.whoever made it needs to work for the movie industry.

Hello
Seems like if it was real the dorsal fin would be on his back not his side. But an excellent job. It sure would give you a scare underwater.
Seahunter

Hey how did you get that photo of my Stepmother? 

Dive to 150'+ on regular air... the whole family is down there.

I saw them on my last dive, some real nice folks, err fish, err, folks, ahh fish....

I did some research on the net.found out where the merman came from.

 www.theFeejeeMermaid.com

what no yamish!ta gold with him 

Looks like an alien merman to me.

the bottom half is real as are the fins on the head. the maker had no concept of anatomy because the spines dont line up. Seahunter is right.

The bottom part is a real fish on it's side. Looks like they used a real fish, with his mouth wide open, and slid the top half into that. If you look carefully, you can see the outline of the fish's head and open mouth under the "skin"

Mike

I made the mistake of looking at your avatar first and was momentarily blinded before I could make out the outline of the fish

yes, my avatar has a particularly devastating effect on epileptics! 

Mike

Whoever spent alot of time putting that together. Great for Halloween!  Dont think I would want it in my house though. Would give me the willies at night.
 Malady

wish my monster-in-law was half as pretty and 1/4 as nice