Dec 12, 2012 6:25 AM

Footnotes: Mermaids and Other Hybrids That Don't Drive Really Slowly in the Fast Lane

This week we’re talking about the hallucinations of the producers at Animal Planet, as well as certain hybrid animals that may at first appear to be hallucinations, but are in fact real for everyone, including the producers at Animal Planet.

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Also on the docket: a mythical hybrid — the mermaid — which only the producers at Animal Planet and one crazy lady in Dayton, Ohio, still believe exist. So that’s nice.

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Articles under discussion this week: Attack of the Mutant Pupfish Wired’s Favorite Viral Photo Projects of 2012

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