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There is another MermaidProblem, and that is, [[CarnivoreConfusion what the heck do they eat?]] some versions of mermaids like [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 The Little Mermaid]] show that they are friends to sea life, when the obvious food choices for them are fish, crustaceans, and if they're feeling risky bigger fish like smaller sharks. so that makes this so dang confusing that we bet it keeps some people up at night.
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Another MermaidProblem is [[CarnivoreConfusion what the heck do they eat?]] Some versions of mermaids like [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 The Little Mermaid]] show that they are friends to sea life, when the obvious food choices for them are fish, crustaceans, and if they're feeling risky bigger fish like smaller sharks.
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There is another MermaidProblem, and that is, [[CarnivoreConfusion what the heck do they eat?]] some versions of mermaids like [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 The Little Mermaid]] show that they are friends to sea life, when the obvious food choices for them are fish, crustaceans, and if they're feeling risky bigger fish like smaller sharks. so that makes this so dang confusing that I bet it keeps some people up at night.
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There is another MermaidProblem, and that is, [[CarnivoreConfusion what the heck do they eat?]] some versions of mermaids like [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 The Little Mermaid]] show that they are friends to sea life, when the obvious food choices for them are fish, crustaceans, and if they're feeling risky bigger fish like smaller sharks. so that makes this so dang confusing that I we bet it keeps some people up at night.
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There is another mermaid problem, and that is, [[CarnivoreConfusion what the heck do they eat?]] some versions of mermaids like [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 The Little Mermaid]] show that they are friends to sea life, when the obvious food choices for them are fish, crustaceans, and if they're feeling risky bigger fish like smaller sharks. so that makes this so dang confusing that I bet it keeps some people up at night.
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There is another mermaid problem, MermaidProblem, and that is, [[CarnivoreConfusion what the heck do they eat?]] some versions of mermaids like [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 The Little Mermaid]] show that they are friends to sea life, when the obvious food choices for them are fish, crustaceans, and if they're feeling risky bigger fish like smaller sharks. so that makes this so dang confusing that I bet it keeps some people up at night.
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There is another mermaid problem, and that is, [[CarnivoreConfusion what the heck do they eat?]] some versions of mermaids like [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 The Little Mermaid]] show that they are friends to sea life, when the obvious food choices for them are fish, crustaceans, and if they're feeling risky bigger fish like smaller sharks. so that makes this so dang confusing that I bet it keeps some people up at night
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There is another mermaid problem, and that is, [[CarnivoreConfusion what the heck do they eat?]] some versions of mermaids like [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 The Little Mermaid]] show that they are friends to sea life, when the obvious food choices for them are fish, crustaceans, and if they're feeling risky bigger fish like smaller sharks. so that makes this so dang confusing that I bet it keeps some people up at night
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There is another mermaid problem, and that is, [[CarnivoreConfusion what the heck do they eat?]] some versions of mermaids like [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 The Little Mermaid]] show that they are friends to sea life, when the obvious food choices for them are fish, crustaceans, and if they're feeling risky bigger fish like smaller sharks. so that makes thing so dang confusing that I bet it keeps some people up at night
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There is another mermaid problem, and that is, [[CarnivoreConfusion what the heck do they eat?]] some versions of mermaids like [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 The Little Mermaid]] show that they are friends to sea life, when the obvious food choices for them are fish, crustaceans, and if they're feeling risky bigger fish like smaller sharks. so that makes thing this so dang confusing that I bet it keeps some people up at night
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There is another mermaid problem, and that is, [[CarnivoreConfusion what the heck do they eat?]] some versions of mermaids like [[WesternAnimation/TheLittleMermaid1989 The Little Mermaid]] show that they are friends to sea life, when the obvious food choices for them are fish, crustaceans, and if they're feeling risky bigger fish like smaller sharks. so that makes thing so dang confusing that I bet it keeps some people up at night
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The other solution is various forms of shapeshifting. Apart from the various magical methods in the original mermaid myths, there is one form of shapeshifting that stays well on the hard side of the MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness, namely that a mermaid's fishlike tail is a removable swimsuit. This form exists in real life (see: [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monofin monofin]]); however, in fiction, it tends to be associated with a [[SelkiesAndWereseals seal-like bottom half]] more often than a fishlike one.
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The other solution is various forms of shapeshifting. Apart from the various magical methods in the original mermaid myths, there is one form of shapeshifting that stays well on the hard side of the MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness, science fiction, namely that a mermaid's fishlike tail is a removable swimsuit. This form exists in real life (see: [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monofin monofin]]); however, in fiction, it tends to be associated with a [[SelkiesAndWereseals seal-like bottom half]] more often than a fishlike one.
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The other solution is various forms of shapeshifting. Apart from the various magical methods in the original mermaid myths, there is one form of shapeshifting that stays well on the hard side of the MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness, namely that a mermaid's fishlike tail is a removable swimsuit. This form exists in real life (see: [[http://mermagica.com/ monofin]]); however, in fiction, it tends to be associated with a [[SelkiesAndWereseals seal-like bottom half]] more often than a fishlike one.
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The other solution is various forms of shapeshifting. Apart from the various magical methods in the original mermaid myths, there is one form of shapeshifting that stays well on the hard side of the MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness, namely that a mermaid's fishlike tail is a removable swimsuit. This form exists in real life (see: [[http://mermagica.com/ [[https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Monofin monofin]]); however, in fiction, it tends to be associated with a [[SelkiesAndWereseals seal-like bottom half]] more often than a fishlike one.
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* In some stories, they are mammals. They could be the fishy version of a monotreme: mammals with physiology reminiscent of another phylum. Monotremes have features from both mammals and birds (they lay eggs, but suckle young). Why couldn't there be a fishy equivalent (has partial scales and a tail instead of legs, maybe spawns instead of giving live birth, but still suckles young)? Also consider that merpeople move their tails up and down, much like cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) and like the manatees that inspired mermaid stories in the first place. And like dolphins, mammalian merpeople would have to return to the surface occasionally to take a breath. This might be associated with living near beaches, like seals or manatees, more than with some sort of ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''-style undersea kingdom. This also handily solves the sex problems.
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* In some stories, they are mammals. They could be the fishy version of a monotreme: mammals with physiology reminiscent of another phylum. Monotremes have features from both mammals and birds (they lay eggs, but suckle young). Why couldn't there be a fishy equivalent (has partial scales and a tail instead of legs, maybe spawns instead of giving live birth, but still suckles young)? Also consider that merpeople move their tails up and down, much like cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) and like the manatees that inspired mermaid stories in the first place. And like dolphins, mammalian merpeople would have to return to the surface occasionally to take a breath. This might be associated with living near beaches, like seals or manatees, more than with some sort of ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''-style ''Franchise/TheLittleMermaid''-style undersea kingdom. This also handily solves the sex problems.
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The other solution is various forms of shapeshifting. Apart from the various magical methods in the original mermaid myths, there is one form of shapeshifting that stays well on the hard side of the MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness, namely that a mermaid's fishlike tail is a removable swimsuit. This form exists in real life (see: [[http://mermagica.com/ monofin]]); however, in fiction, it tends to be associated with a [[SelkiesAndWereseals seal-like bottom half]] more often than a fishlike one.
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The other solution is various forms of shapeshifting. Apart from the various magical methods in the original mermaid myths, there is one form of shapeshifting that stays well on the hard side of the MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness, namely that a mermaid's fishlike tail is a removable swimsuit. This form exists in real life (see: [[http://mermagica.com/ monofin]]); however, in fiction, it tends to be associated with a [[SelkiesAndWereseals seal-like bottom half]] more often than a fishlike one.one.
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* The respiratory systems of merpeople don't have to mirror those of known mammals and fish. They could have an organ that draws oxygen from either water or air, somehow compensating for
* In some stories, they are mammals. They could be the fishy version of a monotreme: mammals with physiology reminiscent of another phylum. Monotremes have features from both mammals and birds (they lay eggs, but suckle young). Why couldn't there be a fishy equivalent (has partial scales and a tail instead of legs, maybe spawns instead of giving live birth, but still suckles young)? Also consider that merpeople move their tails up and down, much like cetaceans (whales, dolphins, and porpoises) and like the manatees that inspired mermaid stories in the first place. And like dolphins, mammalian merpeople would have to return to the surface occasionally to take a breath. This might be associated with living near beaches, like seals or manatees, more than with some sort of ''Disney/TheLittleMermaid''-style undersea kingdom. This also handily solves the sex problems.
Mermaids are commonly drawn with large breasts. This would appear to create drag, but boxfish aren't especially streamlined either.
The other solution is various forms of shapeshifting. Apart from the various magical methods in the original mermaid myths, there is one form of shapeshifting that stays well on the hard side of the MohsScaleOfScienceFictionHardness, namely that a mermaid's fishlike tail is a removable swimsuit. This form exists in real life (see: [[http://mermagica.com/ monofin]]); however, in fiction, it tends to be associated with a [[SelkiesAndWereseals seal-like bottom half]] more often than a fishlike one.
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