b00kstorebabe:

adarlansassasssin:

lauralot89:

What probably happens when most people over-think mermaids:

• But how do they bang?

When I other-think mermaids:

• If their upper bodies are like human skin, what keeps it from deteriorating in the water like David Blaine’s body did when he was in that tank for a week?
• If mermaids build houses, would they have staircases or ramps?  What would the point be?  They could just float up to a new room through a hole in the ceiling.
• Do mermaids have a third, transparent eyelid that helps them see in the water?
• Are mermaids mammals or fish?  If they’re mammals, wouldn’t their tails have to be made out of a more whale-like or dolphin-looking substance?  Do they have to surface to breathe, or do they have gills?  Can mammals have scales?
• How do mermaids reproduce?  Do they lay eggs and then have their partner fertilize them?  Do they live-birth tail first, like a dolphin?  Are they like great white sharks, where the eggs hatch inside the mother and the babies eat the unfertilized eggs and each other until they’re ready to be birthed?
• What are baby mermaids called?  Babies, pups, calves, fries?
• Do mermaids raise their young, or are they hatched/birthed and then on their own?
• If mermaids can become human, are they annoyed at how different gravity on land feels without the buoyancy of water acting on it?
• Fish apparently can’t control when they excrete or urinate (and do the latter pretty much continuously), though aquatic mammals can control it.  Can mermaids?  Would a mermaid turned human be incontinent?
• If the mermaid turned human turns back into a mermaid when they get wet (Splash style), would they turn back on an especially humid day?  Would sweat do it?
• Can barnacles grow on mermaids?
• How would the Starbucks mermaid’s tails move when she swims?
• If mermaids existed, would they gather together and protest over-fishing by blocking boats, or would they stay hidden and just sabotage nets?
• Would mermaids go to that giant garbage island in the ocean and make jewelry out of our soda can plastic rings? 
• Can mermaids cry?  If they cry underwater, would anyone be able to tell?

I just have a lot of thoughts about mermaids.

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