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  1. Zenneth Zenneth

    I have this theory about mermaids
    their boobs aren't actually boobs, they are floatation bladders
    they can fill them up with air, or another light gas, as they wish to allow them to rise/sink as they see fit
    this also explains the whole big breasted mermaid thing, while on the surface they would need to be as big as possible, to displace more water and allow them to float more easily
    while on the bottom they're probably as flat as a 3year old boy

    Friday, 16-Dec-16 05:41:46 UTC from web
    1. Scribus Scribus

      @zennx That makes a disturbing amount of sense.

      Friday, 16-Dec-16 05:43:21 UTC from web
      1. Zenneth Zenneth

        @scribus another good question is, do they have nipples?
        nipples are used as mammals to feed their young, but the mermaids body seems to be more suitable to external reproduction (i.e. placing eggs on the seabed and waiting for a male to fertilize them there).
        This, however doesn't stop the young from needing milk.
        (look at the echidna or platypus for examples of egg-laying milk drinkers)
        the problem now gets to what do they eat to produce milk?
        humans regularly get most of their calcium intake from vegetables, but mermaids seem to be more predator carnivore than omnivore, also algae doesn't grow past certain depths (considering that a feeding mother would either prefer to stay in the deep where the larger opportunist predators are fewer).
        another option would be eating actual bone, but that only leads us back to the teeth debate

        Friday, 16-Dec-16 05:57:48 UTC from web