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  1. Zenneth Zenneth

    another question would be what do mermaids eat, besides sailors I mean;
    do they hunt smaller fish?
    Cuz considering that the smaller the fish the faster it tends to be is a mermaid an ambush predator? due to the human torso not being very hydrodynamic I don't think they can chase prey that is smaller then them.
    Or do they gather in packs to hunt larger prey?
    If this is the case what do their teeth look like?
    Cuz dealing enough damage to harm, say, a dolphin or a beluga would require piercing the fat layer. so, flat incisors wouldn't help, a mouth full of sharp needle, perhaps shark-like, teeth would be ideal.
    but this still leaves behind the fact that the human jaw wasn't meant to rip flesh from a struggling target, in fact the open human mouth pales in comparison to the ones of it's close simian relatives, such as the chimp or the gorilla, with longer teeth and wider ranges of movement; and even so those are pathetic compared to the mouth of a shark, or simillar

    Friday, 16-Dec-16 05:49:14 UTC from web
    1. Scribus Scribus

      @zennx Maybe they hunt more than sailors while near shore? Like, they surface with harpoons to get at the game or birds on land? That'd be rad.

      Friday, 16-Dec-16 05:51:32 UTC from web
      1. Zenneth Zenneth

        @scribus where would they get the harpoons tho?
        metallurgy would be impossible underwater, and they don't seem able to stay,or stand, on land.
        The harpoons could be made of just wood, but where would they get the wood in the 1st place?
        coral would be a considerable option, but it doesn't grow long or straight enough to be used as a piercing weapon.
        but if we are looking at tools a great option would be animal, more specifically crustacean body parts:
        Fig. 1- The body shell of a Lady Crab) https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e8/Crab_from_Long_Island.jpg/1200px-Crab_from_Long_Island.jpg
        those saw like edges would make a great slicing tool

        also shells from bivalves could be used as cutting tools.
        Disney would make us beleive that they'd make good bras as well, but considering that their breasts might change their size depending on the depth, they'd have to carry multiple sets at once

        Friday, 16-Dec-16 06:06:33 UTC from web