Zenneth (zennx)'s status on Friday, 16-Dec-16 05:49:14 UTC
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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
