{"version":"1.0","provider_name":"Rainbow Dash Network","provider_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/","type":"link","title":"Zenneth (zennx)'s status on Friday, 16-Dec-16 05:57:48 UTC","author_name":"Zenneth (zennx)","author_url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/zennx","url":"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/notice\/4500685","html":"@<span class=\"vcard\"><a href=\"http:\/\/rainbowdash.net\/user\/60\" class=\"url\" title=\"Scribus Mustella\"><span class=\"fn nickname mention\">scribus<\/span><\/a><\/span> another good question is, do they have nipples?<br \/>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).<br \/>This, however doesn't stop the young from needing milk.<br \/>(look at the echidna or platypus for examples of egg-laying milk drinkers)<br \/>the problem now gets to what do they eat to produce milk?<br \/>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).<br \/>another option would be eating actual bone, but that only leads us back to the teeth debate"}