Zenneth (zennx)'s status on Friday, 16-Dec-16 05:57:48 UTC
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@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
