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Ok so Merfolk, they’ve been discussed for so long and like Lauralot I’m confounded by the questions repeatedly asked so let me just...science this fuckery for a minute. 

Consider, if you will, the anatomy of a Mermaid. It’s absolute horseshit from a typical stand point. Humans are mammals and to combine that with a fish...something has to go horribly wrong and some parts of the human half would become unnecessary deformities. So, how do we circumvent that to the best of our abilities? Well there are human sized mammals that exist among marine life. Dolphins. Have you ever read about dolphins? You should try it because holy shit if ever there was a human-like fish it’s these things. 

So now to answer Lauralot’s questions with this thought in mind:

1. their upper bodies would not be human skin. It might be a thinner version of the dolphin skin. Not quite as much toughness to it, allowing for hair growth and such because they are still partially human and from what I’ve read dolphins do have some sort of hair on their bodies, I’m not 100% on how true that actually is but they are mammals so I would not be surprised. 

2. Houses? What in the absolute hell do they need houses for? They probably migrate like dolphins or if they do stay in one area they can make use of existing caves as a den (because humans have the inclination to settle in one place) Maybe it’s both and they have two or more homes. Also River Dolphins are fun.

3. well if they are half dolphin then chances are they are either partially or completely blind and use sonar. Third eyelid is a possibility but from quick google searches I don’t think they would. Dolphins can blink but apparently don’t do so as often as humans and you have to consider that their watery habitat would keep the eye moist and there isn’t honestly much need for a transparent eyelid. 

4. It makes more sense for them to be Dolphins, therefore making them Mammals and meaning they would have a Dolphin tale. This also changes how their tail would move and bend so no more of this “the tail bends like knees and they can sit on rocks and shit” bullshit. That’s not...how about we don’t. That makes zero sense and if they were real and did that we’d have seen them. No gills, no scales. I imagine they would surface but instead of a blowhole like dolphins and whales their nose and mouth would function for that purpose. 

5. Well they would reproduce the same way Dolphins would. And that is incredibly similar to humans actually. They probably actually would be born tail first like a dolphin and it would be a hell of a thing because that tail would not be great coming out just saying. Eggs though? Really? Now you know damn well that would ruin every mermaid romance in the history of ever. 

6. Calves. Baby Dolphins are called Calves and I think that from a scientific standpoint so would a baby mermaid. 

7. Whether or not they raise their calves...depends on the type of dolphin I think and the typical habitat of these creatures. Amazon River Dolphins, for example, are independent of their mothers within two or three years. 

8. I don’t know how annoyed would you be if your limbs suddenly weighed like twice as much. Chances are they’d have a hard time standing up and figuring out how to walk for a while even if they’ve done it before. that would be disorienting as hell. 

9. I think based on that they are mammals they’d be fine and it would be relatively normal. I actually couldn’t find much on this but if you’re correct in suggesting that aquatic mammals do indeed have control I would be inclined to believe a mermaid would as well given being half dolphin and 100% mammal. 

10. I got nothing for this one, I think this is more up to like a H2O mermaids type discussion where they question the science behind just how much water something has to actually contain before it’ll affect the mermaids changing back. Sweat is 99% percent water but evaporates on the skin so I don’t know the science behind that one.

11. I don’t think Dolphin skin is subject to this issue so I’m going to go with no. Research is pointing to no. 

12. I don’t even want to touch that anatomical structure, something has gone very wrong there. 

13. probably sneaky sabotage because humans are terrible and mermaids would go extinct real fast if humans caught wind of that. 

14. I mean...I’d like to think they’d be more intelligent than that and would probably be trying to get that stuff out of the ocean.That’s just my opinion though.

15. Well they wouldn’t have tear ducts as from what I can tell dolphins don’t, they’re under water and don’t need the tears to moisten their eyes. That’s not to say that they wouldn’t cry, just not the way that humans do. Dolphins do grieve and mourn their dead from what I’ve read. Have you ever watched a human cry? It’s not just tears, it’s an entire bodily reaction. I imagine a mermaid would be more of a vocal cry or a whole body shake like someone who’s crying hysterically or a combination of the two. Even just a facial expression. If this was the case you would absolutely be able to tell. 

Does that answer your questions? Do you have anymore? Because honestly I have fun researching this and looking into the behaviours of dolphins to compare them to typical human behaviours. It’s so clear adapting mermaids out of a combination of human and dolphins, the similarities are nuts and it pains me that I don’t see as many people working with this type of mermaid. I’ve grown pretty tired of seeing fish/human mermaid with their brightly coloured scales and this just makes more sense to me both from a drawing/writing point of few and a scientific one.