Do mermaids lay eggs?

For all you know, mermaids produce hundreds or thousands of small eggs, like frogs or fish. The hatched young go through several life cycles, eventually becoming something like their final form.
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Can a mermaid and a human mate?

Merpeople aren't the same species as humans, but they are in the same genus, like goats and sheep or donkeys and horses. That means they are close enough to humans to interbreed.
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What are baby mermaids called?

What Are Baby Mermaids Called? Because there is no unique word for a mermaid baby like dolphin babies (calve) or fish babies, mermaid infants are simply referred to as baby mermaids or babies (fry, fingerling).
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How does mermaid breed?

A Mermaid or Merman does not reproduce sexually. They reproduce by asexual reproduction. When the Mermaid or Merman dies. It triggers a part in their body that starts the reproduction.
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Where are mermaid eggs from?

It is these egg cases which are commonly referred to as mermaids' purses. As the name suggests egg cases initially contain the fertilized egg of a shark or skate, which over time develops into an embryo. They are made out of the fibrous protein collagen which forms tough leathery pouches.
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How did mermaid get pregnant?

The female will lay the eggs and they will be dispersed through the water where the male will fertilize them. But some fish engage in a form of intercourse or a mating ritual. There are also types of fish that can fertilize themselves. The best hypothesis for mermaid reproduction is that they mate in the same fashion.
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What happens if a mermaid kisses you?

Legend has it that a kiss from a mermaid can give you some amazing abilities, including being able to breathe underwater. Other stories suggest that a kiss from a mermaid may also give the receiver other enchanting powers such as the ability to heal people.
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How do mermaids get married?

According to the princess's grandmother, mermaids can live for centuries, but when they die, they dissolve into sea foam. The only way a mermaid can get an immortal soul, is to marry an human.
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Can a mermaid fall in love with a human?

In other folk traditions (or sometimes within the same traditions), they can be benevolent or beneficent, bestowing boons or falling in love with humans. The male equivalent of the mermaid is the merman, also a familiar figure in folklore and heraldry.
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How rare is a mermaid birth?

An en caul birth, also known as a “mermaid birth” or “veiled birth”, is when the baby comes out still inside or partially wrapped in the amniotic sac. This happens in only 1 in 80,000 births, making it extremely rare. It might look like your newborn is completely gift-wrapped in a soft bubble.
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Can mermaid babies survive?

Most babies with mermaid syndrome do not survive, living a few days at most. There have been a few cases of surgical separation of the legs. A team of doctors from different specialties will help plan and provide the treatment and care of babies with mermaid syndrome, as well as supporting the family.
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How can you tell if you're a mermaid?

Sixteen Signs You May Be a Mermaid
  1. Your extra money goes to bath bombs, bath soaps, and perfumes.
  2. As a child, you practiced pressing your legs and feet together as hard as you could, hoping to fuse them into a tail.
  3. The Shape of Water felt like an autobiography when you saw it in the theater more than once.
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How do mermaids mate in Siren?

The males can attract potential mates by stretching and twisting their necks and produce a kind of bio-luminescence. Then the females bite on to their male mate's necks and smack them with their tails.
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Is there a male mermaid?

Mermen, the male counterparts of the mythical female mermaids, are legendary creatures, which are male human from the waist up and fish-like from the waist down, but may assume normal human shape.
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Where do mermaids sleep?

K-Gr 2-Mermaids are sleeping in coral caves and, in that same water, pirates are snoring in their ship. In the trunks below deck, genies dream on sand in their lamps; that sand was also used to build sand castles where sea serpents sleep.
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What food do mermaids eat?

In this fairy tale, mermaids eat fish, sea vegetables and a dash of fat (following the Zone Diet, of course), which is how they get their healthy and youthful appearance. As it turns out, seaweed, a primary vegetable in their diet, has numerous health benefits that could help you embrace your inner mermaid.
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When was the first mermaid seen?

One of the earliest mermaid legends appeared in Syria around 1000 BC when the goddess Atargatis dove into a lake to take the form of a fish.
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Who was the first person to marry a mermaid?

The Man Who Married a Mermaid (1949) tells the picaresque story of a sailor, Père Olifus, who first marries a mermaid, then embarks upon a series of voyages to a semi-mythical Far East where he enjoys various economic opportunities, but remains plagued by the vengeful astral form of the mermaid wife he left behind.
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What happens if a siren falls in love with a human?

Sirens can manipulate feelings of love. It first charms its way through the victim's defenses by reading their mind and pretending to be the "perfect person" for the victim, and causes its victims to kill someone they love under the promise they will be together forever.
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What is a siren vs mermaid?

Mermaids are half fish, half women who live in the ocean and are typically harmless. Sirens are like evil mermaids. They come in different forms depending on the interpretation, but generally sirens are depicted in the form of a mermaid. Sirens are known for singing enchanting songs to lure sailors to their death.
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Why do mermaids slap jack?

Their relationship ended badly but she may have had a soft spot for Jack considering he survived being attracted to her. Also when they were reunited, Marina merely chose to slap Jack instead of trying to drown him.
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Do mermaids live forever?

Mermaids live for hundreds of years, much longer than humans but they do eventually face a natural death. It is possible that mermaids can stay young forever as when Betty got back her object of power, she became young and beautiful again.
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Is the moon pool real?

A moon pool is a feature of marine drilling platforms, drillships and diving support vessels, some marine research and underwater exploration or research vessels, and underwater habitats, in which it is also known as a wet porch.
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What is the lifespan of a mermaid?

red-headed color morph of H. oceanus. Mermaids grow to a length of about five and half feet and a top weight of 125 pounds. The life span is about 30 years.
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