How do mermaids get pregnant and give birth?

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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How do mermaids mate?

Mermaids have vaginas, mermen have penises in sheaths, kind of like dolphins, and male mermaids have both penises and vaginas. Q: How do merpeople have sex? When any group of merpeople love each other very much, they rub their parts against each other, sometimes inside each other, in a special, watery cuddle.
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Do mermaids lay eggs or give birth?

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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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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What is a mermaid birth?

A mermaid birth is another term for a baby born encased inside an intact amniotic sac. In a mermaid birth, also known as an en caul birth, the baby comes out of the womb in what looks like a bubble. The bubble is filled with amniotic fluid.
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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 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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How do sirens breed?

A female siren is said to lay her egg clutch over a period of a few days (rather than all in one go), a system which obviously makes it look as if the eggs have been fertilised internally and, ergo, that spermatophores are produced by males.
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How are mermaids born in Mako mermaids?

Pods. As revealed, there are Pods of natural born mermaids all around the world. The Mako Island pod has more than a hundred members. When the moon is full, the natural mermaids all around the world honor the moon with a ceremony.
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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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Can I be a mermaid?

Who can be a mermaid? Mermaids can exist anywhere there is water — in lakes, oceans, ponds, rivers, and pools. However, true mermaids are passionate about protecting their environment around them, no matter what it is. Even if you're not near an ocean, you can become a mermaid wherever you're able to swim.
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How do you know if you're a mermaid?

17 Signs You're A Mermaid On The Inside
  1. Your hair always looks perfect. ...
  2. You also have the urge to dye your hair some bright color to match the fishes of the sea. ...
  3. You always win sack races because having one lower limb just feels natural to you. ...
  4. You can swim really well, duh.
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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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What are mermaids attracted to?

Believe it or not, the easiest way to catch a mermaid is by flaunting some pearls. Mermaids often pluck pearls from oysters and use them as decoration. They'll be attracted to the pearl's sheen and come up out of the water to investigate like a fish to a lure.
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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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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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How much do mermaids get paid?

If you are hired by an event company as a mermaid, it'll be $50-150/hour. If you work on a regular basis as a mermaid performer in an aquarium, you'll earn $15-50/hour.
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What are mermaids afraid of?

However, they were naturally afraid of fire, though this could be interpreted as a fear of any forms of general warmth, which can cause them to dry out. This can be noted by mermaids fleeing Blackbeard's Greek fire as well as legends of the Jungle Pools.
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How long can mermaids hold their breath for?

Many professional mermaids can hold their breath up to four minutes. Melissa Dawn, known as Mermaid Melissa, has a record of four minutes and 32 seconds.
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How big is a mermaid?

Some mermaids were described as very big, up to 2,000 feet (610 m). Mermaids could also swim up rivers to freshwater lakes.
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Who is the most powerful mermaid?

Nerissa is a member of the Northern Pod. She has been described as the most powerful and strongest of all mermaids. All the mermaids in the world admire and strive to be like her. She has mastered spells that no other mermaid in the world has ever been able to accomplish.
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Does Mako Island exist?

Mako Island is a real island in the two popular television series' H2O: Just Add Water and Mako Mermaids. It's located approximately 50 km off the Gold Coast. Mako Island was formed by a comet that crashed into the Earth. One of the shards impacted near Ireland (Eire) forming the Sea Caves of Ireland.
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