I'm totally serious. I just finished watching the Little Mermaid, and I'm really curious now.
2007-10-14 15:12:44 · 4 answers · asked by Björn M 1 in Science & Mathematics ➔ Biology
Lets see this is Biology category. So, you'll get a biological answer. There is NO such thing as mer people. It's all imagination. So, why not just go ahead and imagine them reproducing any way you please.
The Little Mermaid has been out a long long time. Did you just land on planet Earth?
2007-10-14 15:25:00 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
You would think that mermaids would be ----able, like human women? The fact is they reproduce like most fish. The female deposits eggs and the male fertilizes them. Tom Hanks was going to be sadly disappointed when he got to Darryl Hannah's home and tried to mate with her.
2007-10-14 22:31:58 · answer #2 · answered by Howard H 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
they have cloacae. the mermaid lays eggs which the merman fertilizes by ejecting his, er, gametes over the eggs. the fertilized eggs multiply until pods are formed. they look similar to a ray or skate egg case. at 8 weeks the merfetus hatches into a merlarval stage, which looks like an isopod with a face. they then hide in underwater caves until they are 18. no one knows what happens inside the caves.
2007-10-14 23:43:54 · answer #3 · answered by bad guppy 5 · 3⤊ 0⤋
lol i like how howard says "the fact is"
very nice
and i do agree with his theory of fish and eggs
but i wonder if the father would carry the young much like a sea horse??
2007-10-14 23:25:21 · answer #4 · answered by im1canadain 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋