🧜Realistic mermaids would be mammals with gills and lungs, webbed hands, bluish-gray skin, and minimal hair.
🔊Underwater, mermaids' voices would be extremely loud and potentially harmful to humans.
🧊To survive in cold water, mermaids would have blubber covering their bodies.
🌊Mermaids' eyes would be bigger and with larger pupils to adjust to underwater conditions.
🚫Long hair, as depicted in Disney movies, would create drag and hinder swimming abilities for mermaids.
What would a realistic mermaid look like?
—Realistic mermaids would have webbed hands, big eyes, bluish-gray skin, minimal hair, and blubber covering their bodies.
Why would a mermaid's voice be harmful underwater?
—Mermaids' voices would be extremely loud underwater, potentially causing harm or bursting eardrums in humans.
How would mermaids stay warm in cold water?
—Mermaids would have blubber, like other marine mammals, to insulate and keep them warm in cold water.
Why wouldn't mermaids have long hair?
—Long hair would create drag and hinder swimming abilities for mermaids.
What biological characteristics make mermaids mammals?
—Mermaids would have gills and lungs, indicating mammalian traits, as well as blubber for insulation and giving birth to live young.
00:00Water movies are having a big moment in Hollywood, with many ocean-themed films.
00:20This video explores the biological accuracy of mermaids depicted in Disney movies.
02:41Realistic mermaids would be mammals with gills and lungs, webbed hands, bluish-gray skin, and minimal hair.
04:41Mermaids' voices would be extremely loud underwater, potentially harming humans.
05:54To survive in cold water, mermaids would have blubber covering their bodies.
08:48Mermaids' eyes would be bigger and with larger pupils to adjust to underwater conditions.
09:43Long hair, as depicted in Disney movies, would create drag and hinder swimming abilities for mermaids.
12:24Mermaids' voices, if as loud as whale clicks, would be harmful and potentially fatal to humans.
