B!TC# IT OUT!

[the.tattooed.mermaid78]

I really love the look of the new Hawaiian sun tail. Think I'll have to invest cos you can put the Linden monofin inside

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[swordwhale]

I heard too that the Linden will fit in these tails.

The Linden has a lot of good reviews too.

I like my Fin Fun monofins too.

I like the look of this tail, even though my colors are cool ocean colors. They look good in motion too.

[the.tattooed.mermaid78]

I checked with the table someone posted on here with was fantastic. I'm gonna buy one in the next couple weeks. Got fabric coming from spandex work to make and paint my own tails so I'm really excited to get it and start

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[the.tattooed.mermaid78]

Here's the table.

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[swordwhale]

good chart!

[the.tattooed.mermaid78]

I thought so too

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[Mermaid Avalynn]

Ok does anybody else have this problem. Me and my husband went to WalMart and I saw some little girl pjs that were mermaid themed. At first I was like awwww how cute , (wishing they were my size) but then I notice that they have the scales running up the pants the wrong way. I pretty much went on a wild rant right then and there (my husband just stared at me in disbelief). Mermaid scales facing the wrong direction just make me sooooo upset! Like a cat getting their fur rubbed the wrong way. Perhaps it's just the pregnancy hormones I'm dealing with right now.

[the.tattooed.mermaid78]

No it's not just you, I hate when the scales are.the wrong way round

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[Azurin Luna]

Same here, as if they don't care which way they should go

[Mermaid Jaffa]

Same here, as if they don't care which way they should go

You mers must hate parrot fish then. They have their scales going "the wrong way".

[Azurin Luna]

Really? I didn't know that

[Mermaid Jaffa]

Really? I didn't know that

Yes, this species has the scales going the opposite way.
https://www.petguide.com/breeds/fish/parrotfish/

[swordwhale]

I feel that!!!!

I have the same rant about a few other things: no one apparently knows what a horse looks like anymore. I grew up in the late 50s/60s when everything was a western and there were illustrators like Wesley Dennis and Sam Savitt doing horses in kids' books. Now, it's like... um, Mr Google is your friend. If you're an amateur artist, whatever you do is practice, but when you are being paid DO YOUR FRIGGIN RESEARCH!!!

Let's not even get started on Santa's Dysfunctional Reindeer Harness...

OK, let's.

Every year I do a (hopefully hilarious) rant on my blog about how Christmas is doooooomed because no seasonal artist seems to be able to spend five seconds on Mr Google looking up reindeer harness.

I have driven ponies, goats and sled dogs. I have a clue what works and what doesn't (dogs and goats are different shapes so no you can't put that sled dog x-back on a goat.... ooooops).

There is a sport called ski-joring, where you lash yourself to a couple sled dogs and ski.... you can also do it with horses, tho you just hold onto a tow line because lashing yourself to a horse will kill you.

Also...reindeer. Yes, they ski-jor with reindeer...it's certifiably nuts.

So yes, if you screw up the scales I will send out the mermaid ninjas to smite you with pool noodles....

[swordwhale]

as for parrotfish, pretty sure the actual scales overlap so the water flows toward the back (like feathers on a bird)... it's hydrodynamic. The color pattern works the other way...

"They have large thick scales that, in some species, are strong enough to stop a spear." https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/...hes/parrotfish

[the.tattooed.mermaid78]

It's really pretty

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[swordwhale]

yeah that would a freakin awesome tail!

[the.tattooed.mermaid78]

Hummmm that's a really good idea

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[Merman Dan]

But would a parrotfish mermaid poop sand and sleep in a mucus cocoon?

[swordwhale]

[inanna]

that table/chart is old, swimtails ended up redesigning all their tails to fit mahina now.