I have been noticing a lot in the mermaid community images or pictures of mers picking things up underwater to pose with - touching marine life etc .... I feel terrible when i see this - you are not supposed to touch ANYTHING. As a diver I know all too well the effects of people disrupting the marine life - we used to have a huge frogfish on our local reef and he was there for quite some time until everybody found out about him and through being poked, prodded and disrupted in his home, he left.

Some Marine life can be greatly damaged by your touch ! - Some fish and cetaceans have a special coating like mucus on their skin and as our skin is not oily or lubricated when we touch the animal our hands take away some of their protective coating and leave then open to infections. I dont want to rant and rave I just feel like we should not be disrupting anything down there for benefit of a picture. Preserve and Conserve our Oceans ! Would love to know how you all feel about this ?