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These half woman half bird monsters lured sailors to their death on the rocks with their songs?

You are confusing your female-associated monsters. Sirens were those mythological sea nymphs in Greek mythology that sang such songs that anyone who heard them had to approach, which caused the ships to sink and the sailors to drown, but they weren't "half-bird". Those were the Harpies.


What kind of threat does the sirens pose to sailors?

The siren song will lure sailors to crash a ship upon the rocks or drown attempting to reach them.


What are sirens the god of?

They were dangerous winged women who would sing to sailors. The sailors would dive into the water to pursue the Sirens then drown. They were the daughters of the river god Achelous, so were goddesses themselves.


How do you keep squirrels out of yard?

Surround it with squirrel eating monsters or a moat so they drown. Hope this helps! =D


What evil thing do mermaids do?

I'm pretty sure most mermaids aren't evil. But they lure sailors with their beauty and mermaid song and make them crash and drown or something.


How do you lose your life from a mermaid?

Since a mermaid doesn't exist and is make believe a person can not loose their life by a mermaid. __ According to mythology, mermaids would lure sailors to their death by singing. Sailors couldn't resist their voices and would sail their ships onto rocks and drown.


If sirens sing and lure people into water do the mermaids drown the people in stead of the sirens?

No, the sirens sing to sailors who pass by islands with cliffs and either they jump ship and drown unable to reach the sirens atop the cliffs, or a sailor might navigate the ship into the cliffs to reach them thus killing everyone.


Are there mermaid slayers?

You know! The idea is initially offensive but considering how 'sirens' are alleged to wreak ships and drown sailors the notion is not without some justification. Still, I shrink from the thought of hunting down merfolk as we do vampires.


In mythical stories why did the mermaids try and wreck the ships?

It is believed that the mermaids or some called them sirens,used to sing to the sailors and lure them over towards the rocks and the ship would get crash and the sailors would drown but it is unsure if this is true. But it is believed that the mermaids/sirens would do this only for the purpose of seeing the men suffer but it is unknown what they did with the body's.


Can humans drown?

Humans can suffocate and or drown.


What is the p.p of verb drown?

drown is a verb


If there are 10 fish in a tank and 7 drown then two die how many are still alive?

A fish can not drown. They can suffocate due to loss of oxygenation of the water, but can not drown in the sense of the word, drown.