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Fish require gills to breathe underwater. Humans require lungs and a more consecrated form of oxygen. When water gets into the lungs, it will drown the human. Since the torso is human form and the lower portion of the mermaid is in the form of a fish, the most vital element of sustaining the life of such a creature is compromised. Without oxygen, it can not live.....at least, not as it is presented in common depictions.

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