• The first mermaid was actually a man. He was the god Oannes from Babylon. He is often shown as a man with a fish’s tail. According to written descriptions he had the head and body of a fish but under the fish head is a human head and under the tail are human feet.
• Mermaid syndrome or sirenomelia is a condition where the legs of a new-born child are fused together.
• A two-tailed mermaid is the basis for the Starbuck’s logo. It has been somewhat edited because some people found the original image too sexually suggestive.
• The mermaid is a sex symbol. Even women see her as beautiful and sensual. There is nothing sexist or demeaning in this. These are some of the mermaid’s strongest qualities: her freedom and her confidence.

Music? Yes! Enjoy Boards of Canada with the “mesmerizing” track Aquarius.