What do mermaids eat?

I think they would be vegetarian ( can't see them eating fellow sea creatures) and live on seaweed and algae.

Except for those who have decided to spice up the dull algae with a few clams and mussels etc. They use empty mussel shells at o scoop the flesh from sea urchins.

Well it would have to be raw wouldn't it as they must have very limited cooking facilities. I think they would eat fish as I don't agree with Leticia inasmuch as many humans do eat their fellow land creatures.

Oysters sound good to me and some kinds of seaweed....

that question made me think of DD, she is notorious for her "randomness"
I have it on good authority that they eat shell fish and certain seaweeds.

Sushi.

Some sea weeds make a vegetarian gelatine and I suppose they could do jellyfish in aspic. Maybe undersea volcanoes produce hot water funnels to boil things. Bouillabaisse in giant clam shells. Dead whales might produce a stomach that they could stuff like a haggis.no need to add salt .

Shame we can't ask Hans Christian Anderson as he knew all about merpeople.

I think veggie is most likely.

I am sure that Ariel doesn't eat fish - after all it would be a kind of cannabilism.
I don't think she would eat any seafood that can speak or sing as they are all friends
Probably seaweed and algae - possibly plankton - i don't think plankton sing?

I must ask DGDs if I can borow their Little Mermaid dvd

Goes away singing 'Under the 'Sea' la la la

Ariel was a spirit so she probably lived on whisky

I am contemplating the rest of her gastrointestinal tract and coming up with a few queries.

Nooooooooo. Mermaids definitely don't.

Depends if they are cannibals I suppose.

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You never see obese mermaids do you?

Or old ones.

What happens to the old ones?

Or to twist it round - 'What Eats Mermaids?'.

Are you telling us, Granny23 that the reason there are no old mermaids is because they all get eaten first?

Sharks?

Mind you , have you seen the mermaids in The Pirates of the Carib? Blimey!
They would probably eat the sharks!

Good point roses
I love those films regardless of Johnny

Long before Disney I used to tell my DGDs an on-going saga about mermaids and their very favourite food in all the world was seaweed icecream.

Ariel was a spirit so she probably lived on whisky
Galen you're talking about the real one - I meant the Disney fictional one

Anyway, she looks as if she drinks this Mermaid Drink:
Ingredients
1 shot Amaretto
1 shot Curacao, blue
1 shot Gin
1/2 shot Liqueur, melon (Midori)
1 shot Rum, white
1 shot Tequila, white
1 shot Vodka
3 splashes Pineapple Juice
2 splashes Sour Mix
1 splash Sprite
Mixing Instructions
Shake ingredients in a cocktail shaker with ice. Strain into glass. Garnish with Gummy Fish.

Note the splash of Sprite

Oh dear - did a Sprite have to be sacrificed for the making of this drink...?

I don't know, but the mermaid would be swimming around very happily after all that.

What do mermaids take for a hangover?

Aqua Seltzer, I should think...