Mermaids of a Different Tail

Mermaids are a different tail er.. tale. Mermaids are as family oriented as the Mumu Mamas in their early life, while they hold close in familia(r) pods to protect the young. They are however the very opposite in the manner of seclusion. Whereas the Mumu Mamas are bound by the edge of land and see only a vast sea beyond, Mermaids see a whole other world beneathe the waves, a world with no boundaries. Perhaps *attached* but not *actually* bound by any land itself, AND having been given the great gift of speed, with ease and grace through most any water they are able to travel great distances and visit other cultures at will. In "middle life" the age of bearing offspring is most *usually* a curious age, when the call to travel beckons. "Rose" Mermaid as painted here, travelled all the way to the Mediterranean and returned preggers, while portraying a definate "movie star" attitude. Rose will take her ease now and play in her assumably safe familiar waters until her child is born.