Mermaid Down

Trivia: Talking about catching a Mermaid, one of the fishermen said, "Put an Alvey out there [ocean]." Alvey is a quality sidecast reel made in Australia. Another option was "berley" -scattering bait on the water to try to attract a Mermaid. (00:06:07)

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Trivia: The Mermaid spit "ink" at Dr. Beyer in his car. This suggests a Mermaid is similar to an octopus, squid, or cuttlefish (which have "ink sacs" - though anal, not oral!) and is a type of mollusk, not fish. However, mollusks are invertebrates, and the Mermaid in the movie apparently had a spine/backbone. (01:13:28)

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Continuity mistake: There wasn't much blood noticeable on the axe after it was used to chop off the mermaid's tail, but a little later when the man was carrying it over his shoulder, it was heavily covered in blood and dripping. (00:14:17)

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Ship Captain: Why the mermaid has hair could be perhaps indeed for the same reason why the walrus has a mustache. Why does a walrus have a mustache? I don't know the answer to this, but it does indeed. Sure as a jury in a witch trial, they do.

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