Mermaid Petronella's video: Handmade Mermaid Tail in Action

Awesome, my tail actually works. If you've watched my videos on how to make a mermaid tail from fabric and the monofin you can now see that the tail works fine! It's so fun to swim in and actually gives you a work out! This is my first swim in it ever, the water was freezing but it was worth it to feel like a mermaid for an afternoon. I'm actually using my cousins monofin in this video to test it out. This is my least favourite video yet it has the most views. hmmm Wikipedia information: A mermaid is a legendary aquatic creature with the upper body of a woman and the tail of a fish.[1] Mermaids appear in the folklore of many cultures worldwide, including the Near East, Europe, and Asia. The first stories appeared in ancient Assyria, in which the goddess Atargatis transforms herself into a mermaid out of shame for accidentally killing her human lover. Mermaids are sometimes depicted as perilous creatures associated with floods, storms, shipwrecks, and drowning. In other folk traditions (or sometimes within the same tradition) they can be benevolent, bestowing boons or falling in love with humans. Mermaids are associated with the Sirens of Greek mythology and with the Sirenia, a biological order which comprises dugongs and manatees. Historical sightings by sailors may have been the result of misunderstood encounters with these aquatic mammals. Christopher Columbus reported seeing mermaids while exploring the Caribbean, and sightings have been reported in the 20th and 21st centuries in Canada, Israel, and Zimbabwe. The US National Ocean Service stated in 2012 that no evidence of mermaids has ever been found. Mermaids have been a popular subject of art and literature in recent centuries. Danish author Hans Christian Andersen wrote his popular fairy tale "The Little Mermaid" in 1836. They have subsequently been depicted in opera, paintings, books, films, and comics. A monofin is a type of swimfin typically used in finswimming and free-diving. It consists of a single surface attached to footpockets for both of the free-diver's feet. To differentiate between the use of monofins and conventional fins, the latter are sometimes referred to as stereo fins or bi-fins. The monofin swimmer extends arms forward, locking hands together, locking the head between the biceps. The undulating movement starts in the shoulders, with maximum amplitude towards the hips, the legs almost don't bend to transfer the movement to the monofin. This technique is called the dolphin kick. Monofins can be used to swim: at the surface of water, in swimming pools or in the sea. under water without air (free-diving) under water with air provided by a compressed air tank. By slowly oscillating the surface of the monofin when submerged, freedivers can generate large amounts of thrust even with small or slow movements. This preserves energy which helps with breathholding (apnea).