June 28, 2009: Mermaid - Page 2

smee · 06-28-2009, 10:29 PM

Apparently she had a condition that meant her lower legs did not develop and so had her right leg amputated at 7 years of age and the other one 'to match' when she was 15.

SPUCK · 06-29-2009, 05:14 AM

Ah! OK thanks smee.

ZenGum · 06-29-2009, 05:24 AM

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Originally Posted by Brianna

That's one way of making lemonade! Good for her.

I was wondering how she would go to the toilet if she was wearing that...

Coign · 06-29-2009, 09:22 AM

It reminds me of this article I saw some time ago.

http://www.scientificamerican.com/ar...d-man-made-fin

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Lunocet users have already hit about eight miles (13 kilometers) per hour, nearly twice as fast as Olympic Gold Medal swimmer Michael Phelps at his speediest.

Using the Lunocet, some swimmers are close to being able to breach completely out of the water, like whales. Ciamillo envisions a new high-speed, free-diving community of swimmers united around "hydrotouring": long-distance swimming expeditions using Lunocets to cover dozens of miles a day, with participants carrying streamlined, waterproof packs containing only a global positioning system (GPS), satellite phone, and enough food and water for a few nights on shore.

http://www.lunocet.com/

And even cooler in my fight to stick to the man over copyright laws and freedom of knowledge is this attitude held by the inventor.

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Ciamillo ... notes that he won't be patenting the Lunocet's design. "If you're taking ideas from nature," he says, "how can you then go to the patent office and say these are mine?"

spudcon · 06-29-2009, 12:53 PM

From the link "says Frank Fish, a marine biologist at West Chester University of Pennsylvania."
Something sounds fishy here.

Sundae · 06-30-2009, 12:11 PM

The trade made by the Little Mermaid was that she lost her voice and every step she walked on land was like knives piercing her.

I suspect we live in more altruistic times now.
Otherwise we might have read about this case in a somewhat different manner.

chrisinhouston · 06-30-2009, 01:49 PM

It would be interesting if she wanted to compete in swimming competitions. Wasn't there an amputee runner with special spring loaded lower legs who was not allowed to run in the olympics or someother race event? And what about the guy in the Masters golf tournaments who had trouble walking and they didn't want him to ride in his golf cart.

Coign · 07-01-2009, 11:43 AM

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Originally Posted by chrisinhouston

It would be interesting if she wanted to compete in swimming competitions. Wasn't there an amputee runner with special spring loaded lower legs who was not allowed to run in the olympics or someother race event? And what about the guy in the Masters golf tournaments who had trouble walking and they didn't want him to ride in his golf cart.

The sprinter finally got the OK from the judges but just wasn't fast enough to make the cut. He still hopes to meet the 2012 Olympics though.

http://www.guardian.co.uk/sport/2008...008.athletics2

treehugger · 10-08-2009, 02:40 PM

That is so fake looking. I bet they did it cheep.

xoxoxoBruce · 10-09-2009, 12:55 AM

Fake? As opposed to a REAL mermaid?

They weren't building a movie prop, it's a prosthesis.

treehugger · 11-25-2009, 04:39 PM

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Originally Posted by xoxoxoBruce

Fake? As opposed to a REAL mermaid?

They weren't building a movie prop, it's a prosthesis.

yes i know but it still looks fake

xoxoxoBruce · 11-25-2009, 09:38 PM

Looks fake as compared to WHAT?

06-29-2009, 12:53 PM	#20
spudcon Beware of potatoes Join Date: May 2007 Location: Upstate NY, USA Posts: 2,078	From the link "says Frank Fish, a marine biologist at West Chester University of Pennsylvania." Something sounds fishy here. __________________ "I believe that being despised by the despicable is as good as being admired by the admirable."

10-09-2009, 12:55 AM	#25
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Fake? As opposed to a REAL mermaid? They weren't building a movie prop, it's a prosthesis. __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

11-25-2009, 09:38 PM	#27
xoxoxoBruce The future is unwritten Join Date: Oct 2002 Posts: 71,105	Looks fake as compared to WHAT? __________________ The descent of man ~ Nixon, Friedman, Reagan, Trump.

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06-28-2009, 10:29 PM	#16
smee Person Who Has Posted Join Date: Aug 2008 Posts: 2	Apparently she had a condition that meant her lower legs did not develop and so had her right leg amputated at 7 years of age and the other one 'to match' when she was 15.

06-29-2009, 05:14 AM	#17
SPUCK Professor Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 1,911	Ah! OK thanks smee.

06-30-2009, 12:11 PM	#21
Sundae polaroid of perfection Join Date: Sep 2005 Location: West Yorkshire Posts: 24,185	The trade made by the Little Mermaid was that she lost her voice and every step she walked on land was like knives piercing her. I suspect we live in more altruistic times now. Otherwise we might have read about this case in a somewhat different manner.

06-30-2009, 01:49 PM	#22
chrisinhouston Professor Join Date: Sep 2001 Location: Houston TX Posts: 1,857	It would be interesting if she wanted to compete in swimming competitions. Wasn't there an amputee runner with special spring loaded lower legs who was not allowed to run in the olympics or someother race event? And what about the guy in the Masters golf tournaments who had trouble walking and they didn't want him to ride in his golf cart.

10-08-2009, 02:40 PM	#24
treehugger Antagonistic Antagonist Join Date: Aug 2009 Posts: 22	That is so fake looking. I bet they did it cheep.

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