Timeline for Could mermaids feasibly make clothing out of natural rubber?
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| Jul 26, 2018 at 15:18 | comment | added | elemtilas | I understand the uses of clothing --- but Merfolk, having evolved in the water (or having been created as semiaquatic people, or having moved into the water from the land and become adapted to it (tail, fins, etc)) would not need warm clothing to swim in cold water they're already adapted to. At best, I can see their "clothing" as bits of decoration. | |
| Jul 26, 2018 at 15:15 | comment | added | Julian Egner | Think of swimming in the North Sea in January and you get the need for warm cloth (neopren is synthetic, but it should work with natural latex as well). | |
| Jul 25, 2018 at 20:57 | comment | added | cls | Clothing is an element of culture and can be used as a form of social status. | |
| Jul 25, 2018 at 20:32 | comment | added | Andrey | A latex wetsuit would probably be amazing for staying warm if it was possible to make one | |
| Jul 25, 2018 at 19:53 | history | answered | elemtilas | CC BY-SA 4.0 |