Timeline for How could medieval ships protect themselves from giant mermaids?
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| Apr 2, 2021 at 3:48 | comment | added | JohnHunt | Capsaicin would be a good choice here. Non-Lethal, (potentially) highly irritating and very available for the ships. We've tried it on sharks, of course, who lack proper receptors and simply ignore the stuff, but everyone knows Mermaids can't handle spicy foods, right? Catapult some skinfulls of Carolina Reaper and your problems are solved. | |
| Apr 1, 2021 at 17:39 | comment | added | chiggsy | Ships constantly move, unless they are becalmed, which is a bigger problem than mermaids. So the mermaids would just dive to avoid the poison, and resurface, they are not fish, they breathe air, and anyway, this poison, available to medieval sailors, will be diluted by the oceans upon use. How toxic is this stuff? Is it liquid? Liquids become gases sort of, via evaporation. Solid? Won't diffuse fast enough, nor will it stay near the hull. Storage? Is it on deck? During a rainstorm? Heavy waves? Kills giant mermaids at a touch, are your medieval sailors barefoot, during said rainstorms? | |
| Mar 30, 2021 at 14:13 | comment | added | zovits | Thiy would be my approach as well, use some nice biodegradable poison and base the ships' defense on M.A.D. "You wanna sink my ship? Fine, feel free to die in this puddle of poison then. The next time your buddies might decide otherwise." | |
| Mar 30, 2021 at 1:00 | history | answered | Kristian Berry | CC BY-SA 4.0 |