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If mermaids were real, would they lay eggs or give birth?

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As most, if not all, mermaids appear to be warm-blooded mammals, I suspect that they give birth to their young alive, as whales, porpoises and indeed humans do, probably in the water, but I suppose it might be possible that they give birth on the shore as seals do. read more

A real mermaid is a real human that has harnessed the technology to live underwater. They are biologically human. So they will give birth to babies in the same was as other woman on land give birth to babies; except that the babies will be born underwater, in the ocean. read more

If they evolved from Fish, most likely they would still lay eggs since water is conducive to fertilization. Whales evolved however evolved from land living animals and thus brought their birthing process underwater. So if Mermaids were originally humans or human ancestors that went underwater, they would give birth. read more

They give birth like mammals, and can carry up to 6 babies, like humans, however holding more than 4 babies for mermaids is very rare.(octo mom does not count, she had the babies surgically put in her. read more

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