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[mermaid-facts]

Fact #76

Mer are privileged among fish for the presence of tongues in their mouths. Owing to a narrow, humanlike throat, the archetypal Mer tongue is flat and broad, used to help re-orient ingested food to prevent it getting stuck. Even if Mer do not need to fear choking in the traditional sense, an esophageal blockage is nobody’s friend.