An estimated 1,000 people in the United States are “professional mermaids” — that is, they don fishtails and fins and get paid to swim in tanks, pools and open water. These mermaids swim even in landlocked states like Arkansas, Arizona and Kansas. You can go to mermaid school in Iowa or Nevada or board a mermaid cruise ship in Florida.
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