Mermaids, What Do They Eat?

GoldenBuffy

I thought it would be fish, but I gave my mermaids the "Child of the Ocean" trait, so when they fish they get sad for taking fish out of the water.

Icewolf

They eat anything that's not fish. At least what I have discovered.

GoldenBuffy

Wow. Okay. That doesn't seem to make sense though. lol Well I guess they will be grilling up some steaks.

MasonGamer

Because a mermaid eating fish is considered cannibalism.
Although, I would imagine a Mermaid would be fine if they ate Lobster, Crabs, or Calamari.
Like us land creatures we can eat other land creatures, so the same should apply to sea creatures eating other sea creatures.
Because that's accurate, I would be horrified if a Pig, Chicken, and a Cow was slaughtered before me. However I love Fried Chicken and Bacon and Glazed Ham, So I think it's seeing/doing the action of taking the fish out of water and watching it come to an end. As a Mermaid you could do a vegetarian diet.

I think Clam Chowder, my personal favorite: Clam Cakes , Shrimp Cocktails, Scallops, Lobsters, Crabs, Squid, would be fine for a Mermaid.

Writin_Reg

GoldenBuffy wrote: »

Wow. Okay. That doesn't seem to make sense though. lol Well I guess they will be grilling up some steaks.

My mermaids - just like me are vegetarians.

Akil

It's the child of the ocean trait that's causing the fish thing. Not being a mermaid. Mermaids with other traits eat fish just fine

kalaksed

it depends on their traits, just like any other sim. 'child of the ocean' has them upset if they eat fish (but they'll still do it), just like 'vegetarian' makes them sad if they eat any type of meat at all (but they'll still do it)

i do wish they'd included some form of sea plants other than 'mermaid kelp' (partially because it seems eating 2 mermaid kelp in a row turns a mermaid into a regular sim? from someone else's report, i hadn't tried yet) just because 9/10 of players automatically give all mermaids the ocean trait

Kathykins

I have one with Child of the ocean AND Loves the outdoors....perhaps not the best combo in hindsight. She wants to catch fish, but gets sad for doing so

BOY

they just eat the same as normal sims. i wish they could eat kelp and raw seafood though, considering they're from the depths of the sea themselves.

GoldenBuffy

MasonGamer wrote: »

Because a mermaid eating fish is considered cannibalism.
Although, I would imagine a Mermaid would be fine if they ate Lobster, Crabs, or Calamari.
Like us land creatures we can eat other land creatures, so the same should apply to sea creatures eating other sea creatures.
Because that's accurate, I would be horrified if a Pig, Chicken, and a Cow was slaughtered before me. However I love Fried Chicken and Bacon and Glazed Ham, So I think it's seeing/doing the action of taking the fish out of water and watching it come to an end. As a Mermaid you could do a vegetarian diet.

I think Clam Chowder, my personal favorite: Clam Cakes , Shrimp Cocktails, Scallops, Lobsters, Crabs, Squid, would be fine for a Mermaid.

It's not cannibalism since they are fully fish. Man, if I were a mermaid I'd eat all the fish, lobster, crabs, etc. lol And I've slaughtered animals before, even gutted a few. So that doesn't bother me.I guess if your a sea creature see that kind of thing should bother you. But it's all make believe. But I do get what you're saying.

For now I'm going to have them eat shrimp, and possibly chicken.

Writin_Reg wrote: »

GoldenBuffy wrote: »

Wow. Okay. That doesn't seem to make sense though. lol Well I guess they will be grilling up some steaks.

My mermaids - just like me are vegetarians.

Kewl beans! I think I want mine like me, eating a verity of foods - both plant and meat based.

Akil wrote: »

It's the child of the ocean trait that's causing the fish thing. Not being a mermaid. Mermaids with other traits eat fish just fine

I might have to change her trait then!

kalaksed wrote: »

it depends on their traits, just like any other sim. 'child of the ocean' has them upset if they eat fish (but they'll still do it), just like 'vegetarian' makes them sad if they eat any type of meat at all (but they'll still do it)

i do wish they'd included some form of sea plants other than 'mermaid kelp' (partially because it seems eating 2 mermaid kelp in a row turns a mermaid into a regular sim? from someone else's report, i hadn't tried yet) just because 9/10 of players automatically give all mermaids the ocean trait

Where do I find this sea kelp? Not sure why I thought it was just a Sims 3 thing with mermaids. lol

Kathykins wrote: »

I have one with Child of the ocean AND Loves the outdoors....perhaps not the best combo in hindsight. She wants to catch fish, but gets sad for doing so

lol I think we're in the same boat, having to adjust those traits.

miss_simlish

@GoldenBuffy you can buy kelp with aspiration points, find it randomly in the cave on the volcano island, or a dolphin might fetch it for you. Careful though, I believe eating kelp twice will turn your mermaid human. 🙂

kalaksed

the mermadic kelp can also be found in buydebug if you want to go that way. it's one of many debug items i'm using to decorate my marine research lab. here's a screenie of a few pieces of kelp on a research table

happyopi

Kinda wish they would just straight up eat raw fish.

kalaksed

you're far from the only one there. i'd love if they could eat raw fish, if there were regular kelp they could harvest and eat. and if they could eat in the water instead of having to crawl up onto land to eat

Zeldaboy180

MasonGamer wrote: »

Because a mermaid eating fish is considered cannibalism.
Although, I would imagine a Mermaid would be fine if they ate Lobster, Crabs, or Calamari.
Like us land creatures we can eat other land creatures, so the same should apply to sea creatures eating other sea creatures.
Because that's accurate, I would be horrified if a Pig, Chicken, and a Cow was slaughtered before me. However I love Fried Chicken and Bacon and Glazed Ham, So I think it's seeing/doing the action of taking the fish out of water and watching it come to an end. As a Mermaid you could do a vegetarian diet.

I think Clam Chowder, my personal favorite: Clam Cakes , Shrimp Cocktails, Scallops, Lobsters, Crabs, Squid, would be fine for a Mermaid.

That's not cannibalism. Sharks are not cannibals because they eat fish, they are cannibals because they eat other shark.

A human eating a deer is not cannibalism despite us both being mammals. A human eating another human however is cannibalism.

Cannablism is defined as eating the same species.

A mermaid eating another mermaid would be cannibalism.

GoldenBuffy

Thanks guys! I may have my mermaid grow some kelp.