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Mermaid

The mermaid tail which Daryl Hannah wore was manufactured by Thom Shouse, "the Tail Man", and Mermaid Rentals. It is fully functional: Hannah swam with the mermaid tail so fast that her safety team could not keep pace with her. According to the DVD documentary, Hannah had been swimming "mermaid" style with her legs bound together since she was a child, due to her fascination with Hans Christian Andersen's The Little Mermaid story.

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