Ariel, Sebastian and co may have influenced your love for all things sea-themed, but for some people the obsession didn’t end with Disney.
There is now a school for training aspiring mermaids. We really haven’t made this up.
The Philippines Mermaid Swimming Academy has been running since 2012, with special classes in flapping your fins, caring for your mermaid tale, and advanced lessons in how to scuba with a tail and use a water scooter as a mermaid.
Held in rivers and lakes that pupils are familiar with, the aspiring mermaids can flap around in the water with the exercises being apparently really good for your abs.
We’re pretty sure this is one of the craziest things we’ve heard of, and of course we want to give it a try.
Video via globalvideopro1 
