Mermaids ‘a massive disappointment’ says marine biologist

Andrew Scott PhD has been fascinated by marine biology since seeing Daryl Hannah play a mermaid in Splash.‘I never had much luck with girls. None of the science kids did. Daryl Hannah was significantly more attractive than any girl I could feasibly pull, but casting her as a mermaid made her seem . . . attainable, I suppose. Like a refugee or a single mum. Needy.‘I immediately applied to study marine biology. Wish I’d gone for refugee studies now. Is that a thing? If they’d just advertised a deg