This is the unique, eye-catching life of a Florida man who says he eats, sleeps, and breathes mermaids while physically looking and acting like one as often as time allows.

Since Ducharme was a child he says he's been fascinated with mermaids. At the age of 16, he put on his first show while swimming as the mermaid prince in Weeki Wachee Springs' Little Mermaid show in 2006.

Ducharme runs his own business called Mertailor that manufactures custom-made tails from silicone, urethanes, and latex rubbers like the ones he wears.