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Meet the real life mermaid who swims with jellyfish and can hold her breath under water for up to five minutes
Linden
Wolbert travels the world as a full time professional mermaid and uses
her custom-made 6ft tail to propel her through the water.
The 32-year-old freediver and model can swim to depths of 115ft and uses her skills to promote ocean conservation and education.
Linden, from Los Angeles, California, said: 'I grew up as a water baby. My parents are both competitive swimmers.
More pictures after the cut.....
Breathtaking:
Linden,swims with whale sharks using the 6ft-long
hydro-dynamic tail
Fantasy:
Linden says she always dreamed of becoming a mermaid after growing up
with films like The Little Mermaid and Splash - but it didn't become
reality until she got to know Hollywood special effects artist Allan
Holt
Linden on a dive at the Rock Islands in Palau
It involved sealing a monofin inside high-quality silicone to make it hydro-dynamic and effective in the water.
The thousands of fish scales were painstakingly sculpted individually by hand out of clay before they were duplicated in fibreglass and then the final mould was injected with silicone.
The whole project cost around £10,000 to complete.
Linden in Jellyfish Lake on
the island of
Palau
'I've been diving with sharks. With
my tail, I'm longer than most of them. Many people think I'm crazy to
swim with sharks but I'm always surrounded by an incredible safety team'
Stunning:
The 32-year-old freediver and model can swim to depths of 115ft and
uses her skills to promote ocean conservation and education
Special effect: Linden working with artist Allan
Holt on her mermaid tail. The 35lb tail took months to make and was
made from a fibreglass mould of Linden's body, involved sealing a
monofin inside high-quality silicone to make it hydro-dynamic
linden
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