April 2021: I've just encountered the same issue and decided to work around it with eating 2 kelp to make my mermaid human for the snorkeling task. Then eat 1 kelp to turn mermaid again. Kind of annoying but it's the only thing that works...aside from using cheats. And well, I've used a cheat anyway to get enough kelp right quick to be able to switch back and forth as needed to fulfill marine biologist tasks. A general fix of the issue would, however, be highly appreciated such as "observe" instead of "snorkel" and then let the mermaid/merman swim around just like a snorkler would. Should not be that hard to fix, right?
I've started using the UI Cheats mod to mark the task complete.
I'd honestly prefer not to, and to have my mermaid do the task she's assigned, but...
@NerissaAdamarisI do appreciate that the extra mermaid animations were probably expensive to produce, but I feel like mermaids get less love than some other occults.
Please fix this, guys! It's really frustrating for her job to ask her to do something she literally cannot do!
