Are Patrick Duffy's (swimming-)webs in "The man from Atlantis"
permanent or do they only apear as soon as he touches (salt-)water?

According to the excerpts in the following paragraphs and the images
below, it appears that Patrick Duffy had webbed fingers and toes
permanently as he was found on the beach with webbed fingers and toes.
There are also a few images of him on land with webbed fingers.


Background:

?Mark Harris was found washed ashore on a California beach,
unconscious and with a bump on his head. However, lacking lungs and
sporting a pair of gills in his throat -- not to mention webbed
fingers and toes -- it was obvious to oceanographer Dr. Elizabeth
Merrill that he was not quite human.?

WATER BREATHING:
?Mark Harris has gills in his neck to extract oxygen from the water.
He is able to breathe air for up to 12 hours at a time, but must
return to an underwater environment after that time.?

WATER FREEDOM:
?Harris is adapted for movement in the water, possessing webbed hands
and feet. He can move as easily in water as normal humans do on land.
However, due to these adaptations, he has a +2CS to Strength and
Endurance on land, and a -2CS to Agility.?

Television Heroes
http://www.geocities.com/the_black_condor/stats/stats-tv.html#6


From TV Tome

?After a violent storm at sea, the inert body of a man is found on the
beach near the Naval Undersea Center. But this is no ordinary man.
Equipped with webbed hands and gills instead of lungs, he can breathe
underwater, swim faster than a dolphin and dive to incredible depths.?
http://www.tvtome.com/tvtome/servlet/EpisodeGuideSummary/showid-600/The_Man_From_Atlantis/


?When a strange man with webbed fingers and toes is washed ashore in
California, oceanic expert Dr. Elizabeth Merrill is called in to study
him. She discovers that he is the last survivor of Atlantis, and
recruits him to work for her employersthe Foundation for Oceanic
Research.?
http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/atlantis.htm


Patrick Duffy immerses himself in water to maintain his strength and
survive because after twelve hours he will begin to die if he cannot
rehydrate himself.

?Powers/Abilities: Amphibious. Mark has webbed hands and feet, and can
breathe underwater. He can swim at incredible speeds, and handle
immense pressures, such as those in the depths of the oceans. He is
superhumanly strong. However he must immerse himself in water to
maintain his strength, and indeed survive. After twelve hours he will
begin to die if he cannot rehydrate himself.?
http://www.internationalhero.co.uk/atlantis.htm

Here are a number of images of Patrick Duffy with webbed fingers while
he is not in the water.

http://www.lequotidienducinema.com/seriestv/lhomme_de_latlantide/pt1158.jpg

http://epguides.com/ManfromAtlantis/

http://www.retrotv.com.br/especiais/artigos/moscato/HomemFundoMar05.jpg




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I hope you find this helpful! 

Best regards,
Bobbie7

That was the right answer!!!