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Giant fish bites mermaid performer’s head in front of screaming children, terrifying video shows
NY Post ^

Posted on 01/29/2025 8:54:31 AM PST by BenLurkin

errifying footage captured the moment a massive fish chomped its jaws down on the head of a woman dressed as a mermaid as she performed underwater for children at a Chinese aquarium.

The Russian aquatic artist, identified only as Masha, was swimming in a tank at the Xishuangbanna Primitive Forest Park in southern China on Tuesday when she swam in the path of the beast, according to The Daily Mail.

The fish bites down on Masha, 22, nearly fitting her whole head in its mouth while children and other spectators yell in horror...

Masha claims her employer forced her back in the water despite being in pain and warned her not to share footage of the attack, but the clip quickly went viral on Douyin – the Chinese-language version of TikTok.

They paid her less than $100 in compensation, she claimed.

(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...


TOPICS: Pets/Animals
KEYWORDS: aquarium; china; fish; mermaid
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1 posted on 01/29/2025 8:54:31 AM PST by BenLurkin
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To: BenLurkin

What species was the fish? What a poorly written article.


2 posted on 01/29/2025 8:56:32 AM PST by nwrep
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To: BenLurkin

What species was the fish? What a poorly written article.


3 posted on 01/29/2025 8:56:32 AM PST by nwrep
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To: BenLurkin

Need to feed the fish more ,LOL


4 posted on 01/29/2025 8:57:13 AM PST by butlerweave
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To: BenLurkin

She’s gonna need a skilled plastic sturgeon


5 posted on 01/29/2025 8:57:27 AM PST by NewJerseyJoe (Rat mantra: "Facts are meaningless! You can use facts to prove anything that's even remotely true!")
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To: BenLurkin

Sturgeon


6 posted on 01/29/2025 8:58:02 AM PST by Justa (Our constitution was made only for a moral and religious people....)
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To: BenLurkin

If I were her, I would turn in my fish tail at the end of the day. Take this tail and shove it!


7 posted on 01/29/2025 8:58:49 AM PST by dforest
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To: nwrep

Last line of article:

“Reports did not indicate what kind of fish was involved, however the freshwater aquarium holds native species from the Mekong and Yangtze Rivers, according to The Daily Mail.”


8 posted on 01/29/2025 8:59:12 AM PST by Jamestown1630 ("A Republic, if you can keep it.")
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9 posted on 01/29/2025 8:59:13 AM PST by Opinionated Blowhard (When the people find that they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.)
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To: BenLurkin

Masha
Masha
Masha


10 posted on 01/29/2025 8:59:23 AM PST by ClearCase_guy
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To: nwrep

Blame the excerpting process (i.e. me)

Article says: “Reports did not indicate what kind of fish was involved, however the freshwater aquarium holds native species from the Mekong and Yangtze Rivers, according to The Daily Mail”


11 posted on 01/29/2025 8:59:32 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

> Masha claims her employer forced her back in the water despite being in pain <

I can’t believe that a Chinese employer wouldn’t care about an employee’s welfare. After all, communism is all about power to the people. ✊

Right?


12 posted on 01/29/2025 8:59:40 AM PST by Leaning Right (It’s morning in America. Again.)
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To: BenLurkin
She needed a merman to protect her.



13 posted on 01/29/2025 8:59:49 AM PST by T.B. Yoits
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To: BenLurkin

They ought to fillet the fish and let, “the mermaid” have it for dinner


14 posted on 01/29/2025 9:00:08 AM PST by BigEdLB (Adults are in charge )
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To: Opinionated Blowhard

Not a very good picture.


15 posted on 01/29/2025 9:00:44 AM PST by Ann Archy (Abortion....... The HUMAN Sacrifice to the god of Convenience.)
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To: BenLurkin

Fish don’t have hands, folks. They use their mouth to test and explore things (as does any human toddler). The girl was unfamiliar, and close by. That’s all.


16 posted on 01/29/2025 9:00:49 AM PST by Teacher317
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To: Teacher317

Exactly. That poor fish was more scared than she was.


17 posted on 01/29/2025 9:02:18 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

Would make a pretty good crummy Disney princess movie.


18 posted on 01/29/2025 9:03:04 AM PST by FlingWingFlyer (Democrats are the greatest threat to America.)
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To: FlingWingFlyer

Like Godzilla versus Bambi — but with gratuitously gruesome decapitations.


19 posted on 01/29/2025 9:04:23 AM PST by BenLurkin (The above is not a statement of fact. It is either opinion, or satire, or both.)
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To: BenLurkin

You don’t expect news like this out of China.


20 posted on 01/29/2025 9:04:24 AM PST by Buttons12 ( )
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