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

NY Post ^

[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.

[31R1O]

Def a sturgeon with the underside mouth, lateral scutes and barbels.

[Eli Kopter]

Looked like a shark.

[IYAS9YAS]

Fish gotta eat. Same as worms.

[suasponte137]

I havnt read the article yet...but my intial guess is a grouper.

They have huge mouths, can easily fit a human head in there...and they are nasty.

[lee martell]

Masha’s Monster Mash!!

[ProtectOurFreedom]

Nah, that boy fish was hoping to get some.

[Red Badger]

Like a sturgeon.....Biting for the very first time!...........

[Red Badger]

Reverse sushi.................

[dfwgator]

“Mermaids are friends, not food!”

[dfwgator]

Masha And The Bear Fish.

[dfwgator]

A Sea Bear.

[NFHale]

It looks like a Piraiba, which is a species of giant catfish.

There’s other larger types too… like the Som, and the Wels.

[dfwgator]

Mermaid Man and Barnacle Boy

[Az Joe]

Ok, Josie

[rlmorel]

Looked like a nurse shark to me, which are generally pretty docile I am told. Even still, they DO have teeth, and having your head in that mouth has to be terrifying.

I can just see the kids:

[rlmorel]

I think you are more likely correct...now that I saw the still picture. And yeah, those can be huge.

[gundog]

[rlmorel]

"...Like a sturgeon.....Biting for the very first time!..."

Hahahahahaha. Well done!

[NFHale]

“River Monsters”…. Great show.

There are some absolutely terrifying monsters beasts in freshwater… Not just the ocean.

One of those Piraiba brutes was dragged out of the water with a human being, head first halfway down its gullet…

[Vendome]

She baited him...