Watch horror moment giant fish BITES mermaid’s head leaving crowd screaming in terror as aquarium show goes wrong
Watch horror moment giant fish BITES mermaid’s head leaving crowd screaming in terror as aquarium show goes wrong
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THIS is the horrific moment a giant fish attacks a young mermaid performer’s head in front of frightened children. Harrowing footage caught the dramatic incident where a crowd in an aquarium watched a Russian female performer get her head nearly chomped off.
![[Mermaid performer swimming with large fish in an aquarium.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/big-fish-attacks-mermaid-performer-967538647.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The attack took place at Xishuangbanna Primitive Forest Park, an aquarium in China’s Yunnan Province, where 22-year-old mermaid animator Masha works. The performer can be seen making waves in an elegant routine among other large beasts in the tank before she is suddenly interrupted.
![[A large fish attacks a mermaid performer underwater.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/big-fish-attacks-mermaid-performer-967538635.jpg?strip=all&w=960)
The devious fish can be seen quietly creeping up on her before it quickly seizes the swimmer’s skull in its large jaws. It appears to be a sturgeon, a fish that can grow up to 20 feet in length and are known to sometimes attack humans. Luckily, the swimmer pulls away seconds later and hastily swims up towards the surface heading for an escape.
![[Close-up of a young woman's face showing a bruise near her eye.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/picture-shows-22-year-old-967538660.jpg?strip=all&w=717)
Viewers, including some children, were left shocked as they gasped at the nearly devastating ordeal. Her head, neck and eye were wounded by the massive creature while her nose clips and goggles were not so lucky as they were eaten. Russian media said that the distressed woman was even forced back to work soon after, despite being left in severe pain after the bite.
![[A young woman sits on teal-lit stairs.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/picture-shows-22-year-old-967551898.jpg?strip=all&w=579)
She was offered £78 in compensation for “moral damages” but was barred from talking about it as bosses at the site tried to cover it up. The freshwater aquarium features native species of fish from the Mekong and Yangtze Rivers, as well as many other rare amphibians.
![[A young woman in a brown bikini stands on a rooftop overlooking a hillside.]](https://www.thesun.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2025/01/russian-mermaid-animator-maria-22-967528283.jpg?strip=all&w=854)
