China aquarium's 'fake' whale shark flops with angry visitors

Beijing: Visitors to a new aquarium in China were left furious this week after discovering one of its top aquatic stars was a robot, despite it being...

Beijing: Visitors to a new aquarium in China were left furious this week after discovering one of its top aquatic stars was a robot, despite it being marketed as such.

Xiaomeisha Ocean World in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, opened on October 1 but was quickly slammed for its high prices, long queues, and poor conditions for its marine life.

Much of the criticism, however, centred on the park's star attraction: a "mechanised whale shark".

Photos of the shark showed joints in the body where parts of the robot had been joined together.

On the online review platform Dazhong Dianping, users flooded the aquarium's page with negative comments.