It was a whale of a fail. Just when you thought it was safe to go back to the water park: A Chinese aquarium was ripped by angry fans after its much-hyped giant shark was revealed to be a robot.

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In it, Dr. Rae Wynn-Grant goes to the aquarium to get up close and personal with whale sharks named Yushan and Taroko, highlighting how important conserving them is to the entire oceanic ecosystem.

An aquarium has been slammed for after its star 'whale shark' turned out to be nothing more than a robot. Xiaomeisha Ocean World in Shenzhen, China re-opened to much fanfare on October 1 after a ...

The aquarium is home to whale sharks, the largest fish in the world, manta rays, beluga whales, sea otters and African ...

“To this day we haven’t seen successful copulation, but it is proof (whale sharks) are in our waters trying out these behaviors.” Cameron Perry, a research scientist at the Georgia Aquarium ...

The aquarium defended the decision, citing laws against trading live whale sharks, but visitors remained dissatisfied. This is an AI-generated image, used for representational purposes only.

Kai the male whale shark, estimated to have been 9 to 10 years old, about 6 meters in length and 1.5 metric tons in weight, had been exhibited at Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan in the city of Osaka ...

Aquarium enthusiasts in China were left shocked when they discovered that a much-hyped giant whale shark on display was, in reality, a robot. The Xiaomeisha Sea World in Shenzhen reopened its ...