WATCH: Russian Mermaid Bit By Giant Fish Performing In Chinese Aquarium

This is the harrowing moment a giant fish attacks a young mermaid performer’s face in front of terrified children. Watchers screamed in horror at the sudden attack at the Xishuangbanna Primitive Forest Park, in China. The ‘mermaid’, known only as 22-year-old Russian performer Masha, is seen in an aquarium tank gliding through the water while wearing a bikini top and tail. She waves to families as fish swim past her. But as she slowly moves to the surface a giant creature bobs above her head. It then suddenly clasps its huge jaws around her face which caused people watching on to scream and shout out in terror. But the animator manages to break free within seconds and quickly surfaces. The giant creature ate Masha’s goggles and nose clips, and wounded her head, neck and eye, according to reports. The incident was in Xishuangbanna, China, where the Russian woman works. Reports in the Russian media say the woman was forced back into the aquarium despite being in agony from a neck wound. She was offered some £78 in ‘moral damages’ after the attack but was barred from talking about it as her bosses at Xishuangbanna Primitive Forest Park tried to ‘cover up’ the incident. The freshwater aquarium boasts native species from the Mekong and Yangtze Rivers, as well as other rare amphibians. Reports do not specify the type of fish that staged the attack. #Masha (From YouTube video description

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