Shopping mall aquarium in Beijing shatters (with video)

[Zooish]

The glass viewing panel of a Beijing shopping mall aquarium shatters, injuring 16 people and killing the small sharks which lived in it. The moment was captured on a security camera. Link to news site:

16 hurt in China aquarium burst | Video | Reuters.com

This was a fairly small tank but look at the impact of the shatter. Imagine if this happened with one of the mega tanks (Georgia's Ocean Voyager, Okinawa's Kuroshio Sea, Singapore's Open Ocean, etc)...

 

[Chlidonias]

wow that's pretty scary. Imagine being hit by one of those chunks of acrylic!

 

[Blackduiker]

Shark Filled Aquarium in Shanghai Mall Shatters

There are no plans to repair or replace the aquarium.


VIDEO: Shark tank breaks in Shanghai, China: 15 people injured as sharks, tons of water spill

 

[Chlidonias]

already posted here: http://www.zoochat.com/247/shopping-mall-aquarium-beijing-shatters-video-302409/


...in the China forum, funnily enough

 

[mstickmanp]

I'll merge the two threads.

EDIT: Should be merged now.

 

[epickoala123]

Wow, imagine if that happened in a underwater tunnel like deep sea world!

 

[leadtheway]

They say that none of the critters survived, but they show in the one clip that a shark is twitching on the ground like fish do when out of water and people are standing around talking. Get that shark into a restroom sink or something to give him a fighting chance!