A giant fish clasped its huge jaws around the head of a young ‘mermaid’ performer in front of shrieking, terrified children, footage shows.
A video shared Tuesday by the Daily Mail showed the young audience screaming in horror as they witnessed the terrifying attack reports indicated took place at Xishuangbanna Primitive Forest Park in China. The Russian ‘mermaid,’ identified as 22-year-old Masha, suffered wounds to her head, neck and eye, Russian media claimed, according to the New York Post (NYP). Reports published images of the injuries.
The clip showed the performer swimming gracefully underwater, seemingly unaware that the big fish behind her was about to attack. Without warning, the fish took a hold of her head and shook her violently from side to side before she was able to break free and frantically swim to the surface.
Russian performer, Masha, was attacked by a giant fish while acting as a mermaid in China’s Xishuangbanna Primitive Forest Park aquarium.
Spectators screamed in horror as the fish wrapped its jaws around the 22-year-old’s face.
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The harrowing moment seemed to be completely unprovoked. The performer swam past several other fish without incident and waved to the audience that was watching the show before the attack unfolded.
The video showed the fish clamping its jaws around her head and, in that moment, the performer’s entire face was inside of it’s mouth. Her goggles are missing following the attack.
The young entertainer was allegedly offered around $97 in “moral damages” after the attack and banned from speaking about it by her employers who wanted to cover up the severity of the incident, according to the Daily Mail.
Masha alleged that she was forced back into the aquarium despite being in extreme pain from a neck wound caused by the attack, the New York Post reported. (RELATED: ‘I’m Going To Die Here’: British Man Says He Was Attacked By Hippo While Canoeing In Zambia)
The freshwater aquarium she was performing in contains native species from the Mekong and Yangtze Rivers, as well as other rare amphibians, according to the Daily Mail. It is not yet clear what type of fish attacked the ‘mermaid’ in the video.
This article was originally published at dailycaller.com
