Visitors outraged as whale shark turns out to be robot

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.

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Xiaomeisha Ocean World in Shenzhen, Guangdong province, opened on 1 October, 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.

"I'm speechless about the fake whale shark. I really want to report and ban this place," one visitor wrote.