A show performer dressed as a mermaid learned the hard way recently that sharing an aquarium tank with enormous sturgeon is not safe.
The accompanying footage, captured in China, shows the mermaid performing gracefully in front of an audience that included children when the sturgeon briefly sucked her head into its mouth.
The woman, clearly startled but remaining somewhat graceful, ascended without further incident.
However, according to the Daily Mail, the 22-year-old performer, who is from Russia, suffered injuries to her face, neck, and eye. She apparently was instructed back into the water d