This is not the first time an aquarium has used a robotic shark. According to the National Business Daily, a similar robot was first displayed at Shanghai Haichang Ocean Park in 2022.

The Chinese have created a robotic version of a whale shark, the first of its kind. This intelligent robot shark weighs 770 pounds and can precisely replicate the movements of a real shark.

Some claimed the real fish that were on display there were not ... "Xiaomeisha reps have since addressed the criticism, claiming the robo-shark - which cost millions of Chinese yuan to construct ...