Aquarium
Aquarium of Lyon
Illusion-built shark pit with a faux shipwreck sculpted to hide sharks from real, rust-poisoned metal.
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About this audio guide
This guide to the Aquarium of Lyon's shark pit explains why the sunken wreck sitting at the bottom of the tank was never a real ship, and what its builders had to work around when the aquarium opened in 2002. It follows the reasoning that ruled out real metal, the sculptors who faked centuries of rust and rot by hand, and the engineering hidden in the thick acrylic window in front of you. Come for one of the twice-daily feedings, when a biologist narrates from beside the glass while the sharks circle the wreck.
This audio guide was created using AI.