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EXCERPT: Unnerving images of a mummified shark that looks like a zombie, as well as other dead and decaying sea creatures, have been captured in eerie new footage of an abandoned aquarium. The spooky viral video was taken by a pair of "urban explorers" who broke into the unnamed aquarium ... The video was posted to YouTube by one of the explorers, a French woman who goes by the name of Juj' Urbex, along with several shorter clips on her TikTok.

The video shows the rotting remains of a small reef shark inside a broken display case. [...] The explorers also found the decomposed remains of an octopus and squid inside separate shattered glass jars. [...] The pair also found two sea stars that had been left behind...

[...] The explorers have not disclosed the location of the aquarium, to prevent copycat explorers from visiting the site and to avoid being caught (urban exploring is a form of trespassing) ... However ... the aquarium was somewhere in Spain and was closed in 2014 after a 43-foot (13 meters) wave damaged the building... (MORE - missing details)

https://youtu.be/DMbQH5Bun2w
If the break in was illegal then what can I say about one of the felons plastering her face all over the internet for anyone who can identify her to see. On the safety side…who’s going to find the videographers should they have become trapped in there for some reason? Maybe not a Darwin but at least some kind of stupidity award was merited.

Poor shark probably better off dead than living out an existence in a tank that barely contained it, unless was already deceased prior to building abandoned.