Shanghai: Fish World Cup!

Two teams of fish faced off over a big lump of feed at a “fish World Cup” stunt in a Shanghai aquarium to co-incide with the start of the real thing in Brazil.

23 fish representing two different coloured teams and a referee swam around in a specially designed tank, covered with plastic grass and complete with goalposts, corner flags, penalty areas and a large lump of feed as the ball.

The cichlid fish in yellow and blue were chosen for the match because they tend to swim near the bottom of the tank, according to staff at the Shanghai Ocean Aquarium.
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