Student discovers hidden aquarium in shocking place
As a busy medical school student, Gita Lozovaya spends much of her time studying, but decided to unwind one day at the beach with a friend.
Residing in Yalta, a seaside town on the south coast of the Crimean Peninsula, she explained on her day off from college, she and her friend decided to have a picnic by the sea.
'Walking along the beach, we saw a blue car in which fish of amazing beauty swam [like an aquarium],' she said.
Lozovaya discovered the unique fish tank outside the Yalta-Intourist Hotel.
The student learned from the director of a local aquarium — who hasn't been named — that the life-size car was converted into a koi-filled aquarium seven years prior.
'I was told that the car was completely converted into an aquarium, and the inside was covered with a special compound that eliminates the appearance of rust,' Lozovaya added.
'It is absolutely safe for fish.'
A fascinated Lozovaya sent videos to friends and family — and also posted a clip of the peculiar fish tank to TikTok, where it quickly went viral, amassing over 4 million views.
'The next day, while I was studying, a huge number of notifications started coming to my phone saying that people liked my video,' the 20-year-old explained. 'People were fascinated by the car and asked a lot of questions.'
Thousands of people in the comment section of the viral video couldn't get enough of this fishy situation.
'Marine biologist here, these fish are not living in safe conditions because it's illegal to drive without a seatbelt, and they could get hurt,' one user quipped in the comment section.
'This is actually really dangerous because the fish could learn to drive and then they might crash,' another person humorously wrote.
'Oi mate, you can't just park there,' another funny comment read.
'People are mad in the comments, but that is better than a Walmart fishbowl that parents get their kids' pet fish, in my opinion,' argued one commenter, defending the unique aquarium.
'Why y'all acting like they're swimming in gasoline,' agreed another.
The nursing student also informed commenters that the roof opens up, which allows aquarium staff to clean the tank and feed the fish living inside the car.
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