'Animals and Football' - Fish World Cup

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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 2014. Twenty-three-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. One fish with black and white stripes was nominated as the referee because of its aggressive personality, according to the aquarium's marketing director, Yang Yong. "It is equivalent to the referee in a soccer match, because this fish is territorial. When some other fish swim past, it will drive them away. When it chases after them, this is the same as a referee running after a player who commits a foul and showing him a yellow or red card," Yang said. Link: http://www.itnsource.com/en/shotlist/RTV/2014/06/12/RTV120614104/?s=RTV120614104/#1 Story ref: RTV120614104