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Italian couple say 'I do' in shark tank
(Agencies)
Updated: 2004-08-02 09:05

Most people get married flanked by friends but an Italian couple tied the knot in a shark tank surrounded by the creatures they want to save.


Daniela Consolaro (L) from Milan and Maurizio Andreosi from Venice are seen during an underwater wedding ceremony in an aquarium containing 14 sharks in Cattolica 60km south west of Bologna on the Adriatic sea, July 31, 2004. Most people get married flanked by friends but an Italian couple tied the knot in a shark tank surrounded by the creatures they want to save. [Reuters]
Daniela Consolaro, 31, and Maurizio Andreosi, 40, each wearing bubble-helmet immersion suits, were lowered in a cage into the shark tank at the aquarium in Cattolica on the Adriatic coast on Saturday.

Fourteen sharks swam around looking bored as the couple -- his nickname is Bull Shark and hers is Nurse Shark -- responded "I do" to Mayor Pietro Pazzaglini, communicating via a phone link.

The couple wanted to draw attention to finning, a practice where fins are cut off for use in shark fin soup, considered a delicacy in Japan and elsewhere in Asia.

Environmentalists say the practice is severely depleting shark populations around the world.



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