Mentally Disabled Shark, Phin, Becomes Popular On TikTok While Having A Good Time In A Home Aquarium
Phin is not the kind of shark most people expect to see going viral on TikTok. Instead of looking like a movie monster, he spends his days in a home aquarium, flipping around and stealing attention with every awkward little move.
Aly Ruiz, who keeps a shark tank in her home, has turned Phin into an online favorite. The smooth hound shark has a neurological condition linked to a brain parasite he had when he was young, and that has made his behavior stand out even more.
With a second shark in the tank and millions of views piling up, Phin’s story is as strange as it is oddly charming. Read on.
He gets spoiled by Aly, who records him dancing crazily all over the tank.
The peculiar creature is a smooth hound shark named Phin, and he’s part of a diminutive species that you would find in the aquarium of an eccentric crime boss or a Russian tycoon, but Phin is busting clichés left and right. Due to his neurological condition, which was caused by a brain parasite he had as a young shark, Phin has gained popularity.
Because his basic neurological processes, which are essential for this ocean beast's survival, locomotion, and hunting, were stunted, he most likely would not have lived very long if he had survived the parasite in the wild. Phin has found that living in captivity is a great way for him to maintain his existence.
In contrast, Aly also owns a black-fin shark, a species that is unquestionably larger and more aggressive than other shark species. The black fin, which is the second shark, gives Phin the impression of being the most gentle and innocent ocean animal.
That contrast is part of why people keep watching.
It’s a similar kind of shock to the diver who got face-to-face with a “zombie shark”.
Here's the second video with 1.8 million views
While Phin usually only makes us laugh, the black fin embodies the terrifying Jaws cliché. Phin definitely steals the show with his flip-flops and flying display of joyous mayhem.
I'm not sure what it's like to have a shark, let alone two sharks, in my home, but Phin is one shark who appears to be living the life he deserves. Despite the fact that he may struggle with some aspects of it, such as swimming regularly, feeding like a typical shark, and having a shark-like partner, he’s doing great.
In addition, we could all use a friendly shark figure.
And Phin is not slowing down anytime soon.
Wait until you see the 20-foot shark that showed up in a Rhode Island pond.
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