Fancy fish fingers for tea? Catch them at the aquarium

They don't flap their fins or blow any bubbles. But the 'fish finger' tiddlers sitting at the bottom of a London aquarium have been mistaken for the real thing, nonetheless.
The models look like breadcrumb-coated fish fingers with tails and eyes attached, and were added to the waters to teach children about marine life.
They were inspired by a survey at the London Sea Life Aquarium which found that one in ten youngsters think a fish finger is a real fish. 'We decided to put the public to the test,' said Toby Forer, general manager of the aquarium.

Something's fishy: Fish fingers swimming around with marine life confused visitors to the National Sealife Aquarium. They were added to the waters after a survey found that 1 in 10 children think a fish finger is a real fish

'We've had a lot of fun watching people trying to decide whether our fishy fish really were the source of their tea-time favourite but the reasons behind the joke are deadly serious.
'Unless we all become more "marine aware" the future of our vulnerable oceans is in question.'

Please don't eat me, guys: It's easy to see how the cleverly made fish finger has confused patrons

In the survey, 125 seven-year-olds were asked to name three fish. The top three answers they gave were goldfish, clownfish and fish fingers.
Visitor Brian Payne, 28, took his five-yearold daughter to the attraction last week. He said: 'She thought they were real to start with but once I explained I think she understood they weren't actually real.
'But they are quite convincing and I can see how little kids might be slightly confused by it.'