Sleeping surrounded by no less than 35 sharks, it tempts someone? The Aquarium de Paris offers an underwater room on the nights of 11, 12 and 13 April 2016 . Diving in the heart of 3 million liters of water, in an aquarium 10 meters deep, the room separates its occupants from sharks by a simple transparent wall. Scary!

A game to win 1 night with sharks

After the Catacombs of Paris, Airbnb, community service of lodgings in the inhabitant proposes a night with the sharks. To try his luck, just go to the Airbnb site and then define yourself and explain what makes you the ideal candidate. All in a limit of 550 characters. Only 3 participants are drawn for one night in the room of the Aquarium de Paris . Each evening, the winner and guest will be greeted by their host, Fred Buyle, apnea champion. He will plunge into the pool to present the nightmare neighbors to the winners. Then a visit of the backstage of the Aquarium of Paris will be proposed. Finally, before going to bed in this immersion bed, a dinner will be served in front of the large basin.

The shark, a threatened species

Does the teeth of the sea tell you something? The shark has a bad reputation and is the subject of many misconceptions. Not the shark is not a man-eater as we might believe. Of 400 shark species, only 12 are responsible for accidents. By 2015 there were 98 shark attacks, including 6 fatal sharks . An increasing number of accidents but an average number of deaths over the last 10 years. Selfie killed more people than shark attacks because 10 people lost their lives by taking a picture in 2015! The aim of this immersion therefore: to raise awareness and to become familiar with the sharks whose certain species have disappeared to more than 90% ...

The underwater room will remain in the large pool after the passing of the Airbnb winners. It will allow scientists to observe more "naturally" the behavior of fish that have acclimatized quickly to the chamber.