Tourists in Las Vegas pay $1,000 for dinner on the Strip while sharks eat like royalty

In Las Vegas, wherever precocious rollers pursuit five-star meals and buffet lines are practically a sport, it turns retired the existent VIP diners are the sharks.

At Mandalay Bay Resort, the large food are fed a premix of mackerel, herring, bluish runner and sardines, according to The Associated Press (AP).

The casino’s pb aquarist, Becky O’Brien, told the AP she feeds 15 taxon of sharks 3 times a week.

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"They eat, I would say, amended than the tourists connected the Strip," O’Brien said.

Mandalay Bay has a 1.3-million-gallon vessel with 3,400 animals. It's drawn implicit 21 cardinal visitors to the edifice and casino since 2000.

At Mandalay Bay Resort, sharks are fed a premix of mackerel, herring, bluish runner and sardines. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Sharks are omnivorous, eating nutrient and plants — but are besides known to devour anything, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA).

The aquarium goes done implicit 300 pounds of food successful 1 week, with vitamins hidden successful the food, O’Brien said.

She said that if the sharks crook down the food, it whitethorn beryllium a motion they person an unwellness oregon are funny successful mating.

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"Once you get to enactment with these guys connected a regular basis, you bash larn small nuances of however each 1 feeds a small spot differently," O’Brien said.

She added, "Each taxon is simply a small spot different."

"They eat, I would say, amended than the tourists connected the Strip," said Becky O'Brien (pictured) of Mandalay Bay Resort.  (AP Photo/John Locher)

Las Vegas is celebrated for its casinos, but it besides boasts an awesome nutrient scene, highlighted by upscale eating and five-star restaurants. Still, galore tourists person pointed to precocious prices successful the city.

Fox News Digital antecedently spoke to a pistillate named Sarah from Staten Island, New York, who was visiting Vegas.

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"[Vegas] has changed immensely price-wise," she said. "It's a small crazy, but dinners are similar $1,000 — it's nuts. They request to spell backmost a small bit, and I deliberation they'll get more tourism if they bash that."

Mandalay Bay features a 1.3-million-gallon vessel with 3,400 animals. (AP Photo/John Locher)

Craig, besides from Staten Island, said, "If you're looking for a bottle of wine, you've got to wage astatine slightest $2,000 a nighttime for a bully vessel of wine." 

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"Pawn Stars" brag Rick Harrison recently called a $1,000 steak "the astir ridiculous happening successful the world."

"I wouldn't autumn for the gimmicks," helium said, noting determination are inactive places to devour "a bully ol' American steak" for $50 to $80.

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The Associated Press contributed reporting.