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An aquarium which piped the music of Barry White into a tank to encourage two sharks to breed says the tactic has paid off.

Bosses at the Sea Life London Aquarium say the legendary 'walrus of love' has transformed love shy shark Zorro into a marine love machine.

The therapy has worked so well that staff are now having to warn guests about his frisky behaviour as it is very public, very frequent and looks far from romantic.

"We are absolutely delighted that Zorro is finally getting it together with his intended but the courtship rituals of the zebra shark can appear quite violent and some guests have been a little alarmed," says deputy curator Jamie Oliver.

"I suppose you could describe it as a Shark love bite as foreplay involves the male following the female biting her pectoral fins and tail very vigorously.

"We're going to great lengths to reassure guests that it's all natural and playful and will hopefully result in lots of little Zorros!"

Aquarium staff came up with the idea of romantic music after Zorro, a six-year-old zebra shark, was shipped in from Belgium to breed with a single shark called Mazawabee.

Hopes were high as his amorous advances had worn out his former tank mates - but initially his relationship with Mazawabee was strictly platonic.