"The shark lives in the zoo."

Translation: Lo squalo vive nello zoo.

[juliettepaulsen]

is abita not also a possibility - or is that werb only for humans?

[rotflol162]

I've learned that abitare is the verb of where someone physically lives, like a house or a zoo and vivere is the verb that means to actually be alive. So abitare should be the one that counts...

[carolemadrid]

can anyone explain why nello and not nel? Grazie :-)

[silkwarrior]

I think it's because it would be "lo" as the definite article before a noun beginning with "z" - hence nello - see:
http://www.uvm.edu/~cmazzoni/3grammatica/grammatica/prepositions.html

[carolemadrid]

Perfetto! Grazie

[Doug_Jackson]

I guess it's land sharks they speak of.