The world's largest aquarium
May 24th 2007
Published: August 6th 2007
Published: August 6th 2007
Whale shark
Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta
One of the attractions is the 30m long acrylic tunnel in the Ocean Voyager gallery. The whole gallery is specially designed to house whale sharks, the largest fish species in the world. Further, stingrays, sawfish and hammerhead sharks can be seen in the waters of this captive ocean habitat. As the aquarium states
no other aquarium in the world has ever attempted to manage the variety and size of fish in this major exhibit.
The Tropical Diver section features curious garden eels and clown fishes, seahorses and jellyfish. At the centre of this gallery is a living reef, complete with an overhead crashing wave, living corals and a large number of colourful reef fish.
Fishes and marine mammals of the cold oceanic waters are presented in the Cold Water Quest. Beluga whales, sea lions, sea otters and penguins can be found here. A more exotic sight is the Australian leafy sea dragon. Finally, the Georgia Explorer and the River Scout gallery include piranhas, otters, sea stars and shrimps.
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Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta
Stinging sea nettle
The stinging sea nettle is a species of jellyfish. Some jellies commute more than 1,000 metres up and down in the water daily.
Whale shark and diver above reef
The average size of a whale shark is between 6 and 10 meters in length. It has a huge mouth (which can reach up to 1.4 meters across) and feeds by simply opening its mouth and swimming through swarms of prey (zooplankton, small fishes etc.)
The whale shark
The whale shark is the largest fish in the world. Despite the name, it is not a whale but a filter feeding shark.
A batoidea
Commonly known as ray
Painted and real
A beluga whale can weigh up to 1,600kg.
Beluga whale
The Beluga lives in the Arctic and can be up to 5 metres long.
Piranhas!
The red piranha is a freshwater fish that prefers areas with dense vegetation where it can easily hide and ambush its prey. It feeds in groups of some 20 to 30 individual fish that attack prey in a feeding frenzy...
Leafy sea dragon
The perfectly camouflaged sea dragon is related to the more popular seahorses. It grows to 35cm and is found only in the ocean waters of south Australia. Oh, and the male sea dragon is actually the one who gives birth (the lazy females deposits the eggs on the tail of the male)
Gigantic aquarium
The window is some 24 x 8.2 metres big. It is made of 60 cm thick acrylic, withstanding the pressure of nearly 24 millions litres of water. Hopefully.
Giant Grouper, the world's biggest bony fish
A grouper starts out his life as female and later switches sex to male. It can weigh up to 400kg and has at least seven rows of teeth on the middle of its lower jaw. And it looks rather ugly.
Whale Shark and giant grouper
Two record holders: world's largest fish and world's largest bony fish
Largetooth Sawfish
This fish has a short but massive saw with some 14 to 22 very large teeth on each side. The saw is used for digging for food, attacking prey and as a defence mechanism.
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Date: 21st July 2008
WOW
I have never wanted to visit an aquarium until visiting this site. I love going to the zoo with my children and looking at the aquariums in the zoos,,,but never have i thought about visiting an "aquarium". I am making a point to trave to Atlanta to see this amazing place. I can not wait!!!!
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WOW
I have never wanted to visit an aquarium until visiting this site. I love going to the zoo with my children and looking at the aquariums in the zoos,,,but never have i thought about visiting an "aquarium". I am making a point to trave to Atlanta to see this amazing place. I can not wait!!!!
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"20000 leagues under the sea"
Amazing pictures I am sure you felt like being 20000 leagues under the sea“! The “Georgia Aquarium” seems to be a real paradise for marine and sub-marine enthusiast. Already thought about the next dive?
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