Friday, January 29, 2010

Largest Aquarium for Fishes..







Whale shark is the biggest fish in the whole world. Therefore, there must be a place for Whale sharks.. It could be very harmful for people to have these whale sharks roaming around seawater.

The largest aquarium in the whole world can be found in Atlanta, Georgia at Pemberton Place.. This aquarium is called " Georgia Aquarium". It was opened last 2005 of November.It has been one of the tourist destination in Georgia where people find it fascinating while observing the great sea creature such as whale sharks. It has more than 8.1 million US gallons(31,000 m³) of marine and fresh water housing more than 100,000 animals of 500 different species. The aquarium's notable specimens include four young whale sharks, three beluga whales and manta rays.
Georgia Aquarium contains between 100,000 and 120,000 fish and other sea creatures, representing more than five hundred species.
It is the only institution outside of Asia to house whale sharks. The sharks are kept in a 6.3 million gallon (24,000 m³) tank, and the aquarium was actually designed around the whale shark exhibit.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Whale_shark



-dheshiela-

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