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Shedd Aquarium. Shedd Aquarium (formally the John G. Shedd Aquarium) is an indoor public aquarium in Chicago. Opened on May 30, 1930, the 5 million US gal (19,000,000 L; 4,200,000 imp gal) aquarium holds about 32,000 animals and is the third largest aquarium in the Western Hemisphere, after the Georgia Aquarium and Monterey Bay Aquarium. [2]
Chicago, Illinois, U.S. Coordinates. 41°52′02″N 87°36′53″W / . 41.86713°N 87.614653°W. / 41.86713; -87.614653. Man with Fish is an outdoor fountain and sculpture by German artist Stephan Balkenhol, installed outside Chicago 's Shedd Aquarium, in the U.S. state of Illinois. [1] It is made from bronze that was then painted, and ...
Large aquariums exhibit a large number of species and animals in a large range of tanks. These tend to be public aquariums and may also be oceanariums and dolphinariums, in order to exhibit a wide range of different marine animals for the public. In operation Only aquariums with a total capacity of more than 10 million litres and/or a tank larger than 5 million litres are included in the list ...
Bubba was left in a bucket at the aquarium's doorstep in 1987 by an anonymous donor with a note asking for him to get a good home; at the time, he was a female and about 25 cm (10 in) long. Bubba changed sex to male (being a protogynous hermaphrodite ) in the mid-1990s [2] and eventually grew to 154 lb while living in the aquarium's "Wild Reef ...
For the water-containing vivarium, see Aquarium. A public aquarium (pl. aquaria) or public water zoo is the aquatic counterpart of a zoo, which houses living aquatic animal and plant specimens for public viewing. Most public aquariums feature tanks larger than those kept by home aquarists, as well as smaller tanks.
An aerial view of the Museum Campus Shedd Aquarium in the Museum Campus at dawn.. Museum Campus is a 57-acre (23 ha) park in Chicago facing Lake Michigan in Grant Park.It encompasses five of the city's major attractions: the Adler Planetarium, America's first planetarium; the Shedd Aquarium; the Field Museum of Natural History.
August 3, 1999 (age 25) Shedd Aquarium, Illinois. Known for. Being hand-raised after the death of her mother. Weight. 1,400 lb (640 kg) Kayavak (born August 3, 1999) is a female beluga whale [1] that currently resides at the Shedd Aquarium in downtown Chicago. She is the only daughter of the mother beluga named Immiayuk.
The Association of Zoos and Aquariums (AZA), originally the American Association of Zoological Parks and Aquariums, is an American 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded in 1924 and dedicated to the advancement of zoos and public aquariums in the areas of conservation, education, science, and recreation.