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The record for a whale shark in captivity is an individual that, as of 2024, has lived for more than 29 years in the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium from Okinawa Ocean Expo Aquarium. [19] At a symposium held in Baltimore in 1985, the Okinawa Ocean Expo Aquarium was rated to have the most advanced breeding technology in the world for long-term rearing ...
The main tank of the aquarium facility that was opened at Expo was the largest indoor aquarium in the world at that time with a water volume of 1,100,000 litres (291,000 US gal). After that, we continued to use the Aquarium facility used in Expo'75 and opened it as the Okinawa Ocean Expo Aquarium .
The most popular animals on display are the whale sharks. Osaka aquarium is the second aquarium in the world after Okinawa Ocean Expo Aquarium to start keeping whale sharks. In 1994 the aquarium successfully captivated a manta ray which was the second in the world at the time. Later in 1995 the aquarium managed to successfully hold an ocean ...
The record for a whale shark in captivity is an individual that, as of 2021, has lived for more than 26 years in the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium from Okinawa Ocean Expo Aquarium. [ 95 ] [ 91 ] Following Okinawa, Osaka Aquarium started keeping whale sharks and most of the basic research on the keeping of the species was made at these two institutions.
Whale Shark Aquarium Whale Shark Exhibit Aquarium – the tank itself contains 22.7 million litres (6,000,000 US gal; 5,000,000 imp gal) of water, making it the largest in the world, [ 6 ] and it is home to whale sharks , manta rays , and many other species at the time of its opening.
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A sand tiger shark swims at the Sobela Ocean Aquarium on Thursday, Aug.10, 2023. The new $77 million, 650,000 gallon aquarium, is set to open Sept. 1, at Kansas City Zoo & Aquarium.
A transmitter is attached to the whale shark that returns to the sea, and it has been successful in grasping the migration route of the whale shark. [12] 。 The whale sharks raised in the Kuroshio Tank have been called "Yuyu" for generations and are gaining popularity among visitors. First generation (male) October 20, 2000 Kagoshima ...