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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]
September 12, 2024 at 3:48 PM. CHICAGO - The newest, fluffiest members of the penguin colony at Shedd Aquarium have taken the plunge for the first time! Two rockhopper penguin chicks, hatched June ...
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.
A whale shark at Georgia Aquarium, the largest in the United States. 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.
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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 ...
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.
Library card holders can even get free admission at places that aren’t museums — like Brookfield Zoo and Shedd Aquarium. Family passes are available for up to four people.