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A vivarium may be small enough to sit on a desk or table, such as a terrarium or an aquarium, or may be a very large structure, possibly outdoors. Large vivaria, particularly those holding organisms capable of flight, typically include some sort of a dual-door mechanism such as a sally port for entry and exit, so that the outer door can be ...
Biosphere 2, with upgraded solar panels in foreground, sits on a sprawling 40-acre (16-hectare) science campus that is open to the public. The Biosphere 2 project was launched in 1984 by businessman and billionaire philanthropist Ed Bass and systems ecologist John P. Allen, with Bass providing US$150 million in funding until 1991. [7]
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An aquarium (pl.: aquariums or aquaria) is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed. Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish , invertebrates , amphibians , aquatic reptiles , such as turtles , and aquatic plants .
[1] [6] The Fifth Street location is 6,000 square feet (560 m 2). The front is the store and the back, which is closed to the public, is the breeding center. [2] As of 2001, Cliff Moser and Owen Maercks co-owned the vivarium. [1] [2] In 2008, parking concerns threatened to close the vivarium.
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