Zhao yun
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This afternoon, I went to the Shore Oceanarium with my sister. This facility is the only aquarium in Melaka. However, it is an atrocious excuse for an aquarium. Although it calls itself an oceanarium, that is probably not the case, and it is probably the worst aquarium to ever grace (or disgrace) zoochat. Anyway, before we go on, just want to make a few generalisations.
The first exhibit upon entering was a series of 5 touch pools. Interestingly, there was a screen which showed some AR miscellany, such as fireballs and elephant. The first 2 pools housed some echinoderms which were surprisingly unsigned. The next was overstocked with a number of bamboo sharks. Their exhibit was clearly not designed with the sharks, giving them nowhere to hide from visitors. The pools that followed housed horseshoe crabs and a rather large spiny lobster. The exhibits in the same cove were a tall set of pet-store sized fishtanks. They were rather small and housed a group of reef fish. The tanks were too small for their inhabitants, and the fish looked pale from stress.
There was a tank for an impressive Australian lobster which was rather bare, and did not provide the reef habitat that this species resides in. Another habitat housed blood parrot cichlids, which had a magic effect which involved water being drawn into cup-like areas via a vacumn.
Interestingly, there was a screen showing a game of fruit ninja, which you could play, I kid you not. However, this further proved to me that this aquarium wanted to be everything, which I found ironic and a little sad. There was a plant growing area which showed off riparian plants. This area had the only decent exhibit, which housed a few shrimp. Next to this admittedly impressive display was an all-concrete abomination that housed a few box turtles and a hinge-backed turtle. The water was a few inches deep, and it was the worst turtle exhibit in any public aquarium that I've seen.
Next was the jungle exhibit. It had one of the worst herp displays, and anything they had was stuffed into a glass cell. I'm not saying this in a PETA way, but literally.
It had a seemingly out-of-place display for pinned insects, which were probably glad at the sweet release of death seeing all these horrendous exhibits .Antromorphic, but true.
- The signage is not the best, with whole galleries missing their signs. In some cases, the signs were impressively outdated and the whole thing felt incredibly makeshift.
The first exhibit upon entering was a series of 5 touch pools. Interestingly, there was a screen which showed some AR miscellany, such as fireballs and elephant. The first 2 pools housed some echinoderms which were surprisingly unsigned. The next was overstocked with a number of bamboo sharks. Their exhibit was clearly not designed with the sharks, giving them nowhere to hide from visitors. The pools that followed housed horseshoe crabs and a rather large spiny lobster. The exhibits in the same cove were a tall set of pet-store sized fishtanks. They were rather small and housed a group of reef fish. The tanks were too small for their inhabitants, and the fish looked pale from stress.
Interestingly, there was a screen showing a game of fruit ninja, which you could play, I kid you not. However, this further proved to me that this aquarium wanted to be everything, which I found ironic and a little sad. There was a plant growing area which showed off riparian plants. This area had the only decent exhibit, which housed a few shrimp. Next to this admittedly impressive display was an all-concrete abomination that housed a few box turtles and a hinge-backed turtle. The water was a few inches deep, and it was the worst turtle exhibit in any public aquarium that I've seen.
Next was the jungle exhibit. It had one of the worst herp displays, and anything they had was stuffed into a glass cell. I'm not saying this in a PETA way, but literally.
