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I visited recently and the sand tiger sharks in Sharks: Predators of the Deep weren't on exhibit and according to the educator speaking in the gallery that day, it seems they won't be returning. From what I can recall, the sand tigers techncially weren't theirs, and there were some issues with the silky shark recenly added and the sand tigers, and he said had the sand tigers gotten hurt in any issues, the aquarium could get in trouble, so they were removed entirely. He says they don't see it being likely they'll be back either, as he pointed out which is when I noticed, all signage for sand tigers in the gallery has been removed. Tiger shark is still there and growing.
 
Davdhole said:
I visited recently and the sand tiger sharks in Sharks: Predators of the Deep weren't on exhibit and according to the educator speaking in the gallery that day, it seems they won't be returning. From what I can recall, the sand tigers techncially weren't theirs, and there were some issues with the silky shark recenly added and the sand tigers, and he said had the sand tigers gotten hurt in any issues, the aquarium could get in trouble, so they were removed entirely. He says they don't see it being likely they'll be back either, as he pointed out which is when I noticed, all signage for sand tigers in the gallery has been removed. Tiger shark is still there and growing.
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That's unfortunate.
 
Makes sense, sand tigers are protected and silkies are nippy.

Fortunately, ~every other aquarium has them
 
The Aquarium announced they're currently providing a temporary home to 2 Florida Manatees named Lorenzo and Alfredo, who will stay behind the scenes at their offsite facility while they put on weight and receive a clean bill of health before they're released back into the wild.
Georgia Aquarium on Instagram: "Meet our newest (temporary) friends, Lorenzo + Alfredo Permit number: MAPER0034017"

The Aquarium announced that Wattled Jacanas have made their debut in the River Scout Gallery, not sure which exhibit, though. I was not expecting these to say the least, but I'm all for it
Georgia Aquarium on Instagram: "Stepping into the spotlight feet first - introducing our new wattled jacanas! Their impressive long toes stretch up to 8 inches, allowing them to spread their weight and stride effortlessly across floating vegetation like lily pads. Help us welcome our new feathered friend by dropping a in the comments or stopping by in our River Scout gallery!"
 
Northwest_FIsh_Keeping said:
The Aquarium announced that Wattled Jacanas have made their debut in the River Scout Gallery, not sure which exhibit, though. I was not expecting these to say the least, but I'm all for it
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I'd bet these are from San Diego Zoo, their pair in the Hummingbird Habitat produced quite a few chicks. It's cool to see the species spreading out a bit.
 
Since they're being put in the River Scout gallery, I wonder if they were mixed with the Archerfish since that exhibit has sufficient above-water space (as it was previously an alligator/turtle exhibit).
 
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The Aquarium announced a new exhibit in the Ocean Voyager gallery called "Ocean Lights", which is all about Bioluminescense in the Ocean. It features (what looks like) a big tank with a big school of Splitfin Flashlight Fish (Anomalops katoptron), that seems to be the only live animals apart of the exhibit.
I think that means Georgia now has 2 species of Flashlight Fish, since the ones in the Aquanaut Adventure gallery are signed as the One Fin Flashlight Fish (Photoblepharon palpebratum), at least on the website. Which is pretty cool since usually Aquarium's only exhibit 1 species (they can't be mixed together)
 
Northwest_FIsh_Keeping said:
since the ones in the Aquanaut Adventure gallery are signed as the One Fin Flashlight Fish (Photoblepharon palpebratum), at least on the website.
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I can confirm that the actual exhibit has them signed as Photoblepharon palpebratum as well (from my 2022 visit, but I assume it wasn't changed).

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Have aquariums in Asia been able to keep any of their whale sharks for long periods of time, or is the Georgia Aquarium's lack of success pretty universal to all aquariums?
 
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