Indianapolis Zoo - Dolphin Dome

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  snowleopard

• 25 Aug 2008

July 2008. That's me inside the dolphin tank, the only one of its kind in North America.

 

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  snowleopard

• 27 Jan 2009

Cynics could point out that the construction of the dome a few years ago cut into the overall size of the dolphin pool, but visitors are overwhelmed by the experience and it is possibly full of enrichment for the dolphins that swim overhead.

 

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  James27

• 11 Jun 2009

Do they have to perform the shows in the same pool? I imagine the dome would get in the way.

 

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  snowleopard

• 11 Jun 2009

I believe that there might be 3 pools, but the dome is located in the large performing pool while the other one or two areas are smaller and not necessarily for shows. There should be some other photos of the Oceans complex in the ZooChat gallery.

 

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  James27

• 11 Jun 2009

Ok, thanks.

 

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  Quartz92

• 11 Jun 2009

To be honest I think it would be cool if the zoo had sharks in this pool instead.

 

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  James27

• 11 Jun 2009

I think dolphins would have more of a "wow" factor though.

 

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  Sun Wukong

• 11 Jun 2009

ashley-h said:

I think dolphins would have more of a "wow" factor though.

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Depends on the sharks in question...

 

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  James27

• 11 Jun 2009

I'd only be overwhelmed if they were great whites

 

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  Quartz92

• 11 Jun 2009

I think sharks have the "wow" factor because dolphins are alright to see but sharks, thats another story! It looks almost like a shark tunnel! I would prefer sharks over dolphins.