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Aug. 8th, 2014.

This museum/aquarium seems like the house of a Hoarder. Was there anything of note to see here or is just the chaos of it all the main attraction?

bigfoot410 said:

This museum/aquarium seems like the house of a Hoarder. Was there anything of note to see here or is just the chaos of it all the main attraction?

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The aquarium is the most bizarre place I've ever visited but on paper the species list is actually rather impressive:

Aquarium Species List (a partial list as it is ever-changing):

Mammals – Raccoon, Small-Clawed Otter, Tamandua, Nine-Banded Armadillo, Kinkajou, Two-Toed Sloth, Sugar Glider, Guinea Pig, African Pygmy Hedgehog, Domestic Rabbit, Domestic Ferret and Chinchilla.

Snakes – Green Anaconda, Red-Tailed Boa Constrictor, Rainbow Boa, Dumeril’s Boa, West African Sand Boa, Ball Python, Sinaloan Milk Snake, Eastern Milk Snake, Pueblan Milk Snake, Mexican Kingsnake, Prairie Kingsnake, California Kingsnake, Florida Kingsnake, Speckled Kingsnake, Black Rat Snake, Bull Snake, Western Hognose Snake and Okeetee Corn Snake.

Lizards – Mangrove Monitor, Savannah Monitor, Blue-Spotted Timor Monitor, Black Roughneck Monitor, Green Basilisk, Argentine Black-and-White Tegu, Red Tegu, Green Iguana, Spinytail Iguana, Desert Iguana, Northern Caiman Lizard, Green Anole, Bearded Dragon, Maputo Plated Lizard, Mali Uromastyx, Prehensile-Tailed Skink, Blue-Tongue Skink, Broad-Headed Skink, New Caledonian Crested Gecko, Madagascar Day Gecko, Gargoyle Gecko, Frog-Eyed Gecko and Tokay Gecko.

Turtles/Tortoises – Kemp’s Ridley Sea Turtle, Alligator Snapping Turtle, Common Snapping Turtle, Map Turtle, Black-Knobbed Map Turtle, Pascagoula Map Turtle, Cagle’s Map Turtle, Painted Turtle, Central American Wood Turtle, Florida Softshell Turtle, Asian Yellow Pond Turtle, Three-Toed Box Turtle, Golden Thread Turtle, Yellow-Bellied Slider, Nicaraguan Slider, Red-Eared Slider, Belize Slider, Musk Turtle, Mata Mata Turtle, River Cooter, Russian Tortoise, Red-Footed Tortoise, Yellow-Footed Tortoise, Mountain Tortoise (Asian Forest Tortoise) and African Spurred Tortoise.

Amphibians – White’s Tree Frog, Cuban Tree Frog, Blue Poison Dart Frog, Argentine Horned Frog, American Bullfrog, African Burrowing Bullfrog, African Clawed Frog, Cane Toad, Colorado River Toad, Spadefoot Toad and Axolotl.

Crocodilians – Nile Crocodile and American Alligator.

Invertebrates – Tailless Whip Scorpion, Emperor Scorpion, Vinegaroon, Arizona Blonde Tarantula, Brazilian Giant White-Knee Tarantula, Rose-Hair Tarantula, Deaths Head Cockroach and Madagascar Hissing Cockroach,

Fish – Whitetip Reef Shark, Nurse Shark, Wobbegong Shark, Bonnethead Shark, Queensland Grouper, Panther Grouper, Bamboo Catshark, Epaulette Catshark, Coral Catshark, Red-Bellied Piranha, Pacu, Red-Tailed Catfish, Tiger Shovelnose Catfish, Marble Catfish, Ripsaw Catfish, Mekong Catfish, Iridescent Shark, Arapaima, Midas Cichlid, Silver Dollar, Grey Triggerfish, Giant Gourami, Porcupine River Stingray, Ocellate River Stingray, Southern Ray, African Marbled Lungfish, Australian Lungfish, Australian Arowana, Silver Arowana, Peacock Bass, Blue-Spotted Mudskipper, Clown Knife Fish, Alligator Gar, Bowfin, Red Lionfish, Blue-Stripe Snapper, Horse-Eye Jack, California Moray Eel, Banded Snake Eel, White Ribbon Eel, Zebra Snout Seahorse, Queen Angelfish, Emperor Angelfish, Lamarck’s Angelfish, Stars and Stripes Puffer, Dogface Puffer, Map Puffer, Porcupine Puffer, Pilot Fish, Pork Fish, Paddlefish, Pacific Tarpon, Lookdown Fish, Toad Fish and Doctor Fish.

Crustaceans – Fiddler Crab, Hermit Crab, Panther Crab, Vanilla Crayfish and Spiny Lobster.

Birds – Salmon-Crested Cockatoo.

According to Delta Airlines Magazine this is the #7 aquarium in the world (according to the aquarium's website, anyway: 20-Year Anniversary | World Aquarium | St. Louis, Missouri).

I would note that it doesn't specify which world this aquarium is #7 in. Looking at the photos, I'm not sure that it is Earth.

DavidBrown said:

According to Delta Airlines Magazine this is the #7 aquarium in the world (according to the aquarium's website, anyway: 20-Year Anniversary | World Aquarium | St. Louis, Missouri).

I would note that it doesn't specify which world this aquarium is #7 in. Looking at the photos, I'm not sure that it is Earth.

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actually it says "Did you also know that we have been named the #7 museum in the world by Delta Magazine in 2006?"

I had a look around the internet and couldn't find anything to support it. It may be only in a hard-copy magazine article. I did find a "30 museums to see" from Delta but surprisingly enough the World Aquarium wasn't in it.