How many sea otters does the Lisbon Oceanarium have?
Have you seen any of the North American aquarium or zoo sea otter exhibits Maguari? If so, does this exhibit compare favorably with how they are kept in North America?
I saw them back in June , brilliant creatures in a super Aquarium . There are 3 females , mother and 2 daughters . The breeding male died some time ago . I believe the daughters were at Rotterdam and Antwerp previously , but when only 1 otter was left at each collection they were returned to Lisbon .
Have you seen any of the North American aquarium or zoo sea otter exhibits Maguari? If so, does this exhibit compare favorably with how they are kept in North America?
First question answered during my Czech absence so I'll just pick this one up.
I've seen four sea otter exhibits - SeaWorld San Diego, Antwerp, Rotterdam and Lisbon Oceanarium.
The first three were pretty much of a muchness with little to choose between them in real terms, but I really liked Lisbon's. It has over-water viewing from a boardwalk through a landscaped area (in which I saw my first Black Oystercatcher) and underwater there are large viewing panels from the main aquarium route. They're also mixed with various fish, all the way up to Leopard Sharks. Fantastic exhibit.
