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Visited today.
I find it interesting that the Georgia Aquarium has not had any dolphin births. They seem to have a fairly genetically diverse pod. Anyone know if they have any plans of instituting a breeding program? Clearly they have put a lot of resources into the beluga population in NA Aquariums, hoping for a successful birth any day now!
 
African Grey said:
a new exhibit featuring horned puffins, tufted puffins, common murres, and pigeon guillemots.
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From the video, looks like they also have long-tailed ducks (wow), king eider (double wow) (both seen briefly swimming at the first video scene), and even Rhinoceros aucklet! (triple wow) (being handfeeded in one short scene and handled in another one).
 
Kakapo said:
From the video, looks like they also have long-tailed ducks (wow), king eider (double wow) (both seen briefly swimming at the first video scene), and even Rhinoceros aucklet! (triple wow) (being handfeeded in one short scene and handled in another one).
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The video was taken at the Alaska Sealife Center, which is in the native range of all of these species. Unfortunately I don’t think any of the three will be sent to Georgia Aquarium, but all three are present in captivity in the continental US, just in small numbers.
 
Ah, OK, thanks for info, I tought that the video footage was taken in Georgia aquarium due to the clothes of the staff - but now I realized that one girl wear a Alaska SeaLife pullover and other a Georgia Aquarium pullover - both of the same colour and style of logo! Now I realized that the rhinoceros auklet is first feeded by the Alaska SLC girl and after holded by the Georgia Aquarium girl :-)
Here in Europe, there are long-tailed ducks and king eiders, they're rare in zoos but still exist. But no rhinoceros auklet is found in EU zoos (and also, no horned puffins) :-( I hope Alaska could send some overseas in the future!
 
The Speeding Carnotaurus said:
Anyone know of which species will be included?
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The article lists sandbar, sand tiger, and hammerhead sharks. I find this disappointing, as the aquarium either keeps or has kept in the past all three of these. They have a chance to create an amazing exhibit highlighting many unique species of shark, but I fear they’re going to miss their opportunity with “look! We have a bunch of fish with big teeth.”
 
jayjds2 said:
The article lists sandbar, sand tiger, and hammerhead sharks. I find this disappointing, as the aquarium either keeps or has kept in the past all three of these. They have a chance to create an amazing exhibit highlighting many unique species of shark, but I fear they’re going to miss their opportunity with “look! We have a bunch of fish with big teeth.”
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They mentioned those as possible species. This is not the final list.
 
Just watched a video on youtube and the exhibit with the albino alligators is closed off with a new exhibit coming soon sign. Anybody hear anything about what may be going there?
 
Visiting for the first time on either Sunday afternoon or Monday morning. Any tips on visiting? or species I should look out for besides the obvious ones (beluga, whale shark, manta ray...)
 
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