Oceanic Aquarium

AverageWalrus

AverageWalrus

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This Will be my dream aquarium with 7 different zones, The Atlantic, The Pacific, The Indian Ocean, Polar Reigons, Freshwater, Deep Sea, and The Open Ocean. I will Start with the atlantic zone, with he first part focusing on exhibits with animals from up north by the New York/ New Jersey Coastline. It would have a big tank with Bluefish, Flounder, Black Drum, Herring, Massive Schools of Silverside Weakfish, Sea Robins, and maybe some Spiny Dogfish, There would also be some one off tanks in this section, a tank for Lined Seahorses, One with Atlantic Sturgeon, and maybe a touch tank with Sea Stars, Horseshoe Crabs, Anemones (I've touched one on the tentacles at adventure aquarium myself) Hermit Crabs, and Some Sea Snails Like Channeled Whelk. I would Also have a half Above and Half Underwater Tank with Ghost Crabs, With Some Sand Shrimp and Blue crabs also in there. And a tank for Lobsters with Rocks for them to hide in. And Then Definitely The Star of the Show, An Outdoor Tank For Harbor and Gray Seals, With an Indoor Underwater Viewing Area, Also Next To the Seal Enclosure Would Be an Exhibit For Harbor Porpoises With maybe 2-3 Individuals since they usually are only in Groups with 5 Animals Max. Next Time I will post the next area, The Caribbean Sea
 
The Caribbean Sea

This is the Second part of the first section of the Oceanic Aquarium, The Caribbean Sea. to get to the area, you walk from the Northern Atlantic Section down a blue hallway that starts a shade of navy blue, eventually getting lighter and lighter untill it is a light blue, with a palm trees and a sign that says "Welcome to the Caribbean" at the end. In this section, the first thing you see is a huge Caribbean reef tank, with Blue Tangs, Queen Angelfish, French Angelfish, Seargent Major, Yellowtail Snapper, Queen Triggerfish, Spanish Hogfish, Blue Chromis, Bluehead and Creosole Wrasses, Squirrelfish, French Grunts, and Queen, Stoplight, and Midnight Parrotfish. Opposite The Reef Tank would be a larger, rocky tank, The Caribbean Predators Tank. This Tank would house Barracuda, Nassau Grouper, Nurse Sharks, Caribbean and Blacktip Reef Sharks,Black Grouper,Yellowfin Grouper, and Schoolmaster and Gray Snapper. A Short walk away from The two tanks would be Stingray Bay. At one end of the tank it would be shallow, where you could touch the stingrays and also feed them for an additional $1, as you walk down a ramp, the tank gets deeper and deeper and you can see it as you go down until you get to a seabed-like area where you can see stingrays from a 5ft tall viewing panel swimming amongst the rocks and kelp or hiding in the sand. The Species of stingray in this exhibit would be southern stingrays, Cownose rays, Caribbean Whiptail Stingrays, Yellow Stingrays, and,eagle rays. Near the stingray exhibit would be an exhibit of a mangrove with West Indian Manatees, Brown Pelicans, Green Heron, Snowy Egrets,Hawksbill Sea Turtles, and fish like Permit,Tarpon, and Snook. And in this section there would also be some one off tanks.There would be one tank for Queen Conch, One for Spiny Lobsters. There would be an exhibit for Garden Eels and Yellowhead Jawfish, and a tank for the very cool looking christmas tree worm. The final Exhibit of the Caribbean Section Would be a Mudflat next to the mangrove exhibit with Caribbean Flamingoes and Roseate Spoonbills. Next time i will post the final part of the Atlantic Ocean Zone, The West Atlantic.
 
Europe and the Mediterranean Sea.

So first of all, The West Atlantic is now just the Mediterranean because I couldn't find any database or list of marine life from west Africa aside from the west African Manatee, So anyways, let's start!

This section starts with a walkway at the end of of the Caribbean Section, and at the end of the walkway is the Mediterannean Section and the entrance to the central hub of the aquarium, Where you can access the rest of the Zones. In The Mediterranean Zone, the first tank would be a tank with a statue of Poseidon overgrown with Algae in the middle of a coral reef with fish native to Greece in it like Ornate and Mediterranean Rainbow Wrasses, Various Species of Seabream such as the White,Common , and Striped Seabream, Painted Comber, Salema, Grey Triggerfish, Dusky Grouper, Yellowtail Amberjack, and Parrotfishes (yes there are species of parrotfish in the Mediterranean). There Would also be two eel tanks side by side with one Containing Mediterranean Moray Eels and the other containing Conger Eels. Another Exhibit would be for Loggerhead Sea Turtles in another tank with algae overgrown ruins and rocks. The Final Tank in this section is the Mediterranean Shark Tank, with various species of sharks native to the Mediterannean. Next time, the beginning of the Pacific Zone, The Kelp Forest.
 
The Pacific Zone and The West Coast Exhibits

Now We Begin the 2nd Zone, The Pacific Zone.

Upon Entering this zone, you are greeted with the entrance of the West Coast Section, and the first exhibit in this area is Kelp Forest Exhibit, Featuring a Kelp Forest.

KELP FOREST SPECIES LIST:
Giant Kelpfish
Kelp Bass
Garibaldi
California Sheepshead
Bat Ray
Horn Shark
Swell Shark
Leopard Shark
Giant Sea Bass
Cabezon
Señorita
Copper Rockfish
Flag Rockfish

Next To The Kelp Forest Tank Would be another tank with kelp in it, although this one would be for sea otters. Next to the Sea Otter Exhibit would be an exhibit for California Sea Lions. Indoors there would be Underwater Viewing with nothing special, just rocks and seaweed, Outdoors there would be a rocky Shore for them to rest on. The Next Exhibit would be one for a Giant Pacific Octopus, and it would showcase their natural abilities to change color and as enrichment, It's food would be placed in a jar so it can get it out.

The next Exhibit would feature Invertabrates from Tide Pools and Other Places, Such as the Kelp Forest. It would be the Tidal Touch Tank

TIDAL TOUCH TANK SPECIES LIST:
Jeweled Top Snail
Alabone
Sand Dollar
Sand Crab
Purple Sea Urchin
Hermit Crab
California Mussel
Bat Star

The Final Exhibit of the West Coast is The Coastal Aviary, With Coastal Bird Species native to the west coast, aswell as other Coastal Species like fish and Crabs and Such.

COASTAL AVIARY SPECIES LIST:
Western Gull
Western Snowy Plover
Ruddy Turnstone
Killdeer
Black Oystercatcher
Red Phalrope
Red Necked Phalrope
Pigeon Guillemont
Long Billed Curlew
American White Pelican
Brown Pelican
Topsmelt
White Sturgeon
Shiner Surfperch
Giant Green Anemone
Porcelain Crab
California Grunion
California Skate

And that ends of the West Coast Section
Next time, Hawaii...
 
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Hawaii

The Hawaii section starts with a circular tank with a rock pillar in the middle and some fake corals. This tank would house moray eels native to Hawaii, The Whitemouth, Barred, Zebra, Snowflake, and Dwarf Morays, To the right of the eel tank would be the main attraction of this section, a huge coral reef tank with various species native to Hawaiian Reefs, mostly endemic species. Also did I mention that it would be huge?

HAWAIIAN REEF TANK SPECIES LIST:
Potter's Angelfish
Nahacky's Angelfish
Flame Angelfish
Masked Angelfish
Emperor Angelfish
Elegant Anthias
Hawaiian Anthias
Hawaiian Yellow Anthias
Sunrise Basslet
Hawaiian Bigeye
Hawaiian Sergeant
Chocolate Dip Chromis
Blackfin Chromis
Oval Chromis
Milletseed Butterflyfish
Raccoon Butterflyfish
Threadfin Butterfly Fish
Pennant Butterflyfish
Reticulated Butterflyfish
Firefish
Fantail Filefish
Moorish Idol
Convict Tang
Chevron Tang
Goldring Surgeonfish
Orangebar Surgeonfish
Yellow Tang
Sailfin Tang
Achilles Tang
Whitecheek Surgeonfish
Lagoon Triggerfish
Gilded Triggerfish
Crosshatch Triggerfish
Gargantuan Blenny
Hawaiian Squirrelfish
Goldline Squirrelfish
Paletail Unicornfish
Broad Stingray
Elegant Coris
Yellowtail Coris
Saddle Wrasse
Shortnosed Wrasse
Pencil Wrasse
Flame Wrasse
Psychedelic Wrasse
Spotted Puffer
Ambon Puffer
Green Sea Turtle

Opposite the Hawaiian Reef Tank would be a smaller live coral tank for small species of reef fish, it would have various corals, fish, and many some Invertabrates

LIVE CORAL TANK SPECIES LIST:
Scarface Blenny
Marbled Blenny
Ewa Fangblenny
Zebra Blenny
Red Earth Dwarfgoby
Golden Goby
Hawaiian Velvetfish
Onescale Dwarfgoby
Halfspotted Goby
Phoenix Damselfish
Rosy Dragonet
Hawaiian Dwarf Flounder
Hawaiian White Spotted Puffer

On the left of the eel tank would be a reef drop off, exhibiting sharks and large fishes, it would be a tall tank with a rocky reef wall going down until the bottom.

REEF DROP OFF SPECIES LIST:
Blacktip Reef Shark
Whitetip Reef Shark
Gray Reef Shark
Giant Trevally
Bluefin Trevally
Sandbar Shark
Spotted Eagle Ray
Cottonmouth Jack
Hawaiian Chub
Longjaw Bonefish
Banded Snapper
Glasseye


Opposite the Drop Off tank, would be a smaller tank for venomous scorpion and lionfishes, with rocks and fake corals.

VENOMOUS FISH TANK SPECIES LIST:
Green Lionfish
Hawaiian Turkeyfish
Speckled Scorpionfish
Decoy Scorpionfish
Cheekspot Scorpionfish

In the Center of this section would be 5 separate exhibits, the first one would be a circular tank in the center of the other four, and it would house Smooth Seahorse, Redstripe Pipefish, and Edmonson's Pipefish. Two Side by Side circular tanks, One housing Hawaiian Bobtail Squid (they can glow in the dark due to a symbiotic relationship with a certain bacteria) and the other with Bigfin Reef Squid. The 4th tank would also be circular ( I think you get the theme now) and would be a live coral tank with lots of live rock and invertebrates

INVERTEBRATE TANK SPECIES LIST:
Painted Hermit Crab
Green Hermit Crab
Guam Hermit Crab
Argus Hermit Crab
Banded Coral Shrimp
Hawaiian Hinge Beak Shrimp
Harlequin Shrimp
Purple Velvet Star
Fisher's Star
Hawaiian Pom-Pom Crab
Red Luecosiid Crab
Violet Eyed Swimming Crab
Blood Spotted Swimming Crab

The Final Tank in the center would be a Nudibranch tank. With Rocks and Fake Coral.

The Final Exhibit in this section would be an enormous outdoor lagoon with a makeshift coral reef for Bottlenose and Spinner Dolphins. There would be outdoor viewing for above and underwater. As well as more underwater viewing indoors.
This time I'm going to try something new, you guys have to guess the next section, and I will give you this hint, it will be something quite different, something quite evolutionary....
 
The Galapagos

the 3rd section of the Pacific Zone is the Galapagos. This section begins with a small hallway between the Reef Drop off and Entrance to the Outdoor Dolphin Lagoon. After a small curve you are greeted to about 8 feet of Acrylic Tube Separating you from a Coral Reef, This Exhibit would be named Diverse Reef, Since in the Galapagos, Currents bring fish from everywhere, from Baja California to The Indo Pacific. The Corals in this Exhibit would be fake, but would be modeled after corals native to the galapagos.

DIVERSE REEF SPECIES LIST:
Galapagos Grunt
White Tail Damselfish
Moorish Idol
Galapagos Gregory
Pacific Beakfish
Yellowtail Surgeonfish
Purple Tang
King Angelfish
Mexican Hogfish
Pacific Burrfish
Guineafowl Pufferfish
Sunset Wrasse
Black Triggerfish
Panamic Green Moray Eel
Cortez Chub
Golden Cownose Ray
Flag Cabrilla
Blue Chin Parrotfish
Longnose Hawkfish
Galapagos Ringtail Damselfish
Galapagos Razorfish

The Second Indoor Exhibit would be called Pelagic Shores, a Long, Slightly less deep tank than the other pelagic tanks, based upon the fact that it is more common to see pelagic species close to shore in the galapagos. it would also have a few rocks and would be to the left of Diverse Reef.

PELAGIC SHORES SPECIES LIST:
Scalloped Hammerhead Shark
Galapagos Shark
White Salema
Black Striped Salema
Galapagos Grunt
White Spotted Sea Bass
Pelican Barracuda
Blue Trevally

The Final All indoors Exhibit in this section would be a 150-200 gallon tank, with black rocks and would be slightly submerged for my personal favorite crustacean, the Sally Lightfoot Crab. Now onto the rest of the section, acessed from a door on the right side of the wall. As soon as you go out, the first thing you see is the marine iguana Exhibit. It would be a pool of saltwater with a rocks at The back and middle for them to bask on. Underwater would have seaweed and algae covered rocks, viewable from a window on the right side of the section. Across from the exhibit would be a small (depth wise) pit of about 1 to 1 1/2 feet deep for Galapagos Giant Tortoises with various shrubs and a few trees, with low (2 ft high) cobblestone walls for viewing. Next to the Tortoise Exhibt would be a glass wall about 5ft high with mesh at the top, why? To keep this exhibits inhabitants, Galapagos Land Iguanas, from escaping while still having natural sunlight. It would have Shrubs, grasses, and rocks. The Major Exhibit out here would be the Galapagos Aviary, Showcasing the bird and reptile species of the galapagos, and would have 2 parts, Costal and Inland.

The Costal Section of the Aviary would have a beach and some water for this areas species, with rocks, plants, and other things

GALAPAGOS AVIARY COSTAL SECTION SPECIES LIST:
Blue Footed Booby
Lava Heron
Willet
Black-Necked Stilt
Red Footed Booby
Nazca Booby
Lava Gull
Noddy Tern
White Cheeked Pintail Duck

In a section of the costal aviary separate from the other birds would be a Galápagos penguin exhibit with underwater viewing

The other section would be the Inland Section, with Darwin's Finches, Mockingbirds, and various terrariums for lizards and snakes

GALAPAGOS AVIARY INLAND SECTION SPECIES LIST:
Galapagos Mockingbird
Darwin's Finches
Hood Mockingbird
Charles Mockingbird
Yellow Warbler
Large Billed Flycatcher
Smooth Billed Ani

GALAPAGOS AVIARY INLAND SECTION TERRARIUMS SPECIES:
Lava Lizards
Galapagos Snakes (all 3 species)
Galapagos Gecko


And that wraps up this section, next time, we take a trip to the oceans of down under
 
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The Indo Pacific

The Indo Pacific Section would be the 4th and final of the Pacific Zone, it would focus on the fauna of Malaysia, Indonesia, Micronesia, and The Coral sea. It would also be comprised of 2 parts, land and sea.

The section starts off with a small walkway at the end of the galapagos section, and after 5 feet you're greeted with the largest coral reef themed exhibit in the aquarium, the Great Barrier Reef exhibit, with species found all around the areas this section features, It would have corals modeled after those found in the Indo Pacific, and if you're wondering how big it would be, about 30-32 feet long, 6 feet tall, and 5 feet wide, so yeah, it would be big

GREAT BARRIER REEF SPECIES LIST:
Lined Surgeonfish
Regal Angelfish
Blue face Angelfish
Blue Girdled Angelfish
Lemonpeel Angelfish
Multibar Angelfish
Colin's Angelfish
Abe's Angelfish
Six Barred Angelfish
Blue striped Angelfish
Powder Blue Tang
Hawk Anthias
Red cheeked Anthias
Yellowstripe Anthias
Panther Grouper
Sixline Soapfish
Blackspot Chromis
Half and Half Chromis
King Damselfish
Bowtie Damselfish
Humbug Dascyllus
Reticulate Dascyllus
Royal Dottyback
Magenta Dottyback
Harlequin Sweetlips
Lesson's Sweetlips
Double Barred Rabbitfish
Onespot Rabbitfish
Pearlscale Butterflyfish
Copperband Butterflyfish
Gold Barred Butterflyfish
Singular Bannerfish
Doublebarred Butterflyfish
Blue Tang
Orangetipped Bristletooth
Thompsons Surgeonfish
Yellowfin Surgeonfish
Dogface Puffer
Map Puffer
Bluebarred Parrotfish
Egghead Parrotfish
Greensnout Parrotfish
Blackfin Squirrelfish
Zebra Bullhead Shark
Brownbanded Bamboo shark
Epaullete Shark
Zebra Shark
Marbled Catshark
Round Ribbontail Ray
Bluespotted Ribbontail Ray
Moon Wrasse
Sixbar Wrasse
Sulawesi Wrasse
Two tone Wrasse
Chiseltooth Wrasse
Tailspot Wrasse
Bignose Unicornfish
Bluestripe Snapper
Sailfin Snapper
Harlequin Tuskfish

Next to the the Great Barrier Reef exhibit would be several exhibits and tanks that would house smaller creatures in this section, directly across from the GBR exhibit would be a smaller tank that would house various species of clownfish and anemones

CLOWNFISH TANK SPECIES LIST:
Ocellaris Clownfish
Percula Clownfish
Barrier Reef Anemonefish
Dusky Anemonefish
Clark's Anemonefish
Magnifecent Anemone
Bulb Tentacle Anemone
Carpet Anemone

In the Center of the tanks would be a circular tank similar to the Hawaii Moray Eel tank for Ribbon Eels, On one side of the Clownfish Tank would be an Exhibit for Weedy Sea Dragons, Next to that Tank would be one for the very similar Leafy Sea Dragon. On the Other side of the Clownfish Tank would be a small circular tank with rocks and crevices for a Blue Ringed Octopus, Adjascent that Tank would be another, slightly larger, rocky tank with maybe a fake coral or two for my personal favorite cephalopod, The Flamboyant Cuttlefish, the final tank of the smaller tanks would be one inbetween the Leafy Sea Dragon and Flamboyant Cuttlefish would be for Peacock Mantis Shrimps. It would have plenty of rocks with crevices for them to hide in.

On the right side of Great Barrier Reef Exhibit would be an artificial reef with an above ground cave, with viewing for both parts, if you're wondering what this exhibit would hold, why sea snakes of course! It would have Yellow Bellied Sea Snakes and Banded Sea Kraits. The Final Exhibit of the Sea part of the Indo Pacific would be a flat, sandy seabed with maybe a rock or two, in this exhibit would have Dugongs, aswell as some fish species like Boer's Spadefish, Coral Hind, Bluespotted Grouper, and Pilot Fish.

The Land Section of the Indo Pacific would be entranced by going through a door by the side Opoosite you entrance. After going outside you cross a small bridge, and below it is a lake with mangrove trees for Saltwater Crocodiles, there would also be ground level and underwater viewing accessible from a staircase at the end of the bridge. Once you get off the bridge you have two choices of where to go, The Jungle Aviary, with Birds, Freshwater Fish, Reptiles, and small mammals native to Indonesia, Malaysia, Micronesia, and maybe even some Austrailia and New Guinea. The First Room of the Aviary, the aptly named Jungle Room, would be a giant, Free Flight Aviary themed after a rainforest, with trees, shrubs, and a waterfall with a small stream that flows throughout the room.

JUNGLE ROOM SPECIES LIST:
Blue Crowned Hanging Parrot
Palm Cockatoo
Sulphur Crested Cockatoo
Red and Blue lory
Violet Necked Lory
Red Lory
Blue Eared Lory
Yellowish Streak Lory
Black Winged Lory
Ornate Lorikeet
Rainbow Lorikeet
Olive Headed Lorikeet
Citrine Lorikeet
Black Capped Lory
Plum Faced Lorikeet
Yellow Billed Lorikeet
Brehm's Tiger Parrot
Painted Tiger Parrot
Blue Rumped Parrot
Great Billed Parrot
Rhinoceros Hornbill
Orange Breasted Fig Parrot
Electus Parrot
Pesquet's Parrot
Black Necked Stork
Wooly Necked Stork
Milky Stork
Storm's Stork
Glossy Ibis
Austrailian White Ibis
Royal Spoonbill
Javan Pond Heron
Purple Heron
Chesnut Forest Rail
Purple Swamphen
Mariana Fruit Dove
Crimson Crowned Fruit Dove
Pohnpei Lorikeet
Rainbow Bee Eater
Micronesian Imperial Pigeon
Bornean Peacock Phesant
Metallic Pigeon
Java Sparrow
Blue Faced Parrotfinch
Tricolored Parrotfinch

Through a door at the end of the Jungle Room would be the Reptile Room, it would basically be you're average reptile house, with reptiles, amphibians, and freshwater fish.

SPECIES IN THE REPTILE ROOM:
Javan Gliding Frog
Komodo Dragon
Fijian Banded Iguana
Blue Tounged Skink
Amboina Box Turtle
Golden Spotted Tree Monitor
False Gharial
Malaysian Giant Turtle
Tokay Gecko
Asiatic Reticulated Python
Keeled Rat Snake
Asian Forest Tortoise
Beauty Rat Snake
Burmese Python
Oriental Whipsnake
Maned Forest Lizard
Asian Giant Softshell Turtle
Painted Terrapin
Pig Nosed Turtle
White Fronted Water Snake
Timor Monitor
Striped Bronzeback
Forsten's Tortoise
Dumreli's Monitor
Green Crested Lizard
Clouded Monitor
King Cobra
Javan Torrent Frog
Common Green Frog
Crested Toad
Giant River Frog
Arfak Mountains Frog
Asian Giant Toad
Long Nosed Horned Frog
Geelvink Pygmy Tree Frog
Masked Rough Sided Frog
Seep Frog
Wallace's Flying Frog
White Lipped Tree Frog
Flying Fox (fish)
Asian Arowana
Glass Catfish
Giant Gourami
Goldstripe Rasbora
Kuhli Loach
Yellow Rasbora
Pygmy Gourami
Sarasin's Goby


The Final Area in the Jungle Aviary is the Nocturnal House, it would house many different habitats for many nocturnal and mostly-nocturnal animals (aswell as some of the more random animals, and because of this it wouldn't be all dark) from indonesia, Micronesia, Malaysia, Austrailia, and New Zealand.

SPECIES IN THE NOCTURNAL HOUSE:
Kiwi
Koala ( they're mostly nocturnal)
Phillippine Pangolin
Slow Loris
Sugar Glider
Malayan Porcupine
Matschie's Tree Kangaroo
Short Beaked Echidna
Sulawesi Bear Cuscus
Sulawesi Flying Fox
Malaysian Flying Fox
Spectacled Flying Fox
Malayan Free Tailed Bat
Kakapo

After you exit the Jungle Aviary, You are Right Next to the Sumatran Tiger Exhibit, an old temple overgrown with moss and ivy, with a tree growning on top of it. there would also be a pool of water for the tigers to swim and cool off in. Next to the tiger exhibit would be a dense rainforest exhibit for Sunda Clouded Leopards.
If you go back by where path splits into the jungle aviary and the rest of the exhibits, the first exhibit on the left would be a paddock with trees and a water pool for Malayan Tapirs, nextto it would be a large complex of a literal jungle gym for Orangutans. It would have various trees, ladders, vines, bars, and other things for the Orangutans To Climb on, there would also be straw,leaves, and sticks for making nests and food would be hidden in places for them to find, not to mention, all the climbing bars and ladders and such would be made to look like wood, with a natural substrate covering the floor. Across from the Orangutan Exhibit would be an exhibit for platypuses, Platypi, I don't know the plural (probably should google that) Anyways the exhibit would have an area of land with plants, logs, rocks and other things. The exhibit would also have a waterfall that goes into the pool of water where the platypuses can swim, plus a bit of underwater viewing. The final exhibit in this area would be a 1 acre Paddock for Various Ungulates.
UNGULATE PADDOCK SPECIES:
Guar
Sambar Deer
Bornean Bearded Pig
Lesser Mouse Deer
Greater Mouse Deer
Indian Muntjac
Banteng
Javan Warty Pig

To exit the Pacific Zone and to get back to the Central Hub, you have to go back inside and go through a hallway. When you exit, you are right back in the aquarium's central hub, right next to the entrance to the West Coast Section. Next Time we finally start the Indian Ocean Section with The Red Sea Section......
(also sorry for posting this unfinished multiple times, I was interrupted multiple times while trying to post it in full, so I just had to save my progress and go back to it later. AverageWalrus Out!)
 
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Thank you for sharing this with us.

I admire your passion and attention to detail in your species lists.
 
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