Sea Life Centre mortality rates

[Crowthorne]

Sea Life centre sees 35% of animals die

Mortality rates have been released across a number of UK Sea Life Centres. Great Yarmouth's seem to be higher than for other centres

 

[FBBird]

Sea Life centre sees 35% of animals die

Mortality rates have been released across a number of UK Sea Life Centres. Great Yarmouth's seem to be higher than for other centres

I see CAPS are quoted. In truth, they would actually like to see ANIMALS phased out. IMHO.

 

[gentle lemur]

These raw figures mean very little. Sea Life's point about age and life-span is vitally important: if a species has a natural lifespan of 2 years, an average 50% mortality rate is the best you can hope for. Aquariums can have very much higher mortality rates than zoos (or hospitals) as they are so reliant on life-support equipment and many of the species they hold are so vulnerable to pollution.
Which is not to deny that there may be problems in some of centres, but the figures need careful analysis by people who have detailed knowledge: 'MCS ambassador' status may not mean very much.

 

[Jurek7]

'Biologist Dr Ben Garrod' cited by BBC apparently does not know natural lifespan of sea creatures. Jellyfish kept in aquaria have maximum natural lifespan of few months and most small fish of few years.

Then somebody combined them with corals, which colonies live as long as trees, and made an average mortality. Great.

 

[Chlidonias]

'Biologist Dr Ben Garrod' cited by BBC apparently does not know natural lifespan of sea creatures...

I'm not sure how relevant it is, but I googled him and he is primarily a primatologist.

 

[Dormitator]

I'm not sure how relevant it is, but I googled him and he is primarily a primatologist.

I vaguely know him from a few things I've done in the past, he's absolutely a primatologist with a strong knowledge of vertebrate skeletal biology, but isn't (as far as I'm aware) qualified to discuss invertebrate biology.