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Two finless porpoises were born at the aquarium this spring, a female on May 20th and a male on June 6th. The female is being hand-raised.

三重:スナメリ赤ちゃん2頭誕生 鳥羽水族館:地域ニュース

This is a very late update, but I thought I should mention that the baby finless porpoise that was being hand-raised apparently didn't make it. In other news, the aquarium saw the birth of a third baby fishing cat in July of 2022.
Source: 「一年を振り返って」鳥羽水族館ベビーラッシュ 8匹すくすく、全国反響 三重 - 伊勢新聞
 
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I agree. It just looks like a deep pool. I wish they would make it wider, but I don't think that's possible, seeing that their aquarium is already pretty up to its maximum size, and because that's a very old aquarium, compared to others. There haven't been much renovations, too.
 
The Toba aquarium in general seemed magnificent to me, but precisely the facilities for marine mammals are horrible: small, ugly, extremely simple, boring, without stimulation for the animals. they can only spin in the water, nothing more...
 
The Toba aquarium in general seemed magnificent to me, but precisely the facilities for marine mammals are horrible: small, ugly, extremely simple, boring, without stimulation for the animals. they can only spin in the water, nothing more...

The Facilities look extremely old, and it doesn't look like it had a renewal for decades. Even the touch tank was made of concrete and pipes.
 
I had a very nice day in Toba today and for zoonerds can confirm 1dugong, 1 African manatee, 3 Commerson's dolphins and 5 East-asian finless porpoises:)
 
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