Saturday, February 14, 2009

Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium






This aquarium is awesome. This is the only aquarium in the world to have three whale sharks housed in one tank. They are also the world first successful birth of a manta pup in captivity. They have manta rays that are at least 10 feet across. the whale sharks are huge, they each weigh 25 tons. Now that is big! They also have manatees, sea turtles, dolphins and more. They have bottle nose dolphins which is what I am used to seeing, but they also have another kind of dolphin, I don't know what kind it is. Notice the dolphin is sticking his tongue out. The manatee loves having his picture taken. It was hard to get the whale shark in one picture, this one isn't the best, but I wanted you to get an idea of his size.

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