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(26,325 posts)Just kidding. Channeling my mother. Lol.
Absolutely stunning.
CaliforniaPeggy
(149,588 posts)MarkCross7
(36 posts)going all the time. I'd put it as my desktop background!
pbmus
(12,422 posts)The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,674 posts)cab67
(2,992 posts)Whale sharks are filter feeders.
They also probably keep the fish well enough fed that they don't see a need to eat their tankmates.
The Velveteen Ocelot
(115,674 posts)I didn't think they'd put a bunch of fish together that would eat each other, but the big ones do look like they might. It would be like putting piranhas in your koi pond.
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localroger
(3,626 posts)...at the Aquarium of the Americas. It's a Gulf of Mexico exhibit, with an actual oil rig and many sharks. During an open house behind the scenes event a catwalk collapsed with ten visitors on it, dumping them into the tank. While they were being rescued the sharks cowered at the far end of the tank. I guess we all want normal.
cab67
(2,992 posts)Being in an aquarium with several hundred drunken ichthyologists is a real treat.
What I remember most about that big tank was the big alligator gar. The sharks left it alone, and they all had what looked like gar-shaped bite scars on their tails.
lunatica
(53,410 posts)With the people silhouetted in front of it you can get an idea of the sizes of the fish and the aquarium. Very enjoyable.
cab67
(2,992 posts)Seriously - people look at me funny when I describe sharks as the most graceful animals on the planet. Such people need to see this video.
Auntie Bush
(17,528 posts)I also like to watch the guys cleaning the bottom of the tank.
Equinox Moon
(6,344 posts)Mesmerizing.
The animal welfare activist in me though... wants them in a natural habitat; sand, seaweed, coral and other things like that.