Aquarium at The Dubai Mall scoops world record

[khtee]

http://www.zawya.com/Story.cfm/sidZA...d%20record%20/


I want to go!!!!

[budak]

Think they are the disreputable folks who 'rescued' a whale shark in order to house it in their tank and boast other dubious practices.

See
http://www.arabianbusiness.com/53145...aquarium?ln=en
http://wildsingaporenews.blogspot.co...?q=dubai+whale

[khtee]

got to have a 2nd thought now

[kev789]

Is this bigger than the one in japan which has 3 whale sharks in it?

[MrSausage]

Is this bigger than the one in japan which has 3 whale sharks in it?

got so big? 3 whale sharks!

[wynx]

http://www.dubaitradeport.com/The_Ne...he_Dubai_Mall/

And see this....

[kev789]

got so big? 3 whale sharks!

yeah i saw it on documentry chanel.
it is like the under-water world of japan.
cant remember which city the them park is in japan.

[WiNd08]

yeah i saw it on documentry chanel.
it is like the under-water world of japan.
cant remember which city the them park is in japan.

that would be Churaumi Aquarium in Okinawa

[kev789]

that would be Churaumi Aquarium in Okinawa

thats it, you are right.

[stonespot]

Hope they make one in Sentosa.

[eeeeemo]

how do they feed these plankton feeding fishes ah?
esp such a large one, in fact, the largest.

[budak]

Krill probably.

I don't support having whale sharks in public aquariums. There's little conservation value, poor long term survivability and zero chance of captive breeding. It's usually just a money-spinner for resorts and aquariums who try to spin it as a conservation awareness exercise.

http://www.mcss.sc/MCNEWS/mcn_v3_1_art3.htm
http://www.practicalfishkeeping.co.u....php?news=1286
http://www.asiaone.com/Travel/News/S...901-85382.html

[MrTree]

down here in Guangzhou also displayed whale shark before.

http://www.southcn.com/news/communit...0702080101.htm

http://www.ycwb.com/xkb/2007-02/08/content_1380140.htm

[Savant]

So any chance of a whale shark display at one of our IRs? (maybe those robotic ones)