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Aquarium or research, United States

Georgia Aquarium

An Atlanta aquarium whose Ocean Voyager tank is the only place in the United States that keeps whale sharks.

Georgia Aquarium opened in Atlanta in November 2005, funded largely by a gift from Bernie Marcus, a co-founder of Home Depot. It is one of the largest aquariums in the world. Its Ocean Voyager exhibit holds about 24 million litres of water in a single tank, viewed through a long acrylic tunnel and a large window, and is home to whale sharks.

Ocean Voyager

The main tank holds whale sharks, the largest fish, among schools of fish, rays, sand tiger sharks and goliath groupers. The aquarium is the only one in the United States to keep whale sharks, which were brought from Taiwan. It has also held manta rays. Keeping such large, wide-ranging animals in tanks is debated, and some of the whale sharks first brought in died within a few years.

Research

The aquarium funds field research on whale sharks off Mexico's Yucatan and elsewhere, using tags and photo identification of their spot patterns. Its staff also study sharks, rays and coral, and run rescue programmes for sea turtles and other animals. It is accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.

Fish of Georgia Aquarium

Whale sharkThe only whale sharks kept in the US

Still to be written: Atlantic goliath grouper, Sand tiger shark, Reef manta ray.

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