In Transit Blog: At Toronto Aquarium, Jellyfish Get a Tank of Their Own

Written By Unknown on Jumat, 22 November 2013 | 17.35

Ripley's Aquarium of Canada, now the largest indoor aquarium in the country, opened last month with more than 1.5 million gallons of salt- and freshwater habitats housing 16,000 marine animals spanning more than 450 species of fish, invertebrates and one reptile, the green sea turtle.

In addition to daily shows by educators, both inside and outside of tanks, visitors will have the opportunity to sign up for free guided tours through the facility's life support systems room and animal husbandry areas; and can view the world's largest kreisel jellyfish tank in Planet Jellies, an exhibit featuring the Pacific sea nettle, moon and spotted lagoon jellyfish, among several other varieties.

"It's the first of its kind for Toronto," Andy Dehart, the aquarium's director of husbandry, said in a phone interview, adding that the educational elements and interactive exhibits, like the many "touch pools," where visitors can feel horseshoe crabs, stingrays and bamboo sharks, make it seem like a science museum, as well.

"There's something about being face to face with a shark whose face only a mother could love," Mr. Dehart, who has also served as an adviser to the Discovery Channel's Shark Week, said of the sand tigers in the Dangerous Lagoon exhibit. They are accompanied by several other species like wobbegongs, zebras and California horn sharks.

Mr. Dehart also noted the aquarium's 100-year-old lobsters, weedy and leafy sea dragons, and the rarely displayed lumpfish, which he described as "a rugby ball with a suction cup on its stomach," which allows it to live on the ocean floor in strong currents.

The lumpfish is part of the Canadian Waters exhibit, the inhabitants of which come from the deep Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, as well as from the Great Lakes Basin and are highlighted by the giant Pacific octopus, wolf eels and a two-story-tall kelp forest with waves simulating the surges on the shoreline of the Pacific Northwest.

The aquarium is one of three owned and operated by Ripley Entertainment, the amusement attraction company. It is open every day. Ticket prices are 29.98 Canadian dollars for adults, 19.98 dollars  for children and seniors and 9.98 dollars  for those ages 3 to 5


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