Georgia Aquarium

Hi everybody!! Sorry for not posting that much. I've been busy having so much fun in Georgia. It was so fun that I want to share it with you.

In Georgia, first I went to Georgia Aquarium in Atlanta, Georgia. I learned that it is the largest aquarium in the world. It contains tens of thousands fish and other sea creatures, representing several hundred species. It is also the only aquarium that is not in Asia to have whale sharks, which are kept in a 6.3 million gallon exhibit. They were taken from Taiwan's annual fishing kill quota which would've eaten if the aquarium didn't buy it. The aquarium is also home to beluga whales and manta rays. The Georgia Aquarium is one of four sites that has manta rays. It also has penguins and of course dolphins.


The first exhibit is the Southern Company River Scout which demonstrates regional environments. It shows an overhead river where visitors can see North American fish from the bottom up. In addition to local specimens, the Southern Company River
Scout displays piranhas, electric fish, and other unusual freshwater life.
After River Scout is the AT&T Dolphin Tales gallery. This is the aquarium's newest exhibit, which was opened in April 2011 and has an indoor dolphin stadium. This exhibit houses bottlenose dolphins. This exhibit puts on a show about a man trying to get back his ship that was sunk and dolphins. In the show the dolphins do amazing tricks and splashes the first ten rows with water.

The show lasts about 20 to 30 minutes and includes an educational videos about the dolphins 30 minutes before the show. The third section is the Georgia Pacific Cold Water Quest. It shows animals from the polar and temperate regions of the world and contains most of the mammal species in the aquarium. This exhibit includes sea otters, sea dragons, Japanese spider crabs, beluga whales, and African penguin.

The largest exhibit, Ocean Voyager built by Home Depot, has 6.3 million gallons of water and thousands of fish. It features the life of the Metro american Barrier Reef System and shows the aquarium's whale sharks and an amazing viewing window.
The Tropical Diver has mainly Indo-Pacific tropical fish. The largest habitat in the exhibit is a 164,000 gallon reef that contains many types of fish.It also contains garden eels, shrimp, turkey fish, sea horses, jellyfish, lobster, and tropical fish.

The aquarium has 60 habitats. It has 50,000 square feet of covered space and its exhibits hold 8,000,000 gallons of salt and fresh water. It especially encourages economic growth, education, to take care of animals, and to know that your action can affect animals.