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cab67

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13. I was there in the mid-1990's for a joint herpetology-ichthyology meeting.

Reply to localroger (Reply #11)

Tue Dec 27, 2016, 11:59 AM

Dec 2016

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.

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Now this is an aquarium [View all] pbmus Dec 2016 OP

Meh, I wouldn't want to clean that glass. Hassin Bin Sober Dec 2016 #1

Wow.......thank you. n/t CaliforniaPeggy Dec 2016 #2

It would be great if they had a live feed of tank MarkCross7 Dec 2016 #3

Great idea, welcome to DU... pbmus Dec 2016 #4

Very cool! But what's keeping them from eating each other? The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2016 #5

none of the fish in the tank eats large prey. cab67 Dec 2016 #8

I was wondering about those big guys. The Velveteen Ocelot Dec 2016 #9

This message was self-deleted by its author hopeforchange2008 Dec 2016 #12

There is a similar, not quite as large, tank in New Orleans localroger Dec 2016 #11

I was there in the mid-1990's for a joint herpetology-ichthyology meeting. cab67 Dec 2016 #13

That's beautiful lunatica Dec 2016 #6

sawfish at around 1:15! cab67 Dec 2016 #7

The stingrays are so beautiful and graceful to watch. Auntie Bush Dec 2016 #10

Wow! look at those beautiful creatures. Equinox Moon Dec 2016 #14