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Go to the Main Page of Osaka Aquarium, Kaiyukan |
(visited on June 27, 2014)
Aqua Gate, your explore for the huge world of the oceans starts here. |
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Monterey Bay |
Aleutian Islands |
Tasman Sea |
The rain forest of Central America is here. You see the Green iguana in the three. The big fish is Pirarucu. |
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The Ring-tailed coati is on the hill. Several kinds of blowfish including the Long-spine porcupine, surgeonfish, shark are in the tank. |
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The tank is full of neon fish. Butterflyfish, Damselfish, Chromis, Tangs, and more. Jumbo sized Moray Eels are on top of coral. |
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The biggest tank of the aquarium holds approximately 1,426,530 gallons (US) of water, showing the nature of the largest ocean of the world, the Pacific Ocean. |
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The fish here is very commonly found and familiar to the people living in Japan. Seabream, rockfish, octopus, Japanese spiny lobster, halibut and more. |
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The Japan Trench is reached to about 9,000 meters (29,500 ft) down from the ocean surface at deepest. Even though the sunlight do not reach to this environment, variety of animals and plants compose the ecology. |