fish, sharkes and other sea life.
2006-08-03 03:42:06 · 7 answers · asked by sandee7760 1 in Pets ➔ Fish
In June 2000, the Pittsburgh Zoo & PPG Aquarium celebrated the grand opening of its newest jewel, a 45,000-square-foot state-of-the-art aquarium. The $17.4 million facility flows with 380,000 gallons of salt and fresh water and houses more than 40 aquatic exhibits. It is Pennsylvania's only public aquarium and makes Pittsburgh one of only six zoos in the country to house a major aquarium. With the theme "Diversity of Water," the new PPG Aquarium is home to more than 4,000 aquatic animals from around the world, including penguins, stingrays, jellyfish, an electric eel and thousands of exotic fish. The building includes a classroom for educational programs to help visitors further explore the "mysteries of the deep."
Highlights of the new PPG Aquarium include:
Pennsylvania Waters Exhibit - a river exhibit that flows along the front of the new building, with waterfalls descending into a pool of North American fish from the region
Open Ocean Tank - a two-story, 100,000 gallon tank that combines sharks, fish and simulated coral to resemble a more diverse and complete ecosystem
Amazon Rainforest Exhibit - a two-story recreation of a flooded Amazon rainforest, including lush plant life, piranhas and huge South American pacu.
Two Oceans- a cold water marine exhibit featuring a uniquely shaped window that allows visitors to view fish swimming above and alongside them
Stingray Tunnel - a unique educational exhibit where children can crawl through a clear tunnel to view stingrays swimming above and alongside them
2006-08-03 04:10:58 · answer #1 · answered by iceni 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Adventure Aquarium - On Camden Waterfront & The Philadelphia Zoo has one.
*If your talking about home aquariums there is many, but not to many with sharks.
2006-08-03 11:05:07 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Not that i know of, but there is one in New Jersey - The Adventure Aquarium. It is right across the river from Philadelphia - they have ferries from philly to take you there, or you can drive.
2006-08-03 11:03:13 · answer #3 · answered by urbanbulldogge 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Yes The Pittsburgh zoo has one that world renowned.
2006-08-03 16:17:29 · answer #4 · answered by jeffkuehn15057 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes pittsburgh calls it the zoo and aqaurium i lived there for 7 years .
2006-08-03 11:04:23 · answer #5 · answered by Michael G 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
only in pittsburgh.the aquarium part is not that diverse.i think the best aquarium i've ever visited was in baltimore maryland.
2006-08-03 17:07:47 · answer #6 · answered by retrac_enyaw03 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
yes, but there are more i think in NJ. I lived in Nj before, u no?
2006-08-04 17:33:32 · answer #7 · answered by Tea 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋