Berlin Aquarium

Berlin Aquarium
Berlin Aquarium

52°30′21″N 13°20′26″E / 52.50583°N 13.34056°E / 52.50583; 13.34056
Date opened	1913^[1]
Location	Berlin, Germany
No. of animals	9,000+^[2]
No. of species	800^[2]
Website	www.aquarium-berlin.de/aquarium.html

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The Aquarium Berlin in Berlin is one of Germany's largest aquariums. The aquarium was built in 1913 as part of the Berlin Zoological Garden complex.^[1] Since its opening, the Zoo-Aquarium has been ranked among the public aquariums with the world's greatest biodiversity.

Exhibits

Over 9,000 animals are presented on three storeys.^[2] It contains jellyfish, tropical and native fishes, crocodilians (caimans and gharial), and a broad variety of insects. In addition to its 250 tanks for fish,^[1] the aquarium houses a wide variety of amphibians and reptiles, including tuataras.^[2]

The shark tank presents the blacktip reef shark and other species.^[2]

With a total capacity of 25,000 litres (6,600 US gal), twelve basins present different sections through the world of corals. The largest of these basins is the 11-cubic-metre (2,900 US gal) Great Coral Basin with its reproduction lagoon.

References

1 2 3 "A brief introduction to Berlin Zoo". berlin-life.com. Berlin Life. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
1 2 3 4 5 Aquarium Berlin: Zoo-Aquarium Berlin. Archived 2013-01-03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 30 December 2012.

External links

Media related to Berlin Aquarium at Wikimedia Commons
Official website

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