Goldie
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 | | Subject: Okinawa Aquarium Japan Sat May 13, 2017 6:37 am | |
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Mart
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| | Subject: Re: Okinawa Aquarium Japan Sat May 13, 2017 10:39 am | |
| Impressive Goldie - I always think of the enormous pressure the glass is standing up to with large aquariums like that. Think of that giving way! |
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Goldie
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| | Subject: Re: Okinawa Aquarium Japan Sat May 13, 2017 11:20 am | |
| It's the diver tickled me.
I am never sure if it's cruel or makes sense to keep such great creatures in captivity. |
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malcolm
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| | Subject: Re: Okinawa Aquarium Japan Sat May 13, 2017 12:43 pm | |
| I'm not fond of the idea of keeping any animals locked in cages for whatever reason. |
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davo
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| | Subject: Re: Okinawa Aquarium Japan Wed May 17, 2017 1:30 am | |
| there's a lot of 'animals' locked behind bars all over the world for very good reasons! |
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| | Subject: Re: Okinawa Aquarium Japan Mon Jun 05, 2017 4:56 pm | |
| - Mart wrote:
- Impressive Goldie - I always think of the enormous pressure the glass is standing up to with large aquariums like that. Think of that giving way!
They use acrylic several inches thick. We saw a million gallon tank in Monterey. A two million gallon one was under construction. It must have been finished for several years by now. ----------------------------------------- Gustav Mahler is the finest composer who ever lived.  |
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