Hey Speedy.... just saw this posted online. I know you just visited tea Atlanta aquarium since you have pictures on that cd you just sent me.
A prized whale shark at the world's largest aquarium died Thursday night, the second death of a popular animal at the center in 10 days.
Ralph, one of four whale sharks in the only such exhibit outside Asia, arrived at the Georgia Aquarium in June 2005 from Taiwan, where he had been destined to become seafood. The cause of death was not immediately determined.
"Recently, he has not been eating well and has had some unusual swimming patterns," aquarium spokeswoman Donna Fleishman said. He was moved to another part of the tank after he stopped swimming and died eight hours later, Aquarium executive director Jeff Swanagan said.
Ralph was considered a teenager.
Ralph and Norton, the aquarium's other male whale shark, arrived together and were joined a year later by two females, Alice and Trixie, in their 6 million gallon tank.
Whale sharks are the world's largest fish, growing up to 50 feet long.
Gasper, one of the aquarium's five beluga whales, was euthanized Jan. 2 after months of declining health.
Speedy.... what did you do to the animals there???
Yes its been a tough month in Atlanta'a aqarium. (You have a picture of him) We lost "Gasper" the beluga a couple weeks ago. Atlanta has the only whale sharks outside of Asia in the world. We're down to 3. Bummer. Maybe you'll post his picture. I have more.
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Ralphy is #3. The beluga is #2...but its not Gasper. We have 4 more belugas. Not hard to figures Gaspers namesake..eh? ( Casper the friendly ghost!) We have some comedians naming these fish don't we? There's a show on Comcast "On Demand" that shows how they brought the fish here! It's very interesting. Did you know gasper and his mate lived under a roller-coster in Mexico City amusement park for 6 years before they were brought here? Very strange, wouldn't you say?
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Speed Demon Racing wrote: Did you know gasper and his mate lived under a roller-coster in Mexico City amusement park for 6 years before they were brought here? Very strange, wouldn't you say?
True enough Matt. Those folks are peca loco! Saw you joined the Myspace group, not much happening there yet. tryed to become one of your friends but something wrong with the site at the moment. I'll try later.
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