All Posts Tagged With: "sharks"

Monterey Bay Aquarium tags, releases fifth white shark

The Californian A young female white shark placed on exhibit at the Monterey Bay Aquarium in late August was returned to the wild today, marking the fifth time the aquarium has successfully exhibited and released a great white shark. Aquarium staff released the shark in offshore waters near the southern tip of Monterey Bay shortly [...]

4Nov2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Grinning fish is aquarium star

Manchester Evening News A STINGRAY with a smile is drawing attention after hatching with seven other rays at an aquarium. The baby rays are just 12cm long and have a long way to grow before catching up with their three-foot parents. The thornback rays hatched at the Blue Planet Aquarium in Cheshire Oaks, near Ellesmere [...]

20Aug2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

SC Aquarium educates guests about sharks

The Associated Press CHARLESTON, S.C. — It’s Shark Week at the South Carolina Aquarium in Charleston, where the toothy creatures are celebrated and myths about sharks are dispelled. Visitors entering the aquarium through next Saturday will pass through what appears to be the mouth of a giant great white shark. Aquarium officials say that, in [...]

2Aug2009 | Sara | 1 comment | Continued

Freed Fla. dolphin attacked by sharks, euthanized

(AP) CLEARWATER, Fla. — An Atlantic bottlenose dolphin was attacked by sharks and had to be euthanized just hours after he was released into the Gulf of Mexico off of western Florida. Dunham, a juvenile male dolphin, was released Tuesday morning after eight months in rehab recovering from pneumonia. Jeni Hatter, spokeswoman for the Clearwater [...]

29Jul2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued

Aquarium to offer dive program

By Brett Kelman • Pacific Daily News Scuba instructor Joleen West knelt on a sunken wooden boat, hands behind her back, when a 7-foot zebra shark swam inches from her face, gave her a kiss and zipped off. She felt no fear. “Awesome,” she thought. West has more than 200 dives on her resume. She [...]

6May2009 | Sara | 0 comments | Continued