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| Monday, November 22, 2010 |
| TT - Fun Fish Facts |
The Great Barrier Reef Aquarium is the world’s largest living reef aquarium with 2.5 million liters of water! It is located in Queenshead, Australia.
For the largest window in an aquarium you’ll have to visit Monterey Bay Aquarium in California.
The world’s largest aquarium is The Shedd Aquarium in Chicago.
Today, fresh and saltwater aquarium fish are the most popular pet in the United States. Approximately 12 million households own aquariums.
The world’s tiniest fish is the Stout Infant which is about a quarter-of-an-inch long. The largest fish in the world is the whale shark which grows to about 39-feet long.
In Thailand in July, 2005, fisherman caught a 646-pound giant Mekong catfish! It was as big as a grizzly bear.
Why do dental offices often have aquariums? Studies have shown that aquariums in medical offices reduce stress among patients who are waiting to undergo procedures.
The largest fish fossil found to date is from the Leedsichthys problematicus which lived 150 million years ago. It was found in England in 2003 and measured 72-feet long.
Cavefish have no sight, but have an advantage in detecting movement and odor.
Baby seahorses are called Fry.
Goldfish have longer life spans than both cats and dogs, living over 20 years.
That is the same life span of a lobster.
A person who studies fish for a living is called an ichthyologist.
Fish, with nearly 27,000 living species, are the largest population of Vertebrate (backbone) animals. In fact, if you combined all the other Vertebrates, fish would still outnumber them.
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posted by Nature Mad @ 8:12 AM  |
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Sounds kinda fishy to me....
Epcot in Walt Disney World Resort has a pretty big aquarium too!
Happy TT-13 and Happy Thanksgiving!
Smiles,
Holly
http://theabundanceplace.com
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Great list! I love your blog, we are big nature lovers too. Happy TT and happy Thanksgiving!
http://momtoanangel.blogspot.com/2007/11/thursday-thirteen-12.html
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I know you spent a lot of time on this -- do you think they'll ever find the fossil for the Loch Ness Monster!! That would be great, wouldn't it?
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Some more great facts! Happy TT to you...
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Interesting facts, a lot were unknown to me!
I have a random TT this week.
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I always look forward to your TT lists! Now, help me find goldfish for the aquarium my sister and I are giving to our mother for Christmas!
LOL
The Pink flamingo
http://thepinkflamingo.blogharbor.com/blog
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Again, so much I didn't know. Thank you for this list.
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okay the 600 lb catfish totally freaks me out.
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Uhmm if goldfish are supposed to live 20 years, why did mine always die after 2 weeks?
LOL Great TT
Aline
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Great list, so very educational! i used to love going to the aquarium at Stanley Park in Vancouver when we'd visit grandparents.
Happy TT
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Hmmm nothing fishy about this Fish facts ;)
Happy TT!
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Sounds kinda fishy to me....
Epcot in Walt Disney World Resort has a pretty big aquarium too!
Happy TT-13 and Happy Thanksgiving!
Smiles,
Holly
http://theabundanceplace.com