Oceanarium

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Oceanarium

 

Oceanarium

The Oceanarium in Lisbon, Portugal (Portuguese: Oceanário de Lisboa) is an oceanarium dedicated to the ocean. It is located in the Parque das Nações, which was the exhibition grounds for the Expo 98.

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The building is the work of the architectural firm Cambridge Seven Associates under the direction of Peter Chermayeff, resembling an Aircraft carrier, and is built in the pier of an internal sea. It is one of the largest aquariums in the world, and has a large collection of marine species — birds, mammals, fishes, cnidaria and other marine organisms.

 


The exhibition is arranged around four smaller aquaria, displaying the fauna and flora of the Atlantic, the Pacific, the Indian Ocean and of the Antarctic and a large central tank to exhibit species of the open ocean, from sharks and large groupers to tuna fish and small wrasses. Despite its intention of representing the open ocean, it has been criticised by several scientists for grouping together species that would never meet in nature.

 

Come in to see the Oceans

 

 


The exhibition aquaria can be viewed from several levels to see underwater and coastal habitats.

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puffin

 

 

 

 

Magellanic Penguin

 

Sea Otter

 

Sea Star

 

 

 


 


 

 

 

jellyfish

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

clown fish

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Hope you enjoyed your visit !


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