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An iMacquarium A Macquarium made from a Macintosh Classic II. A Macquarium is an aquarium made from, or made to sit within, the shell of an Apple Macintosh computer. The term was coined by computer writer Andy Ihnatko as a joke at the outdated Macintosh 512K; [1] Macquariums have since been built both by Ihnatko himself and by others.
Long Island Aquarium (formerly Atlantis Marine World) is an aquarium that opened in 2000 on Long Island in Riverhead, New York, United States. One of its biggest attractions is a 20,000-US-gallon (76,000 L) coral reef display tank, which is one of the largest all-living coral displays in the Western Hemisphere .
The aquarium craze was launched in early Victorian England by Gosse, who created and stocked the first public aquarium at the London Zoo in 1853, and published the first manual, The Aquarium: An Unveiling of the Wonders of the Deep Sea in 1854. [2] Small aquariums are kept in the home by hobbyists. There are large public aquariums in many cities.
He survived in captivity for just under three months, and the aquarium put him on display to the public for a day, but gave greater emphasis to groundbreaking scientific research. [20] The aquarium also captured other orcas, belugas, narwhals [21] and dolphins. The Monterey Bay Aquarium was the first public aquarium to display a great white ...
The aquarium began in the mid-1970s when then-Mayor William Donald Schaefer, (1921–2011), and the Commissioner of the city Department of Housing and Community Development, Robert C. Embry, inspired by a visit to the two-decade old New England Aquarium on the waterfront of Boston, Massachusetts, conceived and championed the idea of an aquarium as a vital component of Baltimore's overall ...
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The World Association of Zoos and Aquariums (WAZA) is the "umbrella" organization for the world zoo and aquarium community. Its mission is to provide leadership and support for zoos, aquariums, and partner organizations of the world in animal care and welfare, conservation of biodiversity, environmental education and global sustainability.
Cabrillo Marine Aquarium is a public aquarium in the San Pedro neighborhood of Los Angeles, California.The aquarium interprets both the physical processes of oceanography and marine biology of Southern California by use of displays and educational programs for the public.