Total request Lagoon. (The Roving Eye).LAST summer, visitors to the Aquarium of the Pacific The Aquarium of the Pacific is located in the city of Long Beach, California at the mouth of the Los Angeles River. The aquarium features a collection of over 12,500 animals representing almost 1,000 different species. in Long Beach were asked which animals they wanted to see more of. Most requested: sharks. The toothier the better. On June 14, the aquarium will debut Shark Lagoon, a chance to get up close and personal with more than 150 of the scary looking fishes. The main draw will be a 10,000-square-foot outdoor touch pool with small nurse, bamboo, epaulette and zebra sharks Same as - J. Smith (Dict. Econ. Plants). See also: Zebra . "Visitors will be able to see sharks as they've never seen them before," says spokeswoman Cecile Fisher. Larger, toothy sharks, such as sand tigers and nurse sharks Nurse sharks are cosmopolitan carpet sharks belonging to the family Ginglymostomatidae. Common in shallow, tropical and subtropical waters of the western Atlantic and eastern Pacific, the family comprises three genera each with one species. , also will be on display. Measuring up to nine feet, these creatures can be seen safely from a tank window. The permanent exhibit marks the completion of the aquarium's Explorers Cove Explorers Cove () is a cove at the northwest head of New Harbor, Victoria Land, on the west side of McMurdo Sound. The name was applied by Advisory Committee on Antarctic Names (US-ACAN) in 1976 in recognition of the large number of , which opened last September with Lorikeet lorikeet called also lories. See Trichoglossus spp. Forest, an interactive bird feeding attraction. Developed to satisfy visitors' desire for more hands-on interaction, aquarium officials hope the new additions will generate crowds--and revenue--needed to bring down the facility's debt load. Declining attendance and expensive exhibits have caused the aquarium to struggle a bit since its 1998 opening. A restructuring effort made last year transferred ownership to the City of Long Beach. "This put us in a much better position," says Fisher. "And the Shark Lagoon has two goals--to increase attendance, and to increase education about sharks." Fisher says some species are close to being endangered, partly due to misconceptions Misconceptions is an American sitcom television series for The WB Network for the 2005-2006 season that never aired. It features Jane Leeves, formerly of Frasier, and French Stewart, formerly of 3rd Rock From the Sun. . "Sharks," she says, "aren't as dangerous as shown on TV and in movies. The exhibit, which is free with aquarium admission, opens around the same time Steven Spielberg's Jaws celebrates its 25th anniversary. |
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