http://www.afishytale.com/aquarium/aquariums-of-the-world-georgia-aquarium-atlanta/ Wed, 24 Aug 2011 07:58:35 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 http://www.afishytale.com/aquarium/aquariums-of-the-world-georgia-aquarium-atlanta/comment-page-1/#comment-2629 Andy Wed, 17 Dec 2008 17:34:01 +0000 http://www.afishytale.com/?p=265#comment-2629 I was just there, and let me tell you, it was fantastic. The Ocean Voyager (whale shark) exhibit just leaves you staring off into vast schools of fish completely speechless. The whale sharks certainly didn't disappoint, but although the 6 tiger sharks were added a few weeks before I was there, they are apparently still very skittish and we didn't see them. Otherwise, though, I thought the aquarium was honestly kind of mundane... the spectacle was the architecture and the few huge aquariums, while I felt the true diversity of fishes was not represented. Compare this with the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, with exhibit after exhibit devoted to demonstrating the vast range of aquatic biotypes... Anyway, both are definitely worth a visit... I was just there, and let me tell you, it was fantastic. The Ocean Voyager (whale shark) exhibit just leaves you staring off into vast schools of fish completely speechless. The whale sharks certainly didn’t disappoint, but although the 6 tiger sharks were added a few weeks before I was there, they are apparently still very skittish and we didn’t see them. Otherwise, though, I thought the aquarium was honestly kind of mundane… the spectacle was the architecture and the few huge aquariums, while I felt the true diversity of fishes was not represented. Compare this with the Shedd Aquarium in Chicago, with exhibit after exhibit devoted to demonstrating the vast range of aquatic biotypes… Anyway, both are definitely worth a visit…

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