Berlin Aquarium

Coordinates: 52°30′21″N 13°20′26″E / 52.50583°N 13.34056°E / 52.50583; 13.34056
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Berlin Aquarium
Berlin Aquarium
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52°30′21″N 13°20′26″E / 52.50583°N 13.34056°E / 52.50583; 13.34056
Date opened1913[1]
LocationBerlin, Germany
No. of animals9,000+[2]
No. of species800[2]
Websitewww.aquarium-berlin.de/de
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The Aquarium Berlin in

Berlin Zoological Garden complex.[1]
Since its opening, the Zoo-Aquarium has been ranked among the public aquariums with the world's greatest biodiversity.

Exhibits

Over 9,000 animals are presented on three storeys.

crocodilians (caimans and gharial), and a broad variety of insects. In addition to its 250 tanks for fish,[1] the aquarium houses a wide variety of amphibians and reptiles, including tuataras.[2]

The shark tank presents the blacktip reef shark and other species.[2]

With a total capacity of 25,000 litres (6,600 US gal), twelve basins present different sections through the world of corals. The largest of these basins is the 11-cubic-metre (2,900 US gal) Great Coral Basin with its reproduction lagoon.

References

  1. ^ a b c "A brief introduction to Berlin Zoo". berlin-life.com. Berlin Life. Retrieved 5 September 2010.
  2. ^ a b c d e Aquarium Berlin: Zoo-Aquarium Berlin. Archived 2013-01-03 at the Wayback Machine Retrieved 30 December 2012.

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