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Where the manatee once swam

Where the manatee once swam
kiang, 9 Nov 2018
    • AWP
      Every time I see this enclosure, it amazes me that three more of less full grown manatees were kept in it in the nineties...
      9 Nov 2018
    • KevinB
      I don't think the manatees did much swimming in there... more like just laying around in water and muck...

      Definitely puzzling that this was a reality not even all that long ago.

      And while it is now used as tortoise terrarium, I seem to remember from my visits to Artis some years ago that it was also for a while used as an aquarium with African fish.
      9 Nov 2018
    • AWP
      @KevinB true about the fish. After the last manatee - the 3,5 year old Bertus, the son of Joop and a female I don't know the name of - moved to Randers in 2002, some cichlids were kept in this bassin. After a period with cane toads, it's now inhabited by tortoises.
      10 Nov 2018
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    • JurassicMax
      @AWP Bit late, but I can also recall that redtail catfish were also kept in this enclosure at some point after the mantees left.
      28 Sep 2020
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