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Musee de la Mer (Biarritz)

Discussion in 'France' started by Sneeuwpanter, 18 Apr 2011.

  1. Sneeuwpanter

    Sneeuwpanter Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Does anyone have any information about this aquarium. Specificly the sharks. I know they keep grey seals which look awesome. They renovated and reopened 16 April at twice the size of the old aquarium (according to their website). But the animals link on their website doesn't work. I know they got new shark trough a dutch marinelife wholesale company. I don't know which species. But this company has tigersharks in their catalog.
     
  2. Ned

    Ned Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    Visited this aquarium a few days ago, sharks included the only hammerheads in Europe, black tipped reef, white tipped reef, grey reef shark, sandbar, zebra shark and nurse shark.
     
  3. Ned

    Ned Well-Known Member 10+ year member

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    I mistakenly took them at their word but far from being the only hammerheads in Europe there are several collections with them including Birmingham Sea life. I never knew that.
     
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