I can't seem to find a map on their website, however their page of "Zones" doesn't include any freshwater ones but it does include the upcoming penguins - so you're probably right (and would explain, of course, why they got rid of their platypus).
Thanks Chlidonias, I couldn't find a current map either. Having the penguin encounter right at the start of the aquarium (which is where the freshwater zone was) will probably be a reasonably sensible approach, and will mean that people enter the rest of the aquarium in a fairly even way. But it will mean quite a bottleneck on arrival I suspect, especially on busy days. This will presumably be where photos are taken too. They talk about using the zone to highlight conservation issues on Macquarie Island, but it doesn't look like they are theme-ing the exhibit to look like the island...?
Article about the new Penguin-enclosure to be opened in November : http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/ne...e/news-story/d46a178fabe0db43c0f5705b8a689f86
In the article only Gentoo penguins are mentioned, will King penguins be added later and are the penguins wild caught or did they come from another collection - and if so, from which ?
The Penguin Expedition page on their website mentions explicitly (as well as including images) that king penguins will be part of the exhibit, so either they will be coming later or are possibly behind the scenes yet to be introduced. The penguins themselves will be coming from Melbourne Aquarium (they received three gentoo penguins from there recently) and I assume also from Kelly Tarlton's Sea Life in New Zealand (if I remember rightly, non-native penguins can only be imported from New Zealand).
It should be remembered that Sydney Aquarium, Melbourne Aquarium and Kelly Tarlton's are all owned by Merlin Entertainment. In effect, Merlin have a monopoly on these species in our region. I believe Kelly Tarlton have bred these species for a number of years, I have no idea if Melbourne Aquarium ever have, but the birds can come from either or both, but nowhere else.
Melbourne has bred penguins, I think both species. Not quite a monopoly. There is another holder, Sea World, which has both species and has bred at least the Kings (4 chicks this season). Sea World was part of the same company as Melbourne and Sydney Aquariums (and Kelly Tarltons?) before these went to Merlin.
I saw this article earlier today that looked to be of interest. It concerns the Clever Buoy system that aims to protect beachgoers from sharks without killing the sharks themselves or other marine life. You don’t need a bigger boat: AI buoys safeguard swimmers and sharks The above article links to another article about how Sydney Sea Life Aquarium have installed one of the systems in their shark tank. This is so the Clever Buoy could be refined so that harmless sharks can be differentiated from dangerous species. 'Virtual shark net' called Clever Buoy tested at Sydney aquarium
Some very sad news After scrolling through their Facebook page, it seems that their female dugong, ‘Wuru’ died in May 2018. SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium
Sydney Aquarium involved in large breeding-project for the White's seahorse : Could aquarium-bred seahorses save the species from extinction?
SEA LIFE Sydney has released 90 White's Seahorses (Hippocampus whitei) into Sydney Harbour. This is a result of the aquarium's successful breeding programme for this endangered species. From the aquarium's Facebook page: Security Check
Not news as such but Sydney Aquarium released an interesting video of their hagfish feeding. Pretty cool to watch! Source: SEA LIFE Sydney's Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=1112833779076380 Security Check
SEA LIFE Sydney has now announced that Plugga the Green Sea Turtle has arrived safely from Dolphin Marine Magic. This turtle joins the aquarium's other Green Sea Turtle and two Loggerhead Turtles in the Great Barrier Reef oceanarium. Photos of her new home for anyone interested: Day and Night on the Reef Exhibit - Turtle Beach - ZooChat Day and Night on the Reef Exhibit - ZooChat Source: SEA LIFE Sydney's Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=607677490180030 SEA LIFE Sydney Aquarium
