Sydney AquariumSydney Aquarium
By Daniel and Luke
The Aquarium is in Sydney at Darling Harbour. There are many species of underwater animals in the Sydney Aquarium.
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The aquarium has a total of
11,500 all Australian animals respresenting 650 different
species. There is a total of 150 metres of underwater tunnels. The tunnels are constructed of 8cm thick acrylic. Over 1,000,000 people visit the
Sydney Aquarium each year. |
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Water is taken from Darling
Harbour, and thoroughly filtered for the saltwater tanks.
For the freshwater tanks it is taken from Sydney drinking
supplies and again filtered. The largest shark on display is a Grey Nurse Shark, called Josephine. She is 3.5 metres long and weighs about 300kgs. The oldest shark at the Aquarium is three years old. |
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Touch Pool At the Aquarium you can touch some fascinating Australian rock pool life. If you want to you can feel a Port Jackson shark egg case, if you dare! |
