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A Bluefin Tuna for $118000: Going, Going … Gone?

27 February 2016 by Alan

A Bluefin Tuna for 8000: Going, Going … Gone? – (curated as of interest to Two Oceans Aquarium and Cape Town).

Bluefin tuna is one of the ocean's most prized fish, an icon of both modern and classic civilizations and a key predator in the ocean's delicate food chain. And yet its very existence on this planet is now up to us — the collaborative actions of this …
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Toxic Red Tide Might Be in Your Fish Tank – (curated as of interest to Two Oceans Aquarium and Cape Town).

In a study just published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology, Italian researchers detected the presence of high levels of the palytoxin and hydroxypalytoxin, two chemicals secreted by HABs, in a saltwater aquarium found in a home where …
Read more on Discovery News

Submarine uses Monterey Canyon as training ground for possible space exploration – (curated as of interest to Two Oceans Aquarium and Cape Town).

Scientists from Stanford University and the Monterey Bay Aquarium Research Institute developed the unmanned sub with funding from NASA. It's destined to be a key player in larger explorations in much more challenging environments, from the canyon …
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A Cape Town “Two Oceans Aquarium” tagged image from photographer – George M. Groutas as published on Flickr.

Two Oceans Aquarium, Cape Town

Image by George M. Groutas

The Two Oceans Aquarium is an aquarium located at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa. The aquarium opened on the 13 November 1995 and comprises seven exhibition galleries with large viewing windows.

www.aquarium.co.za/


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