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Staff at the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores turned off a 30-foot waterfall and collected all the coins visitors had thrown into the water while making wishes. After cleaning them off, they'll put the money toward the aquarium's expenses.

Aquarium Is Washing Old Wishes To Pay Bills During Pandemic

Aug 10, 2020
No coin shortage here: While it's closed for the pandemic, the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores has drained a 30-foot waterfall and cleaned off 100 gallons of pocket change.
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A baby weedy seadragon swims at the Birch Aquarium in La Jolla, Calif. Two of the rare fish hatched there recently, making the aquarium one of the few in the world to successfully breed them.

Rare Weedy Seadragons Hatch At California Aquarium

Feb 14, 2020
The delicate creatures resemble bits of seaweed and are distant cousins of the seahorse. The aquarium says the two inch-long babies are already feeding on tiny shrimp.
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Animals
A gentoo Penguin with a newborn chick.

It's A Chick! Sydney's Same-Sex Penguin Couple Welcome Baby

Oct 26, 2018
Sphen and Magic, a male penguin couple, are now dads to their newborn foster chick. The unnamed chick weighed in at 91 grams; its sex will be determined later by a DNA test.
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Gentoo penguins relax in the cool temperatures at the Sea Life Sydney Aquarium in 2016. Sphen and Magic, the newest penguin couple in the aquarium, are fostering an egg together.

Same-Sex Penguin Couple Fosters An Egg In Sydney

Oct 12, 2018
The new penguin couple are named Sphen and Magic, and the two males are about to take the leap into parenthood. They are often spotted together, waddling or going for a swim.
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Australian lungfish, "Granddad," circa 1933-1934

'Iconic' And 'Loveable': Remembering An Elderly Lungfish Named 'Granddad'

Feb 06, 2017
Chicago's Shedd Aquarium released an obituary of more than 1,000 words for the recently departed 4-foot-long fish. It had arrived before the 1933 World's Fair, and was seen by some 104 million guests.
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A great white shark breaches the surface in July 2010 as it attacks a decoy seal off the coast of South Africa.

Great White Shark Dies After Just 3 Days In Captivity At Japan Aquarium

Jan 08, 2016
The animals have almost never taken well to being kept in a tank. The shark at the Okinawa aquarium refused to eat. "The shark never had to die like this," a PETA spokesman says.
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