World's Largest Fish Tank Holds Four Whale Sharks Posted: 1 year ago by punthe
If you wanted to visit the world's largest fish tank, you'd have to go to Okinawa, Japan, home of the "Kuroshio Sea," otherwise known as the Churaumi Aquarium.
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Impossibly Cool Fish Tank Posted: 3 years ago by gnikgnok
"I don't know how this fish tank works exactly, but from what I could understand, the tank on top that joins the adjacent tanks works as a vacuum. The result is that there are feeding holes in the side of the tank, and the water does not flow out. I could not wrap my mind around this technology, but it works."
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Fish tank toilet 'will cut water use' Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
A Chinese firm has come up with the perfect solution for pet-loving families who don't have the space to keep animals: the fish tank toilet.
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Goldfish Lives in a Working Deep Fryer! Posted: 3 years ago by gnikgnok
Brilliant (but obviously insane) Japanese chef created the Water Fryer, which is a fish bowl at the bottom of his deep fryer. Very cool concept!
updated link - now with video
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World's Largest Protected Marine Area Created Posted: 2 years ago by MandolinOrange
The small Pacific Island nation of Kiribati has become a global conservation leader by establishing the world's largest marine protected area – a California-sized ocean wilderness of pristine coral reefs and rich fish populations threatened by over-fishing and climate change.
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World's 'smallest' whale shark found Posted: 9 months ago by AutumnLotus
Activists in the Philippines have rescued what they believe might be the smallest offspring of the world's biggest fish — a whale shark the size of a forearm.
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Fish Tank Platforms Posted: 2 years ago by mandolinorange
They'll know you ain't a simp or a broke ass pimp... When you keep it real with some fish on yo heel!
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Scientists identify world's largest leatherback turtle population Posted: 7 months ago by AutumnLotus
An international team of scientists has identified a nesting population of leatherback sea turtles in Gabon, West Africa as the world's largest.
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Largest Cylinder Aquarium Ever Build - AquaDom Posted: 2 years ago by maxriter
The 25 meters high AquaDom is the largest cylindrical aquarium ever built.Filled with about 900,000 liters of seawater and it contains some 2600 fish of 56 species.
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'Dinosaur City': World's largest fossil site unearthed in China Posted: 11 months ago by AutumnLotus
Scientists claim to have uncovered the world's largest haul of dinosaur fossils in China.
They recovered some 7,600 fossils from a 980ft-long pit near Zhucheng city in the eastern province of Shandong in a dig lasting seven months.
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Iran weaves world's largest carpet Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Iranian artist Ali Khaliqi has designed the world's largest, hand-woven carpet.
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Graphic pictures: Woman hangs herself on fish hooks in Paris shark protest Posted: 5 months ago by AutumnLotus
A woman pierced her skin with giant fish hooks and hung herself from the ceiling of a boutique in Paris on Thursday in a radical protest at the threat of extinction facing the world's sharks.
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Woman Drives Her Car Into An Aquarium Posted: 3 weeks ago by suebe
The driver and the child in her lap survived when a pickup truck slammed into a 1,500-gallon aquarium at Tampa International Airport. The tropical fish were not so lucky.
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Incredible Siamese twin fish conjoined at the stomach Posted: 1 year ago by AutumnLotus
Two conjoined Nile Tilapia fish, dubbed "Siamese Twin", swim in a small aquarium in Bangkok. They are both eight months old and share part of the skin together. The bigger fish tends to protect the smaller one from harm while the smaller one looks for food at the bottom of the aquarium.
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World's largest prehistoric brewery unearthed in Ireland Posted: 2 years ago by misswinkle
Researchers found evidence of microbreweries across Ireland, which predates the 1759 foundation of the Guinness brewery by several thousand years.
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Zanzibar fishermen land ancient fish Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Fishermen in Zanzibar have caught a coelacanth, an ancient fish once thought to have become extinct when it disappeared from fossil records 80 million years ago.
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World's Largest HDTV Debuts At CES 2008 Posted: 2 years ago by punthe
With a viewing area that measures 11 feet by 6 1/4 feet and 8.84 million pixels of resolution, the TV (which has no model number and no date for being commercialized) is regularly thronged by crowds of slack-jawed onlookers, unable to comprehend the thing.
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World's Largest Popcorn Ball Posted: 11 months ago by AutumnLotus
Those fun loving people in Sac City are at it again. Forty-four volunteers and five staff members of Noble Popcorn Farms built a popcorn ball that weighed 3,100 pounds.
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Killer Whale Posted: 2 years ago by AutumnLotus
Orcas, or killer whales, are the largest of the porpoises and one of the world's most powerful predators. They feast on marine mammals such as seals, sea lions, and even whales, employing teeth that can be four inches (ten centimeters) long. They are known to grab seals right off the ice. They also eat fish, squid, and seabirds.
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Confusion over fish farm feces accident Posted: 3 years ago by suebe
According to theage.com, Australis said the empty tank had been drained before the maintenance work and there was no fish faeces in the container. The company said also that no serious injuries were sustained by the four workers.
Update to an earlier post
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Scientists Discover Fish in Act of Evolution Posted: 1 year ago by bernardblack
A fish species known as cichlids has been observed by scientists in the act of splitting into two distinct species in Lake Victoria, Africa’s largest lake and one of the world’s biggest fresh water bodies.
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