When it arrived in 1989, the nurse shark (Ginglymostoma cirratum) was 50 centimeters long; after 5 years, it was over 2 meters long.
Inaugurated in December 2000: the Shark Lagoon
A LIFE-SIZE CORAL REEF.
450 m3 of water, sharks, majestic rays moving about in front of coral reef teeming with tropical fishes and live corals, truly a life-size piece of tropical sea within arm's reach! This very spectacular giant aquarium with its innovative design creates a strong pole of attraction for visitors. It materializes in a single large volume all the know-how acquired by the Oceanographic Museum Aquarium: the presentation of live corals in such a space is a first.
WHAT DOES THE PUBLIC SEE?
A true reef pass with, on one side of the lagoon, a living coral reef teeming with many small fish and invertebrate species and, on the other, the deeper part facing the open sea with sharks, rays, groupers, jacks, moray eels... In a single large volume, visitors discover all the fauna of the reef, from the smallest invertebrate to the largest predator.
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