The Giant Ocean Tank at the New England Aquarium was unveiled to visitors Monday after a top-to-bottom renovation to the four-story exhibit. It now includes a new coral reef, more than 2,000 animals, and larger windows.
The Giant Ocean Tank at the New England Aquarium was unveiled to visitors Monday after a top-to-bottom renovation to the four-story exhibit. It now includes a new coral reef, more than 2,000 animals, and larger windows.
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The new Giant Ocean Tank is pictured above the African penguin exhibit.
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This 550-pound green sea turtle named Myrtle can be found in the Giant Ocean Tank.
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Myrtle swam with a crowd of tropical fish.
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This shark wall is another new addition, presenting different species of shark at actual size.
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The honeycomb cowfish is one of more than 2,000 animals in the renovated exhibit.
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A cownose ray surrounded by Caribbean fish.
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A blacknose shark swam in the new tank.
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A bonnethead shark swam in the new tank.
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A cowfish and a blacknose shark passed by each other.
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The windows at the exhibit are bigger than before and now have a clearer acrylic material.
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A bonnethead shark is pictured, a smaller relative of the hammerhead shark.
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This cownose ray glided through a school of jacks.
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On top of the Giant Ocean Tank are a reflective ceiling dome and clear railings.
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A diver passed by one of the loggerhead sea turtles.
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This balloonfish.
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A diver worked to keep the more than 2,000 animals in the exhibit fed.
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A diver sat at the surface of the tank.
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A loggerhead sea turtle swam above the coral habitat.
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The queen angelfish is among the new additions to the exhibit.
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A cownose ray swam in the new tank.
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A pair of lookdowns passed over a sea fan.
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Two barracudas passed by in their new coral reef habitat.
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A blacknose shark swam past the new corals.
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