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1st Floor Lobby Stingray Touch
Tank - Now Closed - New Tank Coming Feb 2007 |
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The New
Lobby Ray Touch Tank |
© Photo By: Tim
McGuinness |
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Artist's Concept Of The New Florida Aquarium Lobby Stingray Touch Tank &
Viewing Tank |
© Photo By: Tim
McGuinness |
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Original 1st Floor Lobby Stingray Touch
Tank - Now Closed |
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Lobby Stingray Touch Tank As It Was |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Smiling Aquarium
Volunteers |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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As It Was
August 11, 2006 Before Tear Down |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Is Now Closed - A New Touch Tank
Many Times Bigger Will Open In February 2007 |
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Touch Only
Their Wings! |
© Photo By: Website Visitor |
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Don't Kick
The Tank! |
© Photo By: Website Visitor |
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Southern Stingrays |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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"Little
Girl" We Miss You! |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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"Sunshine" Southern Male |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Stingrays have no bones!
Just soft cartilage
like their cousins the sharks! |
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"Bob"
Male Southern Stingray - Claspers Visible Under Base Of Tail (He Was
Moved To The Beach) |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Stingrays have multiple rows
of teeth just like sharks!
But
their teeth are flat for grinding and crushing! |
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Florida Aquarium
Stingray Touch Tank
1st Floor Lobby |
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Large Female "Miss Piggy" Southern Stingray
Sitting On Her Tail Waiting To Be
Fed
Look For Her Doing This In The Beaches Tank Now |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Atlantic Stingrays
Now In Coral Caves |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Remember to touch carefully |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Someone
Forgot It Was Short Pants Day! |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Smaller Male Atlantic Stingray
"Freckles"
Now In Beaches |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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is very important not to have food or drink near the touch tanks!
Each
tank maintains a delicate balance and the introduction of sugars and
other foods can cause an imbalance, and promote harmful bacterial
growth! |
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1st Floor Lobby Skate Nursery |
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Skate
Nursery |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness
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Skates are related to Rays!
They are hatched from eggs called "Mermaid's Purses"
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Baby
Skates |
© Photo By: Website Visitor |
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Skate Egg
"Mermaid's Purse" |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Skate |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Baby Skate - Newly Hatched |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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Skater
Girls |
© Photo By: Tim McGuinness |
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NEW Florida Devil Rays Tropicana
Field Touch Tank |
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Tropicana
Field In Saint Petersburg
Home Of The New Devil Rays Touch Tank |
© Photo By: Devil Rays |
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Tropicana
Field In Saint Petersburg - Home Of The New Devil Rays Touch Tank |
© Photo By: Devil Rays
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Placing The
Cownosed Stingrays Into The Tank |
© Photo By: Florida Aquarium |
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Tampa Bay Devil Rays baseball team partnered with the Florida
Aquarium to construct and maintain a Cow Nosed Sting Ray Touch
Tank at Tropicana Field for the enjoyment of all! |
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The Tanks
Arrived In Parts |
© Photo By: Florida Aquarium |
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Assembling
The New Touch Tank On The Field |
© Photo By: Florida Aquarium |
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Being
Readied For Lifting |
© Photo By: Florida Aquarium
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The new touch tank
was too large to be delivered fully assembled - it had to be
delivered in parts, then assembled on the out-field. |
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After
Assembly It Was Lifted Into Place Onto The Mid-Level |
© Photo By: Florida Aquarium |
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The New
Tank Set In Place |
© Photo By: Florida Aquarium
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Once the tank is ready, it will be filled with Cow Nosed Rays,
just like those in the Aquarium's 2nd Floor Beach Exhibit.
Aquarium Staff will assist the Devil Ray's Staff in
maintaining the tank and caring for its Rays. |
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After It
Was Positioned In Place The Final Assembly Began |
© Photo By: Florida Aquarium |
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Coming In
July - Rays To The Rays Home |
© Photo By: Devil Rays
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The Fully
Assembled Tank In Place Is Being Prepared For Its Cow Nosed Ray Inhabitants |
© Photo By: Florida Aquarium |
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Thanks To Our
Contributors On This Page:
Tim McGuinness
• Florida Aquarium •
Devil Rays |
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