ghostface Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 Date: Fri 20 Jan 2006 14:00PM Duration: 60 Minutes Channel: National Geographic Genre: Education, Science, Factual To Censorship: PG Synopsis: This is a behind-the-scenes look at Monterey Bay Aquarium's famed collection of marine fauna. have only seen the first half of this, fell asleep pretty impressive.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
slappers Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 i will be tuned Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0pius Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 There was a doco on Monterey last night on NatGeo at about 10:30pm title oceans in glass or something to that degree, it was excellent. It talked about the different tanks the jellyfish research and also the great white shark they managed to keep in captivity for 198 days (the previous record was 16 days).Also shows a bit of there equipment If this is the same one I highly recommend it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 They released the great white last year I think. I was surprised (if I heard right) that since they opened in 1994 they have had over 40 million visitors! That's almost 10,000 people a day, every day since it opened! There systems look very impressive, the control room looks very automated, entirely computer controlled and monitored. I found the jellyfish stuff really interesting. The larvae actually form what look like coral polyps, and then multiple individual jellyfish detach from the end of the polyp. Very strange. It's a shame they don't also have tropical marine displays there. Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostface Posted January 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 thats the one opius, "oceans in glass". they have a similar jellyfish setup at melbourne aquarium Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lduncan Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 they have a similar jellyfish setup at melbourne aquarium ... the difference being the Melbourne aquarium is total crap. Layton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ghostface Posted January 19, 2006 Author Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 yeah it kinda is :-? [sorry hard working melbs aquarium fellas] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0pius Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 They also have a jellyfish exhibit at the San Francisco aquarium down by pier 29(I think that was the number) pretty boring aquarium all round but seeing the jellies and the skate eggs as they develop was very cool. They also let the children pet the dogfish which I thought was very uncool as they in my opinion should be left alone. Why does the melbourne aquarium rate poorly for you guys is it better or worse than the sydney aquarium which costs an arm and a leg to just get in the door. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JoeBlog Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 What is it with americans and having to touch everything . Bit of a generalization! :roll: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
suphew Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 I have been lucky enough to see both (Syd and Mel) with-in the last year, Syd is better, but mel is well worth the visit. Really the only disappointing thing with melbourne was the lack of corals in any tanks. They had only one small tank with mostly soft corals and a couple of clowns. Sydney has a amazing open top rock pool thing with a glass side full of coral. On the plus side for Mel they have a huge south pacific tank with sharks, snapper etc which is pretty cool, a (fake) reef tank with lots of fish and sea snakes which I haven't seen done before, and their jelly fish are 10 times bettter than Sydneys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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0pius Posted January 19, 2006 Report Share Posted January 19, 2006 Does anyone know If we can purchase the docos in NZ. [Edit] Found some at http://www.nationalgeographic.com [/Edit] Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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misnoma Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 I'm guessing it's school holidays? *quietly wonders when the kids go back to school so they can stop posting on the forums* Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
0pius Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Nah not school holidays for me, just being lazy at work. What made you think kids posted these messages.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
misnoma Posted January 20, 2006 Report Share Posted January 20, 2006 Nah not school holidays for me, just being lazy at work. What made you think kids posted these messages.... No Idea :lol: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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