USA: Georgia Aquarium hopes to breed whale sharks
Georgia Aquarium officials say they want to breed whale sharks — the biggest fish on earth — at the Atlanta fish tank, a never-attempted feat that would push the bounds of known aquatic science.
The world's largest aquarium, which opens its doors to the public next week, has two juvenile male whale sharks now swimming in a 6.2 million-gallon tank. Officials want to get at least one female for a possible breeding program.
John Spink/AJC Ralph (or is that Norton?) may one day become the proud papa to 300 whale shark pups.
"I would love to breed the whale sharks because very little is known about these animals," said Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus, who is funding most of the aquarium’s $280 million construction cost. "The more that we proliferate the species the better. You learn about these animals, and you can save the species by reproducing them."
The world's largest aquarium, which opens its doors to the public next week, has two juvenile male whale sharks now swimming in a 6.2 million-gallon tank. Officials want to get at least one female for a possible breeding program.
John Spink/AJC Ralph (or is that Norton?) may one day become the proud papa to 300 whale shark pups.
"I would love to breed the whale sharks because very little is known about these animals," said Home Depot co-founder Bernie Marcus, who is funding most of the aquarium’s $280 million construction cost. "The more that we proliferate the species the better. You learn about these animals, and you can save the species by reproducing them."
