NEW MANTA RAY! Georgia Aquarium has added a third manta ray to the Ocean Voyager exhibit. The new ray joins the Aquarium's other two manta rays, Nandi and Tallulah, as well as four whale sharks and thousands of other fish in the 6.3 million gallon exhibit, the largest aquarium habitat in the world. The newest female manta ray, which measures more than eight feet across and weighs approximately 230 pounds, was collected off the coast of Florida. Read the official press release.
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Walk through an acrylic tunnel or stand in front of a gigantic acrylic viewing window, and you will feel like a SCUBA diver in an endless blue sea, mesmerized by thousands of fish swimming overhead. Ocean Voyager, built by The Home Depot, is home to the gentle giants of the sea, including whale sharks and three manta rays. They are the only manta rays in a U.S. aquarium, ever. Learn more about manta ray Nandi's journey to the Georgia Aquarium from South Africa.
This exhibit was specially designed to house whale sharks, the largest fish species in the world. Schools of predatory trevally jacks, squadrons of small and large stingrays, enormous goliath grouper and hammerhead sharks all ply the waters of this ocean habitat containing more than six million gallons of saltwater. With 4,574 square feet of viewing windows, a 100-foot-long underwater tunnel, 185 tons of acrylic windows and the second largest viewing window in the world at 23 feet tall by 61 feet wide and 2 feet thick, visitors will have multiple opportunities to view all of these magnificent animals. No other aquarium in the world has ever attempted to manage the variety and size of fish in this major exhibit.
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