Valencia's Aquarium

Valencia's Aquarium (officially Acuario de Valencia, Fundación Seijas) is a recreational park located in Valencia, Venezuela. It is the largest aquarium in Venezuela, and it also has a small zoo with species from Venezuela. It is operated by the J.V. Seijas Foundation.

One of the aquarium's Amazon river dolphins
Valencia's Aquarium
Date opened21 December 1975
LocationValencia, Venezuela
Coordinates10°11′20″N 68°00′38″W
No. of animals~1300[1]
No. of species~115 at the aquarium
~115 at the zoo, terrarium and serpentarium[1]
Websitewww.aquariumdevalencia.com

This aquarium has the only trained captive Amazon river dolphins in the world. It also has many species of fish, snakes and other animals as well as plants endemic to Venezuela.

There is also a small park for children, with bumper cars, a carousel and other games.

History

Notes

  1. "Welcome to the Official Site of the Valencia Aquarium". aquariumdevalencia.com. JV Seijas Foundation. Archived from the original on 17 April 2010. Retrieved 13 November 2010.
gollark: Apiaristic! Why?
gollark: Heavpoot bid "897870apiogollarioforms" somehow.
gollark: It isn't, probably, as citrons suggested things without specifying people.
gollark: I have a suggestion for everybody:```obeliskapproximately 32m high, 0 kelvin; relatively commonplace```
gollark: That is an UTTER apiocrystallocognitooptoform.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.