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    The Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium (沖縄美ら海水族館, Okinawa Churaumi Suizokukan), formerly known as the Okinawa Ocean Expo Aquarium, is a public aquarium located...
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    are Sesoko, Kamimotobu, Sakimotobu and Izumi. The well-known Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium is located in Motobu. Other notable sites include the remains...
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    Manta ray (section Aquariums)
    (in Japanese). Okinawa Churaumi aquarium. Retrieved 29 May 2021. "平成22-23年度 沖縄美ら海水族館年報" (PDF) (in Japanese). Okinawa Churaumi aquarium. Retrieved 29 May...
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    for more than 26 years in the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium from Okinawa Ocean Expo Aquarium. Following Okinawa, Osaka Aquarium started keeping whale sharks...
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    emarginata. Tourist attractions include Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium (at one time the world's largest aquarium), Century Beach, Pineapple Park, the Orion...
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  • Large aquariums exhibit a wide variety of species and animals in a large range of tanks. These are typically public aquariums and may also include oceanariums...
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    National Aquarium, Baltimore, USA Aquarium at a shopping mall in Kaunas, Lithuania Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Okinawa, Japan Al Mahara restaurant at Burj...
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    exhibited at Nausicaä Centre National de la Mer in France and Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan. There are also reports that they were kept at the Marine...
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    Okinawa Prefecture (Japanese: 沖縄県, Hepburn: Okinawa-ken) is the southernmost and westernmost prefecture of Japan. It has a population of 1,457,162 (as...
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    of Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, was necrotic, necessitating the removal of 75% of the fin which made swimming impossible. The Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium started...
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    June 2022. "The world's first jaggedhead gurnard on display!". Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium. 16 December 2019. Retrieved 24 June 2022. W.J. Richards (1999)...
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    Expo '75 (category History of Okinawa Prefecture)
    Aquarium was closed in 2002 due to aging and then reopened as Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium. The Tropical & Subtropical Arboretum were later constructed on...
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    depth is 927.5 m (3,043 ft); maximum speed is ~ 29 km/h (18 mph). Several aquariums around the world keep one or more false killer whales, though its aggression...
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    the largest adult great whites ever exhibited was at Japan's Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in 2016, where a 3.5 m (11 ft) male was exhibited for three days...
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    Sharks in captivity (category Aquariums)
    the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan, only survived for three days. The longest a great white was held in captivity was at the Monterey Bay Aquarium, in...
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    However, the condition in which the dolphins lives, most likely in an aquarium tank, will impact how much energy is required for a captive dolphin to...
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    Motobu Peninsula (category Tourist attractions in Okinawa Prefecture)
    Native Okinawan Village is also there. Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium features the world's third largest aquarium tank. Oigawa River Shiokawa River (a national...
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  • Aquarium Notojima Aquarium Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium Osaka Aquarium Kaiyukan Aqua Park Shinagawa Notojima Aquarium Port of Nagoya Public Aquarium Sendai Umino-Mori...
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    years while it grows. The disc width of the largest pup born at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium was about 1.92 m (6 ft 4 in). Because of its large size and velocity...
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    A ginko-toothed beaked whale skull located at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, Japan....
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    Palace Aquarium Umitamago, Ōita, Ōita Bansho osakana kan, Saiki, Ōita Tamano Marine Museum, Tamano, Okayama Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, Okinawa DMM kariyushi...
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    Fishermen in Okinawa call it the Indian Mibai because of its flamboyant patterns. Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium in Japan became the first aquarium to display...
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  • Shika, Ishikawa, 460 m. Aquarium with the largest water capacity in the world: Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, Motobu, Okinawa, 7,500 t. The oldest community...
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  • from the original on May 17, 2014. Retrieved November 22, 2012. "Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium: Message from the sea". Japanese Film Database. UniJapan. Retrieved...
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    Researching Mysterious Deep-sea Animals. February 23–24, 2007, Okinawa, Japan. Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, Motobu. 179 pp. ISBN 4-9904177-0-4. Kubodera, T., S....
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    [Anonymous] 2011c. 世界的希少種「メガマウスザメ」の解剖を実施しました! (in Japanese) Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, March 11, 2011. Aca, E.Q. 2009. Megamouth Shark # 45: Megamouth...
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    missing caudal fin named Lanan is started. following Fuji at the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, succeeded in installing the second artificial tail fin of a dolphin...
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    Pacifico Centro-Oriental. Rome: FAO. pp. 759–764. "Devil Fish". Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium. February 5, 2024. Retrieved October 18, 2024. "Spine-tailed devil...
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  • (train), a Japanese train service Kuroshio Sea, a tank in the Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium This disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title...
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    also view from other side) #349 (?/8/1994) Specimen exhibited at Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium, Japan, measuring 6.37 m in total length including its intact...
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