His death -- … Beluga calf’s death the latest in series of losses at Georgia Aquarium. Our Ocean Voyager gallery, built by The Home Depot is home to four whale sharks, four manta rays and thousands of other fascinating fish. Georgia Aquarium gets two new whale sharks from Taiwan. Whale shark at world's largest aquarium dies ATLANTA — One of the Georgia Aquarium's prized whale sharks died Thursday night — the second death of … ATLANTA, Georgia (AP) — Another whale shark died early Wednesday at the Georgia Aquarium, the second this year at the only facility outside Asia to display the huge, rare fish. Beluga calf’s death the latest in series of losses at Georgia Aquarium Hearts are grieving at the Georgia Aquarium. ALERT: After careful consideration, we have made the decision to close Georgia Aquarium to public guests. The whale sharks’ importation from Taiwan (by air, truck and boat) had never been attempted previously. June 13, 2007 — -- Norton, one of the Georgia Aquarium's original whale sharks, died early this morning, after the aquarium euthanized it after months of strange behavior and illness. Georgia Aquarium beluga death causes sadness, anger The Georgia Aquarium has lost three beluga whales in the last three years. It has a vestigial spiracle behind the eye, which is an evolutionary remnant of its common ancestry with bottom-dwelling (benthic) carpet sharks. Two were infants, the offspring of matriarch Maris. ATLANTA – Georgia Aquarium officials say it may be months before they know what caused Wednesday's death of another whale shark, the second this year at … As one of the largest single aquatic exhibits in the world, Ocean Voyager features an acrylic tunnel for guests to view thousands of marine creatures on all sides, as well as a giant acrylic viewing window to explore our oceans like never before. Access Atlanta got up close and personal with the whale sharks… Norton weighed 3,029 pounds (1,376.8 kilograms) and measured 21 feet 5 inches long (652 centimeters). Animal activists from PETA and elsewhere have spoken out … Two were infants, the offspring of matriarch Maris. The Georgia Aquarium has lost three beluga whales in the last three years. He was euthanized after months of strange behavior and illness. Georgia Aquarium is home to hundreds of species and thousands of animals. ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Scientists worked Friday to determine what killed Ralph, one of the four giant whale sharks at the Georgia Aquarium. Qinu, the pregnant beluga whale, lost her calf on Tuesday. ATLANTA — Norton, one of the original whale sharks at the Georgia Aquarium, died early Wednesday, the aquarium's second whale shark death in five months. The benefit of people seeing these animals to science and conservation far outweigh the “sacrifices” made by these particular captive animals. The … Following the deaths of two whale sharks in 2007, many animal rights activists harshly criticized the Georgia Aquarium for keeping these animals captive in the first place. I recently visited the Georgia Aquarium for blogger day, and the aquarium’s Chief Science Officer Dr. Bruce Carlson agreed to answer my questions about their whale sharks. ATLANTA, Georgia (CNN) -- Scientists worked Friday to determine what killed Ralph, one of the four giant whale sharks at the Georgia Aquarium.. The Georgia Aquarium is home to many animals, including four massive whale sharks named Trixie, Alice, Yushan, and Taroko. Norton, a 23-foot juvenile whale shark and one of the stars of Atlanta’s super-sized aquarium, was euthanized after he had slowly spiraled to the bottom of his tank. A young whale shark that sank to the bottom of its tank at the Georgia Aquarium this year and died had been forcibly fed for months, a practice that … Whale shark has a broad, flat head, relatively small eyes, five large gill slits, two dorsal fins, two long pectoral fins, two pelvic fins, one anal fin and a large sweeping tail. ATLANTA — Another whale shark died Wednesday at the Georgia Aquarium, the second this year at the only facility outside Asia to display the huge, rare fish. I fully support having whale sharks (and baby white sharks for that matter in the Monterey Bay Aquarium) in appropriate captive spaces, such as Georgia Aquarium. ATLANTA — Georgia Aquarium officials say it may be months before they know what caused Wednesday's death of another whale shark, the second this year at the only facility outside Asia that displays the huge, rare fish. Norton’s death came just a few weeks after two new whale sharks arrived at the aquarium from Taiwan. His death came five months after the death of Ralph, another whale shark that was among the aquarium's first stars after it opened in 2005. We continue to closely monitor this ever-evolving situation around COVID-19 with the ongoing commitment to the health and wellbeing of our guests, staff, volunteers and animals. Norton's death also came only a few weeks after two new whale sharks arrived at the aquarium from Taiwan. The Aquarium was designed around a 6.3 million US gallon (24,000 m3) whale shark exhibit, making it the only institution outside of Asia that houses the giant species.