Fish Tank

By NAM

November 8, 2005 02:46 PM | Link to this

I am so excited about the Georgia Aquarium.

By Ali

November 8, 2005 03:55 PM | Link to this

Me too! Have you seen the new website the Aquarium has? It’s awesome!

By A khan

November 8, 2005 04:43 PM | Link to this

this is an excited news for all of us.

By Carla

November 8, 2005 04:48 PM | Link to this

I can’t wait to take my daughter to the aquarium. Atlanta needed another family venue.

By Randy Howard

November 8, 2005 04:53 PM | Link to this

Looking forward to the 21st and the 22nd, I have a reservation for both days, thought I probably wouldn’t be able to enjoy it all in one Day. I look out the window everyday at lunch from the Inforum and imagine those big Whale Sharks swimming around and getting to see the Beluga Whales. I’ll give it a Big Native Atlantan YEEEEHAAAA!!!! Lewis would have loved it.

By ''DrummerBoy''

November 9, 2005 08:20 AM | Link to this

The georgia aquarium is one of the best things that has happened to georgia.Its even better than the tennesse aquqrium

By Dorothy Underwood

November 9, 2005 09:37 AM | Link to this

My granddaughter is so excited about the aquarium. She inquires about the opening date quite often. The aquarium will be great for family as well as school related field trips.

By Judy

November 9, 2005 10:01 AM | Link to this

I’m very excited about the aquarium. My first Christmas gift purchase this years has been season passes for me and my daughter and we’ve got reservations for 11/22. Can’t wait!

By Wesley Au-Yeung

November 9, 2005 11:54 AM | Link to this

i think randy is right in that it is seemingly impossible to see, or at least enjoy, all of the aquarium on that first visit.

100,000 fish?! i’m glad i got my annual pass too; i think i’ll be going there weekly

By L. Braun

November 9, 2005 03:13 PM | Link to this

I thought they should name one of them Roe in honor of caviar but then thought, if they name them “Roe” and “Wade” then we won’t have any little belugas.

By K. Dickson

November 9, 2005 04:53 PM | Link to this

Beluga Girls? Oh, the ocean ones. Thought for awhile that The Indigo Girls had gained a hell of a lot of weight!!!

By Jill

November 10, 2005 03:13 PM | Link to this

The Georgia Aquarium LIED about having marine mammals, knowing full well the humane community would object to keeping intelligent, sensitive whales in such unnatural conditions for the rest of their lives. Shame on all of those who will gawk at these poor whales and condemn their babies to captivity! Learn about their capture, learn why their needs can never be met in a pool, and stop kissing the aquarium’s salty behind!

By ron kenner

November 10, 2005 03:38 PM | Link to this

I won’t be going. Animals don’t belong in aquariums or zoos. They are not here for our entertainment.

By Dino

November 10, 2005 04:00 PM | Link to this

**This aquarium is nothing more than another prison for animals. If Bernie Marcus was so interested in the well being of the Mexican Belugas why didn’t he work to transitioning them back to the wild and then work to STOP, no support, facilities like the Georgia Aquarium which fuel the international capturing (which is very brutal) of these magnificent animals. Why? Because there wasn’t a buck involved in doing the humane thing; there’s not much public attention or spotlight in doing the compassionate thing.

It has been shown time and time again, that the life span of these beautiful animals is shortened because of the stress suffered in these glass prisons. And for what? So that people who don’t have anything better to do can have a place to go on Saturday. And oh, so Bernie can have his picture taken. Too bad he didn’t do like Arthur and get a football team. At least Arthur is really doing something good for this city.**

By Phyllis

November 10, 2005 04:08 PM | Link to this

It never ceases to amaze and disappoint me when I see so many people so deliberatly oblivious to injustice. The Georgia Aquarium will be a prison for it’s inhabitants, many of whom were captured brutally from the home God made for them and who will die much sooner than He ever intended. Marine animals kept in captivity do not fare well so these animals will literally be dying to amuse unthinking or uncaring people. I will boycott the Aquarium and will teach children kindness and respect for animals who love freedom as much as we do. I will not support abuse and exploitation of these stolen and doomed animals.

By Jen O'Connor

November 11, 2005 11:15 AM | Link to this

Even though the Georgia Aquarium touts itself as a state-of-the-art facility, the largest tank in the world could not come close to the vast oceans that the animals kept there call their natural home. These whales will never again experience the exhilaration of swimming free through ocean waves. These highly social and sentient animals have lost the joy and comfort of their families and communities. Like all aquatic prisons, the aquarium claims it exists for education and conservation, but we must question what is to be learned from watching marine life swim endless circles in concrete, chlorinated tanks. Aquariums teach people — especially children — that it is acceptable to keep animals in captivity, bored, cramped, lonely, and far from their natural homes.

By Eileen

November 11, 2005 02:57 PM | Link to this

“designed to simulate their natural environment”

a simulation is not natural. how selfish are you, oh humans, to go to see these beings on display, their beauty belongs IN their natural environment, not on display for you.