SHEDD AQUARIUM

Waters of the World

American bullfrog, a giant Pacific octopus, American alligator, lake sturgeon, starfish, lined seahorses,
and alligator snapping turtle.

Caribbean Reef
green sea turtle, Nickel, Atlantic tarpons, cownose rays, redband parrotfish, Bonnethead sharks, a Green
moray eel,

Amazon Rising
green anaconda, red-bellied piranhas, electric eels, freshwater stingrays, dwarf caimans, caiman lizards,
wattled jacanas, yellow-spotted river turtles, red-footed tortoises, yellow-footed tortoises, mata matas,
Arapaimas, different species of South American birds, fish, and frogs, and many more.

Wild Reef
sandbar, zebra, blacktip reef sharks, white-spotted guitarfish, Spotted wobbegongs, and Japanese
wobbegongs.

Polar Play Zone

beluga whales, Pacific white-sided dolphins and Sea otters. The exhibit also includes Southern
rockhopper penguins and Magellanic penguins, as well as 5 circular tanks for moon jellyfish and
starfishes

Previous special exhibits

Jellies
The "jellies" exhibit opened in April 2011, focusing on jellyfish, and the misconceptions surrounding
them. It featured at least 10 species of jellyfish, including moon jellyfish, egg-yolk jellyfish, purple-striped
jelly, Atlantic sea nettle, jelly blubber and upside-down jellyfish. The exhibit closed in 2015.[19]

Amphibians
The amphibian exhibit opened on May 15, 2015, and ran through January 1, 2018. It featured 40
different species of amphibians, including the gray tree frog, poison dart frog, fire-bellied toad, emperor
newt, axolotl, tiger salamander, spring peeper, Japanese giant salamander, cane toad, and the marbled
salamander.[20][21]
 Fantasea
Fantasea was a multiple-aquatic animal show at Shedd Aquarium, running from October 16, 2009,
through 2010. The show featured beluga whales, penguins and Pacific white-sided dolphins.[22]

Name Description
Shipwrecked! Comprises marine fishes such as black-blotched fantail ray, bowmouth guitarfish, snubnose
pompano and zebra shark housed in a shipwreck that sinks beneath a simulated Strait of
Karimata on the lower-eastern side of Sumatra. Outside of the tunnel tank is a floor tank which
includes the brownbanded bamboo shark and fluted giant clam. Even though the aquarium only
keeps female zebra sharks, two pups named Vanda and Hope were born in 2016 and 2021
respectively through parthenogenesis, a rare phenomenon only recently observed in zebra
sharks.
School of Fish The centerpiece of this area is the Coral Garden, a cylindrical tank with an artificial coral reef and
a wide variety of coral reef fish like clownfish, Napoleon wrasse and many more. There are also a
couple of seahorse tanks. Freshwater fish like the alligator gar and American paddlefish are also
housed nearby.
Ocean Diversity Allows face-to-face interaction with the Indo-Pacific bottlenose dolphins. It is also home to the
giant Pacific octopus, Tasmanian giant crab, zebra turkeyfish and many different species of
jellyfish.
Open Ocean The open ocean is a big home for hundreds of fish such as the giant grouper, Javanese cownose
ray, leopard whipray, pickhandle barracuda and reef manta rays.
Quirky Adaptations This gallery shows visitors the various adaptations many different species of fish have to survive.
Fish housed here include blotcheye soldierfish, bumphead parrotfish, elephant fish, old wife,
payara, queen angelfish, weedy seadragon and wolf eel.
Underwater City Most of the live corals are held in these tanks with 100 species of hard corals and 20 species of
soft corals along with and many fish like the regal blue tang and giant moray.
Apex Predators of the Seas Visitors walk through a tunnel that allows them to view various shark species such as the blacktip
reef shark, sand tiger shark, scalloped hammerhead shark, tawny nurse shark and whitetip reef
shark.
Aquatic Ecosystems The final gallery in the aquarium, featuring the Discovery Touch Pool, which allows visitors to
touch epaulette sharks, chocolate chip sea stars, green brittle stars and black sea cucumbers.
Several species of poison dart frogs are also housed here.
Project Name Georgia Aquarium The Blue Planet The Lost Chambers Shanghai Ocean
Aquarium
Location Atlanta, USA Kastrup, Denmark Dubai, United Arab Shanghai, China
Emirates
Site Shape Trapezoidal Hexagonal It is a part of Hotel Trapezoidal
Atlantis
Entrance The entrance is grand The entrance is The entrance is 3m wide The entrance is spacious
and well defined spacious and grand with a rectangular and grand
aquarium at the middle
Landscape Both Soft and hard Soft Landscape No landscape is used Soft landscape features
Landscape features features are used used
are used around the building
Surrounding The Site is surround by Surrounded by Surrounded by Hotels Surrounded by
sea on three sides recreational spaces and restaurants recreational spaces and
Public buildings
Form Combination of Whirlpool shape with Combination of Combination of cuboids,
cuboids, circles and a common central Hexagons and square circles and pyramid
ellipse area shapes
Aesthetics Use of good and Modern approach Aesthetics of Atlantis Modern approach
Interior colorful lighting with proper circulation and other submerged
structures
Material The exterior is treated The Exterior is fully The interior consist of Concrete, steel and
with glazing constructed using acrylic panels and many acrylic
steel frame tile inlays
Circulation Central atrium and The circulation is from The circulation is The circulation is
undefined path. The the central common through different zones through different zones
circulation is through atrium where user can placed at various placed at various
the different zones access the freshwater positions of the building positions of the building
and saltwater zones
Water system Closed water system Closed water system Closed water system Closed water system
Natural light Only from the top Nil Nil Nil
floor
Air conditioning Centralized air Centralized air Centralized air Centralized air
conditioning conditioning conditioning conditioning