Location: Okinawa, Japan The Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium is the world’s second largest aquarium and part of the Ocean Expo Park. It has the largest acrylic window in the world, measuring 8.2 meters by 22.5 meters with a thickness of 60 centimeters. The main tank holds 7,500-cubic meters of water.It is credited with breeding whale sharks. Images
The frilled shark, also known as a living fossil, a primitive species that has changed little since prehistoric times was spotted by a fisherman who thought that it was an eel like species. He alerted the officials at the Awashima Marine Park in Numazu, who captured it and filmed it. An official at the park is quoted to have said: We believe moving pictures of a live specimen are extremely rare, They live between 600 and 1,000 meters under the water, which is deeper than humans can go. The shark appeared to be in poor condition when park staff moved it to a seawater pool where they filmed it swimming and opening its jaws. Eventually it died. Unfortunately large numbers also die in the nets of bottom trawlers. Via: Reuters