Opening Dubai mall threatened sharks aquarium

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Grand opening of Dubai mall threatened as sharks in display aquarium turn on each other with 40 killed so far




Shark fights in one of the world's biggest aquariums are threatening the opening celebrations of Dubai's flagship new mall.
Over ten per cent of the sharks in Dubai Aquarium's 10 million-litre tank have been killed in attacks that have marred the build-up to its grand opening on October 30.
Sand Tiger sharks have killed at least 40 smaller reef sharks and been aggressive towards divers working on final preparations in the giant tank.

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/wor...arks-display-aquarium-turn-40-killed-far.html
 
It's bound to happen with mixed species tanks of tha size. Captive managment needs to be looked at with this situation, though. We touched on this in one of the threads in the S/W Shark/Ray section about keeping mixed species with sharks.
 
arowanaking;2246823; said:
wow i wanna visit that place..did you see the pic in the link?
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You mean the crappy computer rendered picture that looks like it has a whale shark in it?
 
Hahahaha, I thought the same! Looks ****ing overstocked as well :) How would they go about introducing those fish safely, Zoodiver?
 
This is almost worse than the two whale sharks that died in Atlanta... What the loving caress are you thinking, Mall of Dubai management?
 
Falz;2248750; said:
How would they go about introducing those fish safely, Zoodiver?
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Animals were not conditioned to feed properly when being passed from holding care staff to aquarium care staff (from what I have heard). Also, aggressive sharks need to be delt with in order to prevent other diver attacks... and again from what I've heard, nothing is being done to check that behavior. Keeing sharks away from divers in a tank is very basic shark care a this level.
 
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