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M (kg) |
Days in captivity |
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In 1969 Sea World San Diego tried several blue shark
in a circular tanks (15 m diameter, 2.1-1.05 m deep) for 1-3 month. They
would begin to feed but would start to go downhill after just a few weeks.
Circular tank design without long glide-path was thought to be inadequate. |
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30-90 |
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At the Marineland of the Pacific they experimented
with considerably larger tank with bottom that sloped up to zero depth from
about 3.5 m. The theory was that the blue shark would avoid the shallow
water and stay away from the sides of the tank. It didn't work; they cruised
right into the shallows and wore away the bottom of their lower jaw. |
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After transport had been successfully worked out, blue sharks
were used to test the system for the new tropical sharks at Sea World
San Diego. Ray Keyes thought the blue shark were doings great until
they turned on the heating system and added the bull and lemon sharks. The
bull sharks ate the blue sharks |
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| <1987 |
Okinawa Expo Aquarium (Ushida et al. 1990 = NOAA TR
NMFS 90, 211-237) |
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30 |
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At the New Jersey State Aquarium in Campden, Brian
DuVall brought in a ~6 ft blue shark for their large tank and it survived
for 7 month. |
~1.8 |
210 |
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Monterey Bay Aquarium. Female was caught on 29 Nov 1995 near
the 1-mile buoy in Monterey Bay. Euthanized on 14 Feb 1996 due to throat
wound from rubbing against the wall. She was feeding well and showed nice
slow energy conserving swimming when not rubbing against the walls and windows.
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2.10
60 |
96 |
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L'Oceanogràfic - Valencia,
SPAIN
Two specimens, a male and a female of 1.10 m. from 27 Jul 2005 until
25 Sep 2005.
Close-up photo. |
1.10
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~60 |
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Lisbon Oceanarium, Portugal
Has tried twice to exhibit the species in their 1.22 million-gallon tank,
without success. The first attempt was with two juveniles of about 0.8
and 0.9 m TL, which made the transport without any problems. However,
once in the tank, grey reef shark predated on them and they died after
a few minutes. The second attempt was with a larger 1.6 m TL female. It
experienced problems during the transport to the aquarium and died after
several full trips around the Open Ocean tank. Thanks to Filipe Pereira
for information.
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0.8, 0.9, &1.6
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a few hours |
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