And I think one example of this was the fact that I, as an aquarium director, was elected president of the organization. My successor Ted Batey was elected as director, as the president of AAZPA, that’s two presidents out of one organization. I don’t know of any other organization, unless… Read More
And so you’re not only showing what’s in the water there, but what else is in that ecological community?… Read More
We’ve got monkeys bounce around the trees. We’ve got birds from the area. And so we’re showing not only just a species of fish, we’re showing whatever else lives in concert with that. An Anaconda lives there, there’s some nice turtles. It goes on and on and on. And I… Read More
The Zoos and Americans Association, do they have a clear understanding of aquarium facility needs and should there be an American Association of Aquarium?… Read More
I don’t think there’s a limit to what you should exhibit. Let’s say even a desert community, the desert pupfish is found out there. So if you’re gonna exhibit desert pupfish, why not show it in its entire ecological setting. So you gonna have sand in a fish exhibit. Read More
Sure, why not?… Read More
Because the fish is living out there in the middle of the sand. Shedd Aquarium has a wonderful exhibit on the Amazon. Read More
Well, I think that that will be eventually done and I think the Japanese will do it. Over the decades, aquariums have moved from fishes and aquatic invertebrates to vertebrates, including mammals, birds, reptiles. Should an aquarium be limited strictly to aquatic and semi-aquatic creatures. Read More
Where should the limit be?… Read More
Or is there any limit?… Read More
Do you think a giant squid will ever be exhibited?… Read More
I don’t know. I don’t know. That I think is probably a more of a problem than the coelacanth. Coelacanth, I think, can be solved by… They seem to be more susceptible to light than to pressure. Temperature is also a problem. I think that can be solved. The pressure… Read More
Well, first, would you explain what a coelacanths is, and a primitive fish essentially. Read More
And then what would it take to maintain one, specialty features of the aquarium?… Read More
Well, coelacanth, first of all, it has no spinal backbone. It’s got what’s called a notochord, and that is filled with an oil that I think gives them buoyancy and also gives them protection against the depth, they’re at for compressing their bodies. Coelacanth means hollow spine and the spines… Read More
And said, “I’ve got this fish here. “I think you better come and look at it, “and sort of described it.” And he hustled down there and looked at it, and he says, “God, this is a coelacanth, “they’ve been extinct for 350 million years.” And they finally got it… Read More
He covered the whole thing, put it in a container, took it back to South Africa, perhaps to Pretoria or St, help me, what’s the name?… Read More
Johannesburg. And they shipped it, got here, had to go to New York, but then it had to go to Dallas because the Doggone cargo compartment from New York, Chicago wouldn’t work right. So they had to send it to Dallas to get on a plane, come to Chicago. And… Read More
And they’re still there. Well, today, for some reason, it doesn’t fit in the aquariums plan to put them on exhibit. So I’d like to see that. And eventually, I think some aquarium is going to put a live on that exhibit. Probably the Japanese, I would guess. ‘Cause, they’ve… Read More
Now going back to the programs or exhibits that you would’ve wanted to implement, but for various reasons just didn’t happen. Well, I wanted to get a coelacanth on exhibit and I got two preserved ones which could have gone on exhibit. I had a man drop into my office… Read More