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Dubai Marine Aquarium

Dubai Marine Aquarium (Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo) located in the world's tallest Burj Khalifa next to the Dubai Mall, is one of the world's largest aquariums, has been listed in the Guinness Book of World Records, people can watch the marine world in the 158-foot long tunnel.

The biggest highlight is the aquarium's 51-meter-long sightseeing gallery It is 51 meters long, 20 meters wide and 11 meters high, with a water storage capacity of about 11,220 liters, and holds about 33,000 species of aquatic life, including sharks and stingrays. In addition, the aquarium claims to have the world's largest acrylic viewing partition. After purchasing a ticket, you will enter a long underwater tunnel. Walking in the underwater tunnel is like entering a fairy tale world, with all kinds of fish and aquatic animals swimming around you and overhead in a variety of colors. At this time most of the tourists will gather here to take pictures, so the original spacious tunnel will appear very small. The aquarium is very large and it takes at least three hours to tour the whole thing carefully.

Walking out of the long underwater tunnel felt like the end of the tour ? Then you are wrong, the world's largest aquarium how will only this underwater tunnel. The aquarium is divided into two parts: the first and second underground floors, out of the submarine tunnel directly up to the second floor by elevator, this is the real entrance to the aquarium, but also the most concentrated aquarium fish species.

Walking through the aquarium is like being in the underwater world, where you will see the red-tailed catfish, commonly known as the "Moto Rodiglo" from South America, and many other tropical fish that cannot be named. There are also the Mississippi River spoonbill sturgeon, an endangered species that swims with its mouth open for long periods of time and looks terrifying, but it is not fierce.

There is also a lovely otter painting show in the aquarium. When the show is not on, you can see the little otter running around its territory, drilling in and out, climbing trees and getting into the water. There are several times of the day when you can see the fun performances of the trainers and otters, which are especially suitable for watching with children.

In fact, it is very simple for the otter to draw, as it holds the paintbrush tightly in both hands and dots regularly on the paper, but of course it is impossible to know what it wants to draw.

In addition, the aquarium has a deep diving service, dive into the large cage to feed the sharks is a very exciting and thrilling experience. There is also a glass-bottom boat tour of the aquarium experience, in a double deck, put on a life jacket, into the distance to contact the magical world of the sea. All of these experiences are included in different tickets, which can be purchased according to your preference when buying tickets.

In addition, in the aquarium, you can also see colorful giant bony tongues, lion fish that can only be seen but not touched, a variety of starfish sea cucumbers that you have never seen, the colors and patterns are very beautiful. There are also small transparent jellyfish that swim gracefully. Of course, there are also small sharks, long-legged crabs, and beautiful spotted sea eels, as well as the very rare "living fossil" nautilus.

After visiting the aquatic animals, there is also a science museum for snakes, lizards, insects and other reptiles inside the aquarium on the second floor, where you can see a variety of native lizards, as well as a sand snake with a golden body and an Arabian sand boa.

Of course, there is also the Penguin Museum, these naive little cute in the water is always so nimble, your camera can barely catch their fleeing figure. This is the endangered Hong's ring penguin, with a very special pattern on its body, and its fur is as shiny as scales after entering the water, and this is also a favorite place for children to stay.

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