Georgia Aquarium Dive

matthews → credited hestenet → .

How was it? I was kinda against the idea of a whale shark being kept in a tank even if it was a huge tank, so that might have made me a bit biased against it…

@chrisdarke It was remarkable. The tank has a larger surface area than a football field and is 30 feet deep.

Georgia Aquarium is licensed as a Class R research facility under the Animal Welfare Act. This license is the highest standard of establishing ethical review of animal research for advanced scientific understanding. regulated by the Animal Welfare Act under the (USDA).

If you want to get a sense of the experience, I've posted a video here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hr9V6u28vl4

OK cool will check it out, I guess I was afraid it would be 'seaworld-esque'. Thanks!