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Date opened
  
9 April 1993

Opened
  
9 April 1993

Notable animal
  
Godzilla

Website
  
www.deepseaworld.com

Phone
  
+44 1383 411880

Deep Sea World

Location
  
Volume of largest tank
  
1,000,000 imp gal (4,500,000 l; 1,200,000 US gal)

Address
  
Forthside Terrace, North Queensferry KY11 1JR, UK

Hours
  
Open today · 10AM–5PMSunday10AM–5PMMonday10AM–4PMTuesday10AM–4PMWednesday10AM–4PMThursday10AM–4PMFriday10AM–4PMSaturday10AM–5PM

Exhibits
  
Jaws, Piranha, Lake Malawi, Krakatoa, Underwater Tunnel, Amphibians, Seals, Rocky Shores, The Amazon

Similar
  
The Scottish Deer Cen, St Andrews Aquarium, Blair Drummond Safari Park, Blue Planet Aquarium, Forth Bridge

Profiles

Deep sea world scotland


Deep Sea World is a aquarium located in the village of North Queensferry, in Fife, Scotland. It is host to a collection of large sand tiger sharks, also known as ragged toothed sharks or grey nurse sharks, and various other species of shark.

Contents

Shark dive wake up with webster at deep sea world


History

The aquarium opened on the 9th of April 1993 in the site of the disused Battery Quarry, below the Forth Rail Bridge. It is owned and operated by the Spanish Aspro Ocio Group, who also run the Blue Planet Aquarium in England and many other aquaria in Europe.

Exhibits

One of the main attractions is the 112 m (367 ft) long transparent acrylic underwater viewing tunnel, which is one of the longest of its kind in the world. The curvature of the 6.5-centimetre (2.6 in) thick acrylic causes a de-magnifying effect on all of the creatures in the exhibit—roughly one third reduction. The tank with the tunnel contains 1,000,000 imperial gallons (4,500,000 l; 1,200,000 US gal) of sea water pumped in from the River Forth. This water is generally around 14 °C (57 °F), but varies with the season. Because of the low temperature most animals within the tunnel are from around Britain. Sand tiger sharks are generally found in warmer water, for example Florida and South Africa. They easily adapt to the change in temperature, but the lower temperature reduces the rate of metabolism.

The aquarium also displays various tanks and rock pools containing exotic fish and other sea animals.

In 2005, the aquarium opened a new seal enclosure which houses resident seals as well as injured ones rescued by the SSPCA.

References

Deep Sea World Wikipedia


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