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Oceans Day hailed a successTuesday, June 10, 2014
More than one thousand people helped celebrate Saturday’s World Oceans Day the Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo (BAMZ) — many of them schoolchildren.
Over 1,100 Attend BAMZ Ocean Open House
Tuesday, June 10, 2014
The Bermuda Zoological Society and the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum and Zoo said they would like to express their gratitude to the many different organisations that participated in the World Oceans Day Open House held on Saturday [June 7] at BAMZ.
BAMZ highlights our connections to the sea on World Oceans Day
Monday, June 09, 2014
The Bermuda Aquarium Museum and Zoo celebrated World Oceans Day on Saturday, by putting on a host of activities highlighting Bermuda’s connection to the sea.
Citizen scientists needed for Reef Watch 2014
Thursday, June 05, 2014
Doing your part to help protect Bermuda’s coral reefs has never been easier and on Saturday, June 28, the Bermuda Zoological Society, with the support of lead sponsor Hiscox, will host Reef Watch 2014, a community environmental monitoring project that examines the health of Bermuda’s coral reef systems.
Celebrate World Oceans Day!
Thursday, June 05, 2014
From the tiniest of tots to seniors, and everyone in between — all are invited to come and celebrate World Oceans Day at the Bermuda Aquarium, Museum, and Zoo on Saturday.
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A shark called Osbourne has been released back to the sea by the Bermuda Aquarium and Zoo.
The seven-year-old Galapagos shark (similar to the one shown above) had been living at the Aquarium for the past six years but there had been several clashes between the 6.5' shark and a Black grouper, another resident of the North Rock exhibit at the Aquarium, and this had resulted in Osbourne's nose becoming injured.
Despite the best efforts of staff to try and reduce the aggression between the two fish through various training methods they continued to compete and it escalated to the point where Osbourne's health began to deteriorate. Eventually it was decided that releasing him back into the wild was the best move.
Dr Ian Walker, Principle Curator of the Aquarium, said: "The decision to relocate the shark was not made lightly as sharks need to constantly have water flowing over their gills and can go into shock from stress relatively easily."
Osbourne was released on Friday. He has been tagged to provide researchers with information on his swimming patterns, and to keep a check on his wellbeing.
"We wish him well," Dr Walker said.