Underwater World, Singapore
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Underwater World (Chinese: 圣淘沙海底世界) is an oceanarium located on the offshore Singapore island of Sentosa. Opened in 1991, it has more than 2,500 marine animals of 250 species from different regions of the world. The oceanarium is underground and it is owned by HawPar Corp. The Underwater World's ticket includes admission to the Dolphin Lagoon at Palawan Beach.
Underwater World has a 83 metre long travelator that moves visitors along a submerged glass-windowed tunnel from which they can look at an array of marine life including coral reef, stringrays, moray eels, turtles, sharks, and other fishes.
Underwater World is also involved in a number of environmental and education projects.
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[edit] Dolphin Lagoon
The Dolphin Lagoon is home to some Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins, also known as the pink dolphins. Several "Meet-the-Dolphins" sessions are held daily to allow visitors to enter the waist-deep pool and interact closely with the dolphins. The ticket to the Underwater world & dolphin show does not include the direct contact to the dolphins for which an extra fee has to be paid.
[edit] Effect of plans for Sentosa Integrated Resort
On 6 December 2006, the Underwater World launched three new attractions — an interactive stingray feeding pool, a display of small marine reef species, and Singapore's first fish reflexology spa, where spa fish gently nibble away at the dead skin on visitors' feet. The new features cost S$500,000.
This was amid major plans that were being proposed for Sentosa's integrated resorts. Genting International's S$5.2 billion proposal, Resorts World, will feature the world's largest oceanarium — the 8-hectare Quest Marine Life Park — which will house 700,000 marine animals in a 30 million litre lagoon. Rival bidder Kerzner-CapitaLand's proposal will have an even larger marine habitat, with a capacity of 109 million litres, including the world's largest jellyfish enclosure and a man-made reef for diving and snorkelling.[1]
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[edit] References
- ^ Jessica Cheam, "Underwater World not threatened by IR plans", The Straits Times, 7 December 2006
[edit] External links
- Underwater World
- Sentosa Underwater World Photo Gallery by Wong Chek Poh at pbase.com
- Aditional Pictures from the Underwater World & Dolphin meeting
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