Marineland (Antibes)
| Slogan | Le parc de la mer et de l´aventure |
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| Location | Antibes, France |
| Coordinates | 43°36′54″N 7°07′32″E / 43.61500°N 7.12556°ECoordinates: 43°36′54″N 7°07′32″E / 43.61500°N 7.12556°E |
| Owner | Grupo Parques Reunidos |
| Opened | 1970 |
| Website | Official site |
Marineland is an animal exhibition park in Antibes, France. It was founded in 1970 by Roland de la Poype. First, it was a small oceanarium with a few pools and animals but now it is one of the biggest in the world and receives more than 1,200,000 visitors per year. It is the only French sea park featuring two cetacean species: killer whales and dolphins.
On July 25, 2006, the park was sold to the Spanish amusement park group Parques Reunidos for about 75 million Euros. Parques Reunidos also operates L'Oceanografic in Valencia on the Spanish mainland.
Animal exhibits
- Killer whale show
The largest tank in the world[citation needed] performing in 11,000,000 US gallons (42,000 m3) of water, with a panoramic glass wall 64 metres (210 ft) long. Marineland holds six orcas: Freya, Valentin, Inouk, Wikie, Moana and Wikie's new calf. The calf was born on November 20th, 2013. The father is rumored to be Valentin.
- Dolphin show
Marineland’s family of bottlenose dolphins deploy all their charms: speed, accuracy, agility and complete trust in their trainers. The dolphins are Ecume (F), Lotty (F), Sharky (F), Malou (F), Éclair (M), Alize (M), Rocky (M), Dam (M), Neo (M), Mila-Tami (F), Nala (F), Ania (F), and Joseph (M).
- Les Coulisses de l'apprentissage (sea lion show)
A live demonstration of the learning techniques used with all the mammals in the park, in which the seal and sea lion trainers disclose some of the "ropes" for preparing the show, the better to understand the basis of the relationship between humans and animals.
- The shark tunnel
In a 30-metre (98 ft) tunnel through an aquarium containing nearly 2,000,000 litres (530,000 US gal) of water, visitors are surrounded by sharks and manta rays.
- Polar bears
Marineland is one of few places in Europe where one can see polar bears. As of 2013, there are 2 of them: one male and one female.[1]
- Life under the sea (The tropical aquarium gallery and The touch pool)
The tropical aquarium gallery shows the world of coral reefs, and the touch pool is a chance to touch skates and rays - fish that seem to "fly" in the water.
- Pinnipeds
Beaches featuring California sea lions, South American sea lions, black seals and grey seals.
- Aquatic birds
Beaches featuring penguins, pelicans and flamingos.
- Meeting with dolphins
Each session lasts approximately 1 hour, to discover the biology and ecology of dolphins, before approaching the dolphins for 20 minutes under close supervision by trainers on a sunken deck.
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