stingray show at Ripley's Aquarium Toronto
4,032 views · Published 16 June 2014 · 11:46 · Indexed 26 September 2026
Channel: My Little Hobby · 2014 · Pets & Animals
Sorry for the screaming kids in the beginning, but it was filmed at a public venue, so should be expected. We had a great time at Ripley's Aquarium in Toronto and enjoyed seeing many well stock fresh and saltwater tanks. Ripley's Aquarium of Canada is an aquarium in Toronto, Canada. The aquarium is one of three aquariums owned and operated by Ripley Entertainment. It is located in downtown Toronto, just south of the CN Tower. The aquarium features several aquatic exhibits including a walk-through tank. The aquarium has 5.7-million litres (1.5-million gallons) of marine and freshwater habitats from across the world. The exhibits hold 13,500 exotic sea and freshwater specimens, from more than 450 species. Ripley's Aquarium of Canada was originally planned in 2004 to be built in Niagara Falls, Ontario[2] next to what is now Great Wolf Lodge around 2007, but plans fell through and Ripley's eventually relocated to Toronto.[3] Construction began on the attraction in August 2011 with a final cost approaching $130 million. [4] The aquarium opened to the public in October 2013.[5] The project was a partnership with three levels of government. The Canada Lands Company of the Government of Canada contributed $10 million to the project to develop the "John Street Corridor" linking Front Street with the aquarium, the CN Tower and the Rogers Centre. The Government of Ontario contributed $11 million to the project, and the City of Toronto provided property-tax incentives amounting between $8 million and $12 million over the first twelve years of the aquarium. The aquarium holds 5.7 million litres (1.5 million gallons) of water and shows marine and freshwater habitats from around the world.[7] The aquarium is organized into nine different galleries: Canadian waters, rainbow reef, dangerous lagoon, discovery centre, the gallery, touch tanks, ray bay, life support systems and planet jellies. It is home to 16,000 animals.[1] The Planet Jellies exhibit has colour changing displays with five different species of jellyfish. The jellyfish that this exhibit features are: pacific sea nettle, moon jelly, spotted jelly, and upside-down jelly.[1] The Canadian Waters exhibit features animals from all the bodies of water surrounding Canada. The gallery has 17 habitats. Some animals featured in this exhibit include: alewife, largemouth bass, American lobster, wolf eel, lump fish, giant pacific octopus, china rockfish [1] The Rainbow Reef features animals from the Indo-Pacific water regions and is the most colourful gallery in the exhibit, hence the name, Rainbow Reef. Some of the species in this exhibit include: Picasso triggerfish, humbug dascyllus, emperor angelfish, pajama cardinalfish, unicorn surgeonfish. Every hour, the exhibit features an interactive dive show.[1] The Dangerous Lagoon is an underwater tunnel with a moving side walk which is home to some of the deadliest animals. Some of the featured animals in this thrilling exhibit are: sand tiger shark, sandbar shark, roughtail stingray, green sawfish, green sea turtles. [1] The Discovery centre features various hands-on activities such as underwater viewing bubbles, a pop-up research submarine and a touch pool which allows visitors to touch living fossils. Discovery Centre inhabitants include: clownfish, palette surgeonfish, horseshoe crab, guineafowl puffer. [1] The Touch Tanks exhibit gives visitors the opportunity to touch the skins of various animals like sharks and sting-rays with the help of aquarium employees. This gallery is home to whitespotted bamboo sharks, brownbanded bamboo sharks, southern stingray, cownose rays. [1] The Gallery exhibit features some of the most delicate underwater species from all over the world. This exhibit features the red lionfish, electric eel, lined seahorse, weedy sea dragon and the archerfish. This exhibit features six salt water and three fresh water exhibits. [1] The Ray Bay exhibit is focused around three distinct species of stingrays. Occasionally visitors can see aquarium divers feeding the stingrays. Some of the inhabitants of this exhibit include the bonnethead shark, cownose ray, and the southern stingray.[1] The Life Support System gallery gives visitors a behind the scenes look at the aquarium's life support systems room. The Ripley's Aquarium of Canada features the largest life support systems room of all three Ripley's aquariums. This gallery features the equipment for the Dangerous Reef and Ray Bay.
