{"id":17233,"date":"2013-10-30T09:35:00","date_gmt":"2013-10-30T09:35:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/ripleys-aquarium-of-canada-launches-in-toronto\/"},"modified":"2013-10-30T09:35:00","modified_gmt":"2013-10-30T09:35:00","slug":"ripleys-aquarium-of-canada-launches-in-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/2013\/10\/ripleys-aquarium-of-canada-launches-in-toronto\/","title":{"rendered":"Ripley\u2019s Aquarium Of Canada Launches In Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span><a data-mce-href=\"http:\/\/www.ripleyaquariums.com\/canada\/\" href=\"http:\/\/www.ripleyaquariums.com\/canada\/\" target=\"_blank\">Ripley\u2019s Aquarium of Canada<\/a><span>, Toronto&#8217;s newest and most highly anticipated attraction, opened its doors on 16<\/span><sup>th\u00a0<\/sup><span>October 2013, locals and tourists flocking to the 12,500 square-metre \u2018Dangerous Lagoon\u2019 at the base of the CN Tower in the heart of Toronto.<\/span><\/span><br \/><span><span><br \/><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div><span>Canada\u2019s largest indoor aquarium houses more than 16,000 marine animals and 450 species, including the world\u2019s most exciting jelly fish exhibition, Planet Jellies, and the thrilling underwater tunnel showcasing the biggest shark collection in North America, alongside sawfish, barracudas, moray eels, spadefish and green sea turtles.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>Ancient lobsters, sting rays, touch pools and daily live shows will captivate visitors, while Rainbow Reef will mesmerize its audience with a kaleidoscope of colour emanating from the vibrant exhibition of tropical fish.<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span>Expected to draw more than two million visitors per year from around the world, Ripley\u2019s Aquarium of Canada is home to 20 marine biologists and aquarists responsible for the ongoing care and welfare of the animals.<\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"RIPLEY'S AQUARIUM OF CANADA LP - Dangerous Lagoon\" data-mce-src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20131011_C9570_PHOTO_EN_31992-300x200.jpg\" height=\"200\" src=\"http:\/\/www.eglobaltravelmedia.com.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/10\/20131011_C9570_PHOTO_EN_31992-300x200.jpg\" width=\"300\"><\/div>\n<div align=\"center\"><span><br \/><\/span><\/div>\n<div><span><b><i><\/i><\/b><em>&#8220;The thrilling &#8220;Dangerous Lagoon&#8221; in Ripley&#8217;s Aquarium of Canada is a 2.9 million litre underwater adventure filled with 17 sharks, green sea turtles, sawfish, and more, and features a 97 metre underwater tunnel with a moving sidewalk. (CNW Group\/Ripley&#8217;s Aquarium of Canada LP)<\/em><\/span><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ripley\u2019s Aquarium of Canada, Toronto&#8217;s newest and most highly anticipated attraction, opened its doors on 16th\u00a0October 2013, locals and tourists flocking to the 12,500 square-metre \u2018Dangerous Lagoon\u2019 at the base of the CN Tower in the heart of Toronto. Canada\u2019s largest indoor aquarium houses more than 16,000 marine animals and 450 species, including the world\u2019s [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-17233","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17233","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=17233"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/17233\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17233"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=17233"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/traveloscopy.com\/travel-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=17233"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}