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Largehead hairtail on exhibit for a limited time!
- Now through the end of January, 2012 - |
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Come and see 30 Largehead hairtail in “Japan Deeps” Tank, on the 4th floor of Kaiyukan.
Largehead hairtail is found throughout the tropical and temperate waters of the world. They live in shallow coastal waters of a few meters down to deep seas of several hundred meters under water.
Largehead hairtail is characterized by its body uniformly silver, scaleless, absence of pelvic and caudal fin, and ribbon-like tapered tail. While waving its elongate dorsal fin, they are often found treading water with their heads up.
Being scaleless means very vulnerable. This makes it difficult to catch and transport them without hurting their sensitive bodies, thus makes it very hard to keep them for a long period of time. |
 Special Exhibition:
Penguins - Surprising biology full of wonder!
- Now through Feb. 14, 2012, on the 5th floor, Kaiyukan -
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Adelie penguins raising chicks in Antarctica.
(Filmed and provided by The National Institute of Polar Research (NIPR)).
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You often see penguins at zoos and aquariums, or even appeared in designs or used as a character, but not much is known about their biology. Furnished with skeletal preparations, real feathers, and full-size replica of eggs, this exhibition is designed in an easy-to-understand manner for visitors to learn about surprising biology and ability of penguins.
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Now through Feb. 14, 2012
(We are open every day during this period, from 10am thru. 8pm) |
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5th floor, KAIYUKAN |
| [Admission] |
No extra charge (Admission for Kaiyukan is required) |
[Brief explanation by our caretaker (in Japanese)]
11:00am -/ 2:30pm -/ 4:45pm - (for 5 minutes, 3 times a day)
[Highlights of exhibition]
1) Penguins like cold places?
Let’s learn about penguins’ habitat here. There are 18 extant penguin species of 6 genera in the world. Although many of them are found in cold climates mainly on the ice in Antarctica, in fact, some species live in the temperate zone along cold ocean current like in Southern end of Africa and Galapagos Islands located right on the equator.
2) Let’s compare skeleton!
Let’s compare skeletal preparations of King penguin and Giant petrel, and find out how well penguins’ body structure is suited for living in the water.
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Skeletal preparations of King penguin (left) and Giant petrel (right)
Skeletal preparations are provided by Osaka Museum of Natural History. |
3) Raising chicks
Penguin has one spouse. They form a large breeding place called “colony”. Parents usually take turns holding the egg to keep it warm, and raise chick cooperating with each other. Parents and chick can recognize one another by the sound of their call, so parents can feed only their chick. Let’s watch an image of Adelie penguin raising chicks in Antarctica and penguins taking care of chicks at Kaiyukan.
Note: The real penguins can be found at “Antarctica” Tank, not in this exhibition. |
Cute Tiny Sea Animals ‘Cawaii!’ Collection
- Big Wonders of Small Sea Animals ? |
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Time & Date: March 11, 2011 ? January 9, 2012
(Every day except for June 22 and 23; we are closed on these dates)
For opening hour, please see our calendar:
http://www.kaiyukan.com/language/eng/info/index.htm
Venue: “KAIYUKAN Gallery”, 4th floor, KAIYUKAN Entrance Building
No extra charge (Admission for KAIYUKAN is required)
KAIYUKAN is proudly introducing this special exhibition of about 600 small sea animals of 80 species, focusing on various forms of life of small sea animals, including cute little balloon lumpfish; 2cm long, balloon-shaped body with big round eyes, tiny shrimps, baby loggerhead turtles and many more!!
The exhibition is provided with visual guide for better standing of wisdom and performance of small sea animals, technique for surviving their harsh environment. Also, exhibition introduces environment for these tiny sea animals to live in, such as coral reef, eelgrass bed and mangrove forest, and refers to its importance to conserve these environment.
This entertaining exhibition has more features:
1) Mini petting aquarium: shark and ray,
2) Fish fortune-telling using QR code, and
3) Download service: cute picture of balloon lumpfish and sea horse for standby screen of your mobile.
Enjoy!
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