The largest marine aquarium in Latin America will be built in the  city of Rio de Janeiro, in southeastern Brazil. To be named AquaRio (in Portuguese aquarium is aquário), the new place is part of a plan to revitalize the city, Rio municipal authorities announced on Wednesday, September 2.

The construction will require an estimated investment of 110 million Brazilian reais (some 60 million US dollars) which city officials anticipate will come mostly from private sector donors.

The aquarium, to be located in the port area of the city, near the Guanabara Bay, will have a total floor area of 27,000 square meters (290,000 square feet) and will house 12,000 animals from 400 different freshwater and saltwater species, including sharks and rays.

It will also have 42 tanks containing a total of five million liters (1.3 million gallons) of water. Specialized tanks for animals such as penguins and sea lions are also included in the project.

AquaRio will have special areas for polar bears as well as penguins and visitors will be able to swim with the fish. The Coca-Cola company should be a big investor in the project.

According to biologist Marcelo Szpilman, who initiated the project, the aquarium was conceived not only to be a tourist attraction, but also to promote conservation of biodiversity, environmental education, research and recovery for injured sea animals.

The project includes a marine museum, a convention center, shops and a restaurant on the top floor. The project is expected to be finished by 2012 and is estimated to be able to attract 1.5 million visitors per year.

Rio do Janeiro is home to the most conservation conscious activist groups in Brazil and a stronghold of the Green party, which almost won the city's government.

City officials don't discard support from the federal government, since Brazil in 2014 will he hosting the football World Cup and Rio is bidding for the Olympic Games of 2016.

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Hmmmmm !
written by ch.c., September 05, 2009

I did not know Latam males were cuming...in Aquariums !
Is it a tradition...or a way to feed fishes with "natural" products ?
I wonder how you prepare and poses to do that ..... in a confidential and intimate way !
While you smile as much as I do, just pay attention to the picture.
Yesssss the water has a slight milky color and the shark is not in the water but floating !
Should I ask why ?

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what a maroon ...
written by Zap, September 06, 2009

First of all, it's an artist's rendering (probably computer-generated), not a photograph ...
And secondly, what the hell kind of drug do you take? Cut back on the dosage and maybe someday you can communicate in English, rather than just throwing together a jumble of words in the hope that some people might actually think that you know English very well and are really speaking English -- the rest of us native English speakers are thinking "What the hell is this guy trying to say???" ...

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the rest of us native English speakers are thinking "What the hell is this guy trying to say???" ...
written by ch.c., September 07, 2009

You better re-read THE "English" of some other members,RED NECK !

Ohhhh junkie, beer belly, fluffy mind, bald, what other language do you talk ?
Are you sniffing your beers...by the barrels ?

And to my knowledge...maroon...is a color ! Nothing to do with..... moron !
But RED NECKS are always right. Arent they ?
Sniff well your next 10 barrels of beers ! what else can/could you do...by the way ?
Your are just as good as your JUNK CURRENCY.....THE BRITISH POUND OR THE US DOLLAR.....declining EVERY DECADE SOMEWHAT MORE !!!!
Print more & more money, in appearance that will make you...RICHER !

I cant stop laughing !

Can you understand me CLEAR AND LOUD by now ?

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Ohhh and to Zap...the Moron !
written by ch.c., September 07, 2009

Why do morons like lightning?
They think someone is taking their picture.




Why did it take the moron an hour to eat breakfast?
Because the orange juice carton instructions said Concentrate ! !

How did the moron try to kill a fish?
He tried to drown it in the sea.

What do you do if a moron throws a grenade at you?
Pull the pin and throw it back at him .


How did the moron fall on the floor?
He tripped over the cordless phone.


Why did the moron climb the glass wall ?
To see what was on the other side!


How did the moron try to kill a bird?
He threw it off a mountain cliff !


How do you confuse a moron?
Put him in a round room and tell him to sit in one corner!


Why did the moron going to the airport turn around and go home?
Because he saw the sign that said "Airport Left".


How do you keep a moron in suspense?
I'll tell you tomorrow! (hehehehe)


Hear about the moron that got an AM radio?
It took him a month to realize he could play it at night.



Two morons were walking through the woods and they came to some tracks.
The first moron said "These look like deer tracks,"
and the other moron said, "No, they look like moose tracks."
They argued and argued, and they were still arguing when the train hit them.



Why can't a moron dial 911?
They can't find the 11 on the phone!

Hmmmm !

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