Great White Shark: Feeding at Supper Time

A peek behind-the-scenes at how to feed the young white shark at the Monterey Bay Aquarium. There's more to see at http://www.mbayaq.org/whiteshark/. The mission of the Monterey Bay Aquarium is to inspire conservation of the worlds oceans.
(c) 2006 Monterey Bay Aquarium Foundation

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[zanzibarfox]

how many gallons is the outer bay exactly?

it seems like that's the perfect amount to hold juvenile whites because no other place ever pulled it off. i remember when i was like 10 and they tried to house a larger juvenile white at steinhardt in a tiny tank. now that seems like cruelty to me, what on earth were they thinking?

oh well. i guess that's why our aquarium is the best. =]

[MontereyBayAquarium]

The main outber bay tank is a million gallons. He did well there but is now back in the wild (Baja last we heard)

[23126]

You should start feeding him people, so he gets bigger.

[kvblakely]

Most likely you saw the Georgia Aquarium. Their main tank has 3 whale sharks and over 70,000 fish. It holds 6.3 million gallons.

[OceanicLyfe]

I couldn't resist saying aww at 0:06. It's just like it's adult parents ^^

[ceeej31]

interesting to see breaching behavior in such a young animal

[Catdogika102]

beautiful i was super scared of sharks then when i went to the aquariam foe the first time when i was like 9 years old i was shocked to see how nice and beautiful and if i were 7 now i wouldn't be watching this video now im 10 years old and i want to save these ceartures from finning so help the sharks ok bye oh and on march 22,2010 on monday im going to the aquariam the montery bay aquaraim yay

[psicordelicopsy]

little shark

[fangdracona18]

beautiful shark

[SQUILLA898]

The tank was built in 1996, and was primarily designed just for Pacific bluefin and Pacific yellowfin tuna, as well as bonito, Pacific mackerel, Pacific Barracudas, and Black sea turtles. However, the tank depth corresponded to the diving patterns tracked in baby white sharks, and we were able to aclimate them in ocean pens near Malibu to see if they could slowly adapt to a temporary captive environment. After several weeks or 6 months maximum, they were tagged and released.

[kvblakely]

Reading their blog, it sounds like they only keep a Great White for max 6 month and then release it and bring in a new one, so they are constantly rotated. When they release it they tag it and track it in the wild.

[spearo92]

i saw a tank with whale sharks in it on the web once...how big would that tank have been? there were multiple ws in it and other species as well

[SidneyXda]

oh man ..he wants to breach already! lol

oh those powerful genes are just raring to kill seals and rule the ocean. Also the teeth and gums..need meat dangling, with blood stains everywhere around the mouth lol then he will be like his parents