14 DAY TRIAL // Ripley's Aquarium of Canada, which happens to be the country's largest facility of this kind, opened in Toronto this past Wednesday.
According to HuffPost, the aquarium is home to about 13,000 animals belonging to 450 different aquatic species. Apparently, these animals' homes combined amount to about six million liters of water.
The same source tells us that work on this facility began about two years ago. The aquarium was supposed to open to the public much sooner, but the project suffered several setbacks.
Given the fact that some $130 million (€96.11 million) have been invested in building this aquarium, it's no wonder that things turned out all right in the end.
Visitors to this aquarium can not only touch crabs and stingrays, but also spend a night (more or less) sleeping under a shark tank.
“We want families to come here and have fun. There's a lot of things to do here. What we tried to do is surprise you around every corner,” said Jim Pattison Jr., the current president of Ripley's Entertainment Inc.
“Everything is very interactive. We want children to really learn about the different animals and the environments they live in, and we tried to do that in unusual ways,” he added.
Ticket prices are $30 (€22.18), $20 (€14.78) and $12 (€8.87) for adults, youth and children under the age of five, respectively.