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Underwater World at Sentosa Island, Singapore.
By Darryl Kinslow | October 5, 2008
Underwater World is an oceanarium located on the western part of Sentosa. Opened in 1991, the living museum has more than 2,500 marine and fresh-water animals of 250 species from different regions of the world. The oceanarium is underground and has an 83 metre long travelator that moves visitors along a submerged glass-windowed tunnel from which they can look at an array of marine life including a coral reef, stringrays, moray eels, turtles, sharks, and other fishes. In the ‘Dive-with-the-Sharks’ program visitors can scuba dive in the large oceanarium, even if they are not scuba qualified. Qualified scuba divers can also ‘Dive-with-the-Dugong”.
The Underwater World also includes a Dolphin Lagoon which is home to some Indo-Pacific humpback dolphins, also known as the pink dolphins. Several “Meet-the-Dolphins” sessions are held daily to allow visitors to enter the waist-deep pool and interact with the dolphins at close proximity. A more involved “Swim-with-the-Dolphins’ program, where visitors can interact extensively with the dolphins, is also available.
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