rhondawi at sprynet.com wrote:
>
> Since the conversation has been on public displays in zoos and
> aquariums not being representitive of natural habitats, I thought I'd
> put my 2-bits in.
>
> I went to Chicago last year and went to the Shedd Aqurium there and
> honestly was really dissapointed. There was a lot of algae, the plants
> in the tanks that were supposed to be representitive of certain
> biotypes were really wrong. For example they had South American
> terrestrials, and Asian aqautic plants in the tanks that were supposed
> to represent North American waters. Why do they do this? It seems that
> if your going to try to educate the public you should at least be
> giving them the right information. Is it that they themselves don't
> know? And if they don't how in the world do they get these jobs?
>
> Rhonda