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Two aquariums (one in New York and one in New Jersey) are swamped because of Superstorm Sandy. Mitik, the baby walrus who recently arrived at the Coney Island aquarium, got hands-on tender loving care during the storm from dedicated handlers. The aquariums are being pumped out with help from generators but if efforts to get the tanks up and running are not successful and speedy, the animals in both aquariums will be relocated. The aquariums did not lose any animals in the violent storm, said Steve Feldman, spokesman for the Maryland-based Association of Zoos and Aquariums.“They’re definitely going to have to get some of their permanent systems back up and running,” Feldman said. “Their basin is built to allow the ocean to pass through it, and that’s exactly what happened, but it left behind a significant amount of sand and affected their systems.”
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This has been the story for the past few days. I hope the aquarium center will get back to its feet as soon as possible. I hope to visit the newly renovated establishment one of these days.
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