Tokyo Sea Life Park
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Tokyo Sea Life Park | |
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Date opened | 1989 |
Location | Kasai Rinkai Park, Tokyo |
Public transit access | Kasai-Rinkai Park Station |
Website | www |
Tokyo Sea Life Park (葛西臨海水族園, kasai-rinkai-suizoku-en) is a public aquarium located in Edogawa Ward, Tokyo. It can be accessed from Kasai-Rinkai Park Station.
Escape of Penguin 337
The aquarium received global attention in 2012 when one of its 135 Humboldt penguins thrived in Tokyo Bay for 82 days after apparently scaling the 13 foot high wall and managing to get through a barbed-wire fence into the bay.[1] The penguin, known only by its number (337), was recaptured by the keepers in late May 2012.[2]
References
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- ^ 'Escape' into the Tokyo Bay, CNN, May 17, 2012
- ^ "Tokyo keepers catch fugitive Penguin 337". BBC News. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 4 March 2017.