At Phuket Aquarium, the most unusual fish and other inhabitants of the sea depths await you. The underwater world of Phuket is presented in detail - corals, fish, and algae that live around the island, so if you are planning to go diving, at the aquarium you can get acquainted with what you will see underwater. There are also many species of fish here that are exotic for Thailand, collected from different corners of the world.
The marine world presented in the aquarium is very diverse - squirrelfish and cowfish, lionfish and unicornfish, leopard rays and completely transparent glass catfish, through whose bodies the spine is visible. One of the aquarium's old-timers - a giant grouper - has lived here for more than 25 years and has grown to a length of one and a half meters and several hundred kilograms. On Saturdays at 11 a.m., at the aquarium you can watch a spine-chilling show in which scuba divers hand-feed huge sharks and formidable electric rays.
Some tourists compare Phuket Aquarium with world-famous aquariums and reproach it for its small size. But it should be taken into account that Phuket Aquarium is an addition to the Marine Biological Research Center, whose main task is the rescue and study of sea turtles. These beautiful animals were almost destroyed in the pursuit of valuable shells and delicacy meat. To prevent the species from disappearing, a center was created that also занимается breeding turtles. The baby turtles bred here are released into the sea on the Thai New Year, in April, and thousands of people come to watch this spectacle.
