Baby Hippo Born, Berlin ZOO, Germany

The Aquarium, which was built in 1913 as part of the Zoologischer Garten complex. Since its opening the Zoo-Aquarium has been ranked among the public aquariums with the world’s greatest biodiversity. On either a separate or joint ticket it can be visited with the zoo.
Over 9 000 animals are presented on three storeys. It contains a famous jellyfish breeding, tropical and native fishes, crocodiles and broad variety of insects. In addition to its 250 fish tanks, the Aquarium houses a wide variety of amphibians and reptiles including the Komodo dragon.
The shark tank presents the blacktip reef shark. The chondrichthians, or cartilaginous fishes, are an ancient class of animal that includes both the sharks and the rays.
With a total capacity of 25,000 litres twelve basins present different sections through the world of corals. The largest of these basins is the 11 m³ Great Coral Basin with its reproduction lagoon.