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Berlin's giant AquaDom hotel aquarium containing 1,500 fish explodes

Posted by cfabbro
Tags: germany.berlin, aquariums, aquadom, hotels, radisson blu, disasters.structural, deaths.animal, fish, cities.capital, author.michael sheils mcnamee, author.jenny hill, author.michael steininger, source.bbc
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-63996982

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Published
Dec 16 2022

5 comments

  1. [4]
    cmccabe
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    I don’t think I’ve ever been to one of these kinds of aquariums and not wondered what would happen if the glass broke. But I guess I always assumed they are so overengineered that they’d never...

    I don’t think I’ve ever been to one of these kinds of aquariums and not wondered what would happen if the glass broke. But I guess I always assumed they are so overengineered that they’d never break. So much for assumptions.

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      Omnicrola
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      The thing that caught my attention in the article, was the mention that some portion of the tank reached -6C overnight? Is that.... intentional? It mentions tropical fish, surely the entire tank...

      The thing that caught my attention in the article, was the mention that some portion of the tank reached -6C overnight? Is that.... intentional? It mentions tropical fish, surely the entire tank was heated? Did a heater fail? I have many questions.

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        Tygrak
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        I am pretty sure that is -6C overnight outside.

        I am pretty sure that is -6C overnight outside.

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  2. KittyCat
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    between this and the monkeys shot dead in Sweden.. I would hope people start realising that maybe trapping wild animals for our own entertainment isn't the kindest of ideas. Especially if we...

    between this and the monkeys shot dead in Sweden.. I would hope people start realising that maybe trapping wild animals for our own entertainment isn't the kindest of ideas. Especially if we apparently are unable to safely contain them.