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Boudewijn Seapark in Sint-Michiels, Bruges, Belgium.
By Mark on August 2, 2010
Welcome to my post on the Belgium, marine mammal park and theme park in Sint-Michiels, Bruges, Belgium, it is known as Boudewijn Seapark. If you were to visit one of these parks you would find, a majority of marine and aquarium animals, for example you may see such as dolphins, beluga whales and sea lions are kept within water tanks and displayed to the public in special shows. So what is a marine mammal park, well as I have just mentioned it is like a giant aquarium, it is sometimes known as an oceanarium, because of the size and types of marine mammals that it hosts. They are commercial theme park’s or aquarium’s, where you may also find other species of fish or marine birds. A marine mammal park will of course be more better than a dolphinarium, for example, as you will have much more to see and do, as well as being kept entertained, by a wider arrange of marine mammals and animals. Sometimes you will even get to see divers in the pools with the mammals, swimming, feeding etc. So when you actually get to see this park it becomes quite noticable, that it is like a combination of a public aquarium and an amusement park. Do not get confused with a Marine mammal park and marine parks. Marine Parks will often show more natural reserves and marine wildlife sanctuaries such as coral reefs, particularly if you were to go to Australia.
So what is a dolphinarium, it is an aquarium for dolphins. These guys are usually kept in large pools, though occasionally they may be kept in pens in the open sea, either for research or for public performances. Normally though, the aquarium will consist of one pool, where you will see dolphins performing for the public. But you will also find Dolphin Aquariums in other parts of larger parks, such as marine mammal parks, zoos or theme parks, keeping other animals and having other attractions as well. sadly being the people that we are today, there is a need to learn and to learn quickly, this means that at times people will use whatever they can use to find informations, for example, there are animal welfare groups that will insist, keeping larger mammals like dolphins or whales is perceived has a form of abuse, even though over years, animal welfare, has improved, significantly over the last few decades.
Welcome to the three lady models in Sint-Michiels.
The most common species of dolphin which is usually found in dolphinariums are the Bottlenose Dolphins, this is because they are relatively easy to train and have a long lifespan in captivity. But one of the problems about keeping larger marine mammals is that you may not necessarliy know, how big the pools should be and I have found out that there are different sized pools,that vary in different countries. Even though cetaceans, have been in captivity since the 1860s, the first ever commercial dolphinarium was opened only in 1938. These Dolphinariums grew in the 1960s. But since the 1970s, increasing concern for animal welfare lead to stricter regulation, which in several countries ultimately resulted in the closure of all dolphinariums in the past decades. Despite this trend, dolphinariums are still widely spread in Europe, Japan and North America and they really are good fun to see.
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3 Responses to “Boudewijn Seapark in Sint-Michiels, Bruges, Belgium.”
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Nick Ramsay, exploring the world from a zabuton in Japan.
9:39 pm on November 6th, 2010
WE WANT TO SEE FREE DOLPHINS,NOT SLAVES!
9:40 pm on November 6th, 2010
WE WANT FREE DOLPHINS,NOT SLAVES!!!
10:51 am on November 7th, 2010
I HATE DOLPHINARIUMS ! CETACEANS HELD CAPTIVE IN THESE CHLORINATED POOLS & TANKS DIE IN PAIN ; THEIR OFFSPRING IF NOT A IN-UTERO DEATH CASE ; ENDS UP NEVER KNOWING THE SEA ! AND WHAT IT MEANS TO BE A REAL CETACEAN IN THE WILD ! ALL YOU DO IS EXPLOIT THESE POOL ANIMALS FOR “MONEY” .