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I was in Vancouver BC about a year ago and there were a good number of
stalked crinoids in tanks at the Vancouver Aquarium.  They looked quite
happy.  I'd give that aquarium an A+ for paying good attention to the
invertebrates as well as those things with fins that keep getting in the
way.  Excellent whale, seal, otter, kelp forest, Jelyfish, and rocky
shoreline invertebrate displays as well. ***** highly recommended.  After
that, you can run down to the fish markets and become even more intimate
with invertebrate biology over dinner.  Don't forget your invert dissection
manuals.

Dave

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>A couple of days ago Ernest Olsen remarked that the aquarium at Scripps
>Institution of Oceanography had some chambered nautilus in the past, and
>that they didn't look well.  So I checked just now.  There are four, in a
>darkened tank of their own, and I couldn't tell whether or not they were
>happy.

>I also asked about stalked crinoids, since they were a topic of
>correspondence recently.  Our aquarium has none, at the moment.

>I looked at the website (http://www.aquarium.ucsd.edu), and found it
>notably lacking in details of what is on exhibit.  I suppose the reason for
>that is the difficulty of keeping current information on displays - which
>critters have died, been added, and so on.



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