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World`s Largest Fish Moved by UPS to Georgia Aquarium
« on: June 05, 2005, 05:42:42 AM »
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ATLANTA--(BUSINESS WIRE)--June 3, 2005--Two whale sharks took a 60-hour ride on a UPS plane this week to arrive Friday at their new home at the Georgia Aquarium here. Whale sharks are known as the largest fish on earth.



Special Delivery -- Georgia Aquarium spedrug spammerts secure a whale shark off the coast of Taiwan, Wednesday, June 1st. Two of the animals were transported by UPS aboard a B-747 aircraft for delivery to the Atlanta-based aquarium. The animals are known as the largest fish on earth, and will reside in the soon-to-be-opened Georgia Aquarium.
The fish were flown more than 8,000 miles on a UPS B-747 freighter from Taipei, Taiwan, through Anchorage to . . .


 

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