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Las Vegas Casino Welcomes Shark

LAS VEGAS – As reported by the Associated Press: "After more than two years in seclusion and doubts about whether it would survive in captivity, a great hammerhead shark was released this week into a massive aquarium at the Mandalay Bay hotel-casino.

"…Shark Reef curator Jack Jewell said the 5-year-old shark was captured off the coast of Florida and transported by air to an off-site husbandry tank in Las Vegas in August 2001.

"Jewell said he didn't know whether the animal could live through the dangerous journey in a specially designed holding tank. The shark has to swim continuously to breathe.

"…The shark's new habitat is a 1.3-million gallon saltwater tank that houses sandtiger, sandbar, nurse and white tip reef sharks, along with other marine life, such as sea turtles, barracuda and stingrays…"

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