Browsing Manila Standard by Subject "aquaria"

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    • 'Buntot page' 

      (Manila Standard, August 1, 2014, on page A6)
      Visitors marvel at the freshwater stingray as it glides gracefully with its tail formed like a whip. The species is among the crowd-drawers Las Farolas on Frontera Drive beside Tiendesitas, Ortigas Ave., Pasig City. The ...

    • Gentle piranha found in Pasig 

      Ardosa, Carlos (Manila Standard, May 28, 2014, on page A6)
      Las Farolas, which turned a year old in April, is also the sanctuary of a friendly variety of piranha called the Red Pacu or Red Belly Pacu, an omnivorous South American freshwater fish. Pacu (scientific name Colossoma ...

    • Oceanarium 

      Agence France-Presse (AFP) (Manila Standard, August 5, 2013, on page B4)
      This undated handout picture released on Aug. 1, 2013 by the Australian Institute of Marine Science shows a researcher with coral in a tank at the National Sea Simulator, or SeaSim, in the northern cityof Townsville. The ...

    • Whales in the wild: rare gem amid Thailand's mass tourism 

      Thouvenot, Delphine (Manila Standard, December 14, 2016, on page B4)
      Piercing the water’s surface with its almond-shaped mouth, a giant Bryde’s whale opens wide for one, two, three seconds, gulping in anchovies as a boatload of awed tourist look on in the Gulf of Thailand. It’s a rare glimpse ...