Newport Aquarium: Difference between revisions

The shark ray breeding program is notable as one of the firstpioneering ofefforts itsin kindthis area, withresulting twoin sharksthe havingsuccessful producedreproduction offspringof two shark rays. <ref name=":1" /> However,The thebreeding process is difficultchallenging due to the tendencyspecies' ofaggressive sharkmating rays to engage in rough copulationbehavior, which has previously resultedled into the death of onea offemale theshark femalesray.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Mating injury kills Kentucky aquarium's shark ray |language=en |work=USA Today |url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/07/23/shark-ray-mating-injury/2581547/ |access-date=2018-10-16}}</ref> CurrentlyAs of now, the aquarium hasdisplays four adult shark rays on exhibit.

[[Albinism|Albino]] alligators, Snowflake and Snowball, returned to Newport in 2014. They are about six feet long and weight between 65 and 85 pounds. There are fewer than 100 albino alligators known in the world today.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2014/07/16/white-alligators-newport-aquarium/12732519/|title=Albino alligators return to Newport Aquarium|work=Cincinnati.com|access-date=2018-11-02|language=en}}</ref>