3/5 - "Modern" Lisbon and the Oceanario

Expo '98 (1998 Lisbon World Exposition)

The Oceanarium is located in the Parque das Nações, which was the exhibition grounds for the Expo '98.

The Lisbon Oceanarium has a large collection of marine species — birds, mammals, fish, cnidaria, and other marine organisms totaling about 16,000 individuals of 450 species.

Despite its intention of representing the open ocean, the Oceanarium has been criticised by several scientists for grouping together species that would never meet in nature.

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