FANTASTIC FROGS, enastående grodor, paddor och salamandrar
is due to air pollution caused by the burning of fossil fuels by factories, power-stations and vehicles. Sulphuric acid and nitric oxides in rainfall cause the acidification of lakes, pools and wetlands (below PH 7). Metals such as aluminium and mercury are released into the water, poisoning the inhabitants. We feed Stockholm’s rainwater directly into […]
…covers 71% of the earth´s surface and contains 1.3 billion cubic kilometers of water, or 97% of all water on earth. There are marine sediments that are at least 3.6 billion years old. The waters of the seas and oceans are constantly moving, influenced by warmth from the sun, the earth´s rotation and the gravitational […]
Svenska versionen Information Keymap Back to homepage TROPICAL WATERS Follow a South American river from the rainforest to the sea: Living Rainforest Mangrove Swamp Sea Aquarium Coral Reef NORDIC WATERS Follow a Swedish river from the mountains to the Baltic Sea: Mountain Lake Salmon Rapids Sewer Adventure
Living rainforest Follow a South American rain forest river, with giant catfish, cichlids, stingrays, angelfish, arowanas and piranhas. Night falls, and a tropical thunderstorm breaks out. After sheltering from the rain in the hut, cross the river at dawn via the hanging bridge, over a shoal of piranhas. Through windows cut into the river bank, […]
At the estuary of tropical rivers grow the mangrove forests. Sometimes called ”the nursery of the sea”, these ideal brackish waters are a favourite location for hatching and caring for fry; the river is full of nutrition as it flows into the sea, and the mangrove roots provide protection from predators. Mangrove […]
A coral reef is the limestone skeleton of a colony of living animals, the corals. Reefs are more important for the earth’s ecological balance than was previously recognised – they function as regulators, both filtering seawater as well as providing it with fresh oxygen and other elements. The reef is a rich and complex world, […]
Step directly from the heat of the tropics into the cool Nordic mountain landscape, with rocky pools and foaming salmon rapids. A shoal of char have their home in the mountain pool, and below the rapids, trout have their mating-ground. Get a close view of miniature Scandinavian freshwater creatures in the Wall of Bugs. This […]
Mal Siluris glanis Här i Sverige lever en av världens största sötvattensfiskar; malen. Den trivs i lugna rinnande vatten, där den är mest aktiv på sommaren, på vintern faller den i ett dvalliknande tillstånd. Födan utgörs bland annat av karpfiskar som sarv, björkna och mört. Den största mal man har åldersbestämt i Sverige, var 45 […]
Sötvattenstingrocka av arten Potamotrygon hystrix Sötvattensstingrockor I vår regnskog lever ett stim sydamerikanska sötvattenstingrockor, av arten Potamotrygon motoro. De trivs väldigt bra hos oss, och har givit upphov till flera nya generationer stingrockor. Senaste kullen föddes 970926, och blev hela fem stycken små hannar. De simmar just nu i Aquaria Vattenmuseums kassadisk. Sötvattensstingrockor lever i […]
Pilgiftsgrodor lever i de fuktiga regnskogarna i Syd- och Centralamerika. Grodorna utsöndrar gift genom huden, men styrkan på giftet varierar mellan olika arter. De giftigaste kan lätt döda en människa. Till och med att röra ett blad där en groda nyss suttit kan vara livsfarligt. Indianerna använder giftet till sina blåsrörspilar, därav denna grodfamiljs namn. […]