Acuario Michin Guadalajara, Public aquarium in Guadalajara, Mexico.
Acuario Michin Guadalajara is a public aquarium in the center of the city housing over two hundred animal and plant species from both salt and freshwater in themed tanks. The areas are organized by habitat and present ecosystems ranging from coasts and reefs to rivers and tropical waters.
Construction of Acuario Michin Guadalajara began in 2015 near Parque Alcalde, with almost 300 million pesos invested, and it opened in March 2017. Plans for an aquarium in Puerto Vallarta were dropped over concerns it would draw too few visitors once Guadalajara's was built. In 2018 it became the first aquarium in Mexico to successfully breed neotropical river otters.
The five exhibit halls carry the names of pre-Hispanic Mexican peoples: Wixárika, Maya, Mixtec, Konkaak and Olmeca. In the Mixtec hall, an aviary lets visitors feed budgerigars, and Achcalli Farm, added in 2019 and enlarged in 2021, holds flamingos, ducks, turtles, capybaras and miniature pigs.
The aquarium stands near Parque Alcalde, west of Guadalajara's historic centre. Plan around the five pavilions plus Marine Challenges, since the shark-tank dive, crocodile feeding and giant rabbit interaction cost extra and are booked separately. The Mixtec aviary and Achcalli Farm let visitors feed budgerigars, tilapia and carp.
In 2018 the aquarium became the first in Mexico to successfully breed neotropical river otters, and it has housed nonreleasable otters. It also works with Tapitas Bank, Pelagios Kakunjá and local indigenous-led groups on breeding and conservation programs.
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