The Mall's Dubai Aquarium and Discovery Centre, developed and operated by Oceanis Australia Group, officially earned the Guinness World Record for the world's "
Largest Acrylic Panel" (32.88 m wide × 8.3 m high × 750 mm thick and weighing 245,614 kg). The acrylic viewing panel is larger than Japan's Okinawa Churaumi Aquarium (22.5 m wide × 8.2 m high and 600 mm thick). Its 750 mm thick acrylic viewing panel can withstand pressure of 10 million litres of water used in the aquarium, but its transparency gives visitors clear views of over 33,000 marine animals on display. In February 2010, a leak in the aquarium caused a partial evacuation and brief shutdown of a portion of the mall. The Mall adopted an International Standard of Ethics and Animal Welfare Policy in its development and operation.
The Dubai Aquarium & Underwater Zoo is a
large fishtank in The Dubai
Mall, hosting thousands of fish and other underwater wildlife for
visitors and residents to watch. No fishing allowed though. Enter the
tunnel on the ground floor, or go to level 2 to visit at the Underwater
Zoo. View the fish for free from far away on ground floor, level 1 or 2,
or buy a ticket for the tunnel to stand up close and make funny faces
while the fish wonder if you really are the most intelligent species on
the planet. You can press your nose against the glass for free if you
walk behind the aquarium on level 1 (where Chillis, Romano's Macaroni
& Grill, and H&M are), or sometimes downstairs behind the tunnel
entrance or exit (if it's not roped off).
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