Primorsky Oceanarium
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Official website says it is still under construction.



Source: http://primocean.ru/

Is it open now? I saw the June 2016 announcement below.

Excellent drone footage showing the aquarium's construction progress.

Many of the aqaurium's animals have begun to move into their new homes at the aquarium, including the beluga whales, dolphins, many fish species and "Misha" the walrus which CarlySX already shared. Penguins are going to be moved in soon as well.

Source: http://russkiymir.ru/en/news/207631/

Actually, if you zoom in close enough you can see the beluga whales in the sea pens

I believe this is where the new outdoor pens we have seen with the belugas are. There seems to be no other pens on the most recent google earth images.




The images were updated on 25th March 2016.

Source: Google Earth

The Walrus "Misha" has also been moved in

The new pool of 330 cubic meters of water

His coach Denis Sokur long urged Misha enter the water. But such behavior, according to Dennis, normal for an animal: he carefully, slowly exploring unfamiliar body of water. But diving into it, can swim for days

Source: http://primocean.ru/news/morzh-misha.html

Belugas are in their waterside pens learning their show tricks. I hope they stay in those pens next to the sea rather than being taken indoors but tweet says this is temporary.







Source: https://twitter.com/Orcinusocean/status/720564171088207873

New photo of seal/sea lion/walrus/pilot whale/bottlenose dolphin/beluga whale show tank:



Source: http://old.fano.gov.ru/ru/official/news/index.php?id_4=25293&from_4=7

Plenty more new photos can be found here:







http://eaomedia.ru/news/society/01.04.2016/495423/marshrut-na-vihodnie-morskie-chudesa-ot-zapolyarya-do-tropikov-sobral-primorskiy-o.html