Fun fact: Marlins Executive VP for Ballpark Development Claude Delorme said that the new fish tanks that line the backstop area at Marlins Park were tested by having Marlins first-baseman Gaby Sanchez wing baseballs at them. He was clocked at 84 mph, and no, they didn?t break. But still, some animal activists are asking, why place fish in an environment where fish don?t belong?
But even if the 100 fish inside the tanks are sure to stay wet, activists have another concern. ?I can tell you even if the glass doesn?t shatter, [stadium noise is] going to cause a tremendous vibration and disturb and upset the fish,? Animal Rights Foundation of Florida spokesman Don Anthony told the local press. ?Fish are not a decoration.?
To minimize vibrations from a stadium full of rowdy fans, the temperature-controlled aquariums are suspended on a flexible material called neoprene, but activists think that isn?t sufficient. ?No matter how many shock absorbers they build into the system, if there are thousands of fans screaming and jumping during a sporting event it?s going to affect the fish in there,? Anthony said.
Mat Roy of Ft. Lauderdale-based Living Color Aquariums, which made the tanks, said ?We?ve taken every precaution. All that we can do is show that over the test of time, these animals are doing just fine.?
Whether this is animal abuse or not, the fact remains that these aquariums seem like something a millionaire drug kingpin would have in his lair ? or what future Biff would have in his living room in Back to the Future II.
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