Facts and Figures
Marineland France (d'antibes or Cote d'azur) opened in 1970 by Roland de la Poype’s fascination with the sea and its inhabitants. At the time, hunting was still in its height so "By creating Marineland, I wanted to raise public awareness", remembers Count de la Poype. At the time, Dr Fernand Méry, President of the Conseil National de la Protection Animale, hailed the creation of Marineland in these terms: "We must be grateful to the organizers of Marineland Côte d’Azur for having brought together this exceptional collection of aquatic mammals. It will be necessary to review the data acquired so far (not very seriously) on the intellectual hierarchy among animals."
The last transfer was
the
second captive born at MLF. This was Shouka
who moved to Six Flags in 2002. There has been:
- 8 imported from other parks
- 2 exports to other parks
- 10 deaths
- 4 births
- 4 Stillbirth
- 0 Pregnancy
The Tanks
- The orcas used to live in the present dolphin tank and before that, the present sea lion tank until 2000 when Marineland invested in a huge project. It took 11 months to complete and the end result was breath taking. The new tank holds 1553845 cubic feet / 44 million liters of sea water. The reinforcement steel used in the windows are created from the same compounds as those of the Eiffel Tower and by the same company. The windows are made of methacrylate which is curved on both sides, it is 7 inches (17 cm) thick, 15 feet (4.60 m) high and 210 feet (64 m) long; it was specially manufactured in the USA. The stadium seating may contain 3600 to 4000 people and the roof is composed of a structure similar to the Stade de France. It takes 7 days to fill the basin with the system with current pumping and the purification plant is equivalent to that of the town of Nice, that is to say a flow of 318 cubic feet/hour (9.000m3/hour).
- Main pool:
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Length 210 feet 64 m Width 100 feet 30.5 m Depth 40 feet 12 m
- Back pool
