1. The Vancouver Aquarium is home to more than 70,000 amazing creatures
2. More than 33-million people have visited the Aquarium since its opening in 1956
3. Qila, our 12-year-old beluga whale, was the first beluga conceived and born in a Canadian aquarium
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4. Celebrity visitors have included Steven Spielberg, Robin Williams, Audrey Hepburn, Uma Thurman, Jennifer Aniston, Sarah McLachlan, Nicolas Cage, John Cusack, Lucy Liu, Isabella Rossellini, Judi Dench, Ethan Hawke and Colin Firth
5. Nyac, our 19-year-old sea otter is the oldest surviving otter in the world from the Exxon Valdez oil spill in 1989
6. Kavna, at 39, is the oldest beluga whale living in a zoo or aquarium
7. Our lab has reared more marine species of fish than any other lab in the world
8. It costs $22,000 to feed one sea otter each year. The Aquarium is currently home to four
9. Our Marine Mammal Rescue program has rescued and released over 1,600 animals
10. 1.3 million students have splashed through aquatic education programs at the Aquarium
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