History
On November 21st, 2009, the Virginia Aquarium opened a 12,000 square feet (1,100 m2) series of exhibits called "Restless Planet". The $25 million renovation designed by Chermayeff & Poole of Boston includes four habitats: Malaysian Peat Swamp, Coastal Sahara Desert, Red Sea, and Indonesia's Flores Island and doubled the number of species displayed by the aquarium. Some of the new animals include Komodo dragons, tomistomas, spotted eagle rays, and cuttlefish.
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