CLEAR CONDITIONS.
BACK TO YOU, CHARLES.
CHARLES: IT IS OFFICIALLY SHARK
WEEK SO EXPECT TO SEE A LOT OF
GREAT WHITES AND OTHER PREDATORS
INFILTRATING YOUR T.V. THIS
WEEK.
BUT HERE IN NEW ORLEANS THERE
ARE SEVERAL NEW SHARKS CALLING
THE CRESCENT CITY HOME.
ONLY ON WDSU.
ANCHOR RANDI ROUSSEAU GIVES US A
SNEAK PEAK AT THE NEW SHARK
TOUCH POOL AND WHAT THE AQUARIUM
IS DOING TO HELP PROTECT THESE
MARINE ANIMALS.
RANDI: LURKING BEHIND THE
SEAHORSES.
EXOTIC FISH.
AND HIDDEN BEHIND THIS CURTAIN.
IS WHERE AUDUBON AQUARIUM’S
NEWEST INHABITANTS WILL SOON BE
MAKING A SPLASH IN THE NEW SHARK
AND RAY TOUCH POOL.
>> THEY KNOW GREAT WHITE SHARKS
OR A BULL SHARKS, SEEING SOME OF
THESE SMALLER SHARKS I THINK
IT’S GOING TO BE PRETTY COOL FOR
EVERYBODY.
RANDI: THIS SPACE WILL SOON BE
FILLED WITH 60 DIFFERENT ANIMALS
INCLUDING 5 SMALL SHARKS THAT
YOU’LL ACTUALLY BE ABLE TO GET
YOUR HANDS ON.
THE LITTLE ONES CAN SEE RIGHT
THROUGH HERE THE OTHER ONES CAN
KIND OF BELLY UP AND WE KNOW
YOU’RE GOING TO BE ALL KINDS OF
ANIMALS SWIMMING BY SO YOU C
GET DOWN AND TOUCH.
IN ADDITION TO THAT WILL BE A
CAT WALK WHERE STAFF AT THE
AQUARIUM CAN TEACH GUESTS ABOUT
SHARKS THEIR HABITATS AND
BEHAVIOR.
YOU CAN SEE IT UP THERE.
THIS NEW SPACE ENHANCES THEIR
MISSION.
>> AS OUR POPULATIONS ARE
DECLINING IN THE WILD OUR
CAPTIVE ANIMALS BECOME MORE AND
MORE IMPORTANT.
RANDI: WHICH IS WHY MANY OF THE
SHARKS HERE GO THROUGH A
PHYSICAL EVERY COUPLE OF YEARS
LIKE NIKE HERE THE NURSE SHARK.
NOT ONLY ARE THEY ABLE TO DETECT
ANY ISSUES BUT IT ALLOWS THE
VETERINARIANS HERE DEVELOP A
HEALTH PLAN FOR THESE PREDATORS.
>> WE COLLECT BLOOD SAMPLES,
ULTRA SOUNDS ULTRA SOUNDS ARE
ESPECIALLY IMPORTANT FOR OUR
FEMALES TO TELL US WHAT’S
HAPPENING IN THEIR REPRODUCTIVE
TRACT.
RANDI: AUDUBON IS EXCITED TO
SHOW
