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For the past three years, the California Academy of Sciences, the oldest natural history museum in the West, has been housed in a temporary building in downtown San Francisco. Now the Academy is moving into a new, 400,000-square foot green building in Golden Gate Park. But when the residents are fish, penguins and millions of scientific specimens, moving in is no simple task.
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For the past three years, the California Academy of Sciences, the oldest natural history museum in the West, has been housed in a temporary building in downtown San Francisco. Now the Academy is moving into a new, 400,000-square foot green building in Golden Gate Park. But when the residents are fish, penguins and millions of scientific specimens, moving in is no simple task. Check out the audio slideshow for this story! (and feel free to link to it from your site): http://www.kqed.org/quest/television/view/888 Also,
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Aired twice locally on morning of May 5, during B segment of Morning Edition.
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It?s 9 am here at the Cal Academy?s temporary headquarters on Howard Street and the staff is busy preparing the day?s cargo.
SHEPHERD: Well today we?ll be moving black-tipped reef sharks. We?ve been getting them big and healthy and strong for the move.
Bart Shepherd is the curator of the Academy?s Steinhart Aquarium. We?re standing next to a pool filled with knee-deep water, where the three sharks are swimming. They?ll soon be giving up these modest digs for the Academy?s new exhibit showcasing ecosystems of the South Pacific. But first the team has to catch the sharks.
SHEPHERD: It?s exciting, stressful, it?s frightening, it?s all of the above.
Dressed in green waterproof overalls, two staffers try to wrangle the juvenile female sharks. Already 3 feet long, the sharks will eventually grow to six feet.
SHEPHERD: They can turn on a dime, they?...
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For the past three years, the California Academy of Sciences - the oldest natural history museum in the west - has been housed in a temporary building in downtown San Francisco. Now its new home, a 400,000-square foot green building in Golden Gate Park, is ready for its new occupants. But when the residents are fish, penguins and millions of scientific specimens, moving is no simple task. From KQED in San Francisco, Lauren Sommer has more.
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