Community members took to social media to mourn the loss of Anchor, who had been with the Aquarium for 20 years.
Photo Courtesy of Adventure AquariumAnchor, a great hammerhead shark at Camden’s Adventure Aquarium, swam his last lap around the vivarium on Sunday.and said that they were “deeply saddened to share” the news.“Anchor was a tremendous ambassador for his species for 20 years, teaching all who met him about shark conservation and the hammerhead’s vital role in the health of coastal marine ecosystems,” the Instagram announcement read. The aquarium did not reveal cause of death.
Great hammerhead sharks are one of the largest species in the world, sometimes as long as 20 feet, and Anchor was the largest shark at the aquarium. In 2021, he was nine feet longnotes, he was only 3 feet when he came to the Camden attraction formerly known as the Thomas H. Kean New Jersey State Aquarium. Great hammerhead sharks are known for their excellent 360-degree vision and exceptional senses that help them detect prey.
Online, past visitors and “close friends” shared their memories with the long-adored hammerhead, including the fact that some members of the staff called him Waldo. “Getting to work with him every day was a highlight of my work day,” one Instagram user wrote. “I’ll miss you, buddy.” “Oh my, this is terrible! I have so many pictures and videos of Anchor. I’ve been going to this place since I was 3 years old and would get so excited every time he appeared,” another one wrote. “I’d say favorite memory is all the jump scares he pulled on me. Every time get close to the glass, he’d appear real quickly from out of nowhere. Good times.”
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