The World’s Most Expensive And Ridiculous Aquarium

By Leonard Ho

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The name of this aquarium is the AquaVista Dinosaur Gold Edition. We aren’t kidding. Why Gold? The aquarium’s frame is made of 68kg (2400 ounces) of 24ct gold! We really aren’t kidding. Based on today’s market rate (~$1500/ounce), we’re talking approximately $3.6 million dollars worth of gold. Why Dinosaur? Real Tyrannosaurus rex bone were inlaid into two veneers on the top left and bottom right corners of the aquarium! Seriously, we are not kidding. And what were these veneers made of? Prehistoric wholly mammoth tusk, of course.

The price was just as unreal: $4,800,000! Perhaps the only thing more shocking than the aquarium or its price is the fact is that not one, not two, but three AquaVista Dinosaur Gold Edition were made … during the height of the global recession no less. Some people have way way WAY too much money.

We could share the details about the aquarium’s included equipment, but does anyone really care about the heater and air pump for this thing?

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