Tuna Dies After Swimming Head-first Into Window At Monterey Bay Aquarium

A 229-pound bluefin tuna was found dead Monday morning in the popular Outer Bay Exhibit at Monterey Bay Aquarium, after slamming head first into the tank's 13-inch acrylic window the night before. A review of a digital camera system trained on the million-gallon tank showed the fish swimming closely with two other tunas, said aquarium spokeswoman Karen Jeffries. Then the male bluefin, the size of a short person at 5 feet, 6 inches long, suddenly smashed onto the tank's window at 5:34 p.m. Sunday afternoon, as recorded by digital cameras in the aquarium. Aquarium curators who performed a necropsy, or animal autopsy, told Jeffries that the impact would have caused sudden death...