{"id":143,"date":"2026-04-15T15:33:36","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T06:33:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/aquarium.co.jp\/world-news\/?p=143"},"modified":"2026-04-15T17:07:45","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T08:07:45","slug":"en260415","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aquarium.co.jp\/world-news\/?p=143","title":{"rendered":"Serena the Dugong Celebrates 39 Years at Toba Aquarium"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On April 15, 2026, Serena\u2014the only dugong currently under human care in Japan\u2014celebrated the 39th anniversary of her arrival at Toba Aquarium. To mark this remarkable milestone, divers presented her with a special gift of her favorite seagrass during a commemorative event.<\/p>\n<p>A large crowd of visitors gathered at the exhibit to offer their well-wishes. As staff shared touching stories from Serena\u2019s long history at the aquarium, the atmosphere was filled with warmth and celebration.<\/p>\n<p>When Serena first arrived, she was still a calf, measuring 147.5 cm in length and weighing 67 kg. Over nearly four decades, she has grown into a magnificent adult, now measuring 263 cm and weighing 375 kg.<\/p>\n<p>Her primary keeper, who presented the gift, commented:<br \/>\n\u201cWe are honored to celebrate Serena\u2019s 39th year with us. With her 40th anniversary at Toba Aquarium approaching next year, we remain committed to her health and happiness and look forward to spending many more years by her side.\u201d<br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/aquarium.co.jp\/kanriglobaltoba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jyugon39th-1024x683.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-142\" srcset=\"https:\/\/aquarium.co.jp\/kanriglobaltoba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jyugon39th-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/aquarium.co.jp\/kanriglobaltoba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jyugon39th-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/aquarium.co.jp\/kanriglobaltoba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jyugon39th-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/aquarium.co.jp\/kanriglobaltoba\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/jyugon39th.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On April 15, 2026, Serena\u2014the only dugong currently under human care in Japan\u2014celebrated the 39th anniversary  [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-143","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-en"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquarium.co.jp\/world-news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquarium.co.jp\/world-news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquarium.co.jp\/world-news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquarium.co.jp\/world-news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquarium.co.jp\/world-news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=143"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/aquarium.co.jp\/world-news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":151,"href":"https:\/\/aquarium.co.jp\/world-news\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/143\/revisions\/151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aquarium.co.jp\/world-news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=143"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquarium.co.jp\/world-news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=143"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aquarium.co.jp\/world-news\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=143"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}