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<Tab/>Begin your journey at the shoreline of Lake Michigan, through which you take a quick elevator ride and end up on the sandy shores of Apo Island in the Philippines. <Tab/>Just kidding! You are actually in the mystical John G. Shedd Aquarium exhibit, which encapsulate the vivid sounds, attractions, and atmosphere of Apo Island. This all is the "Wild Reef," which will be a permanent …

…Reef and exhibits costs about $47 million. The Apo Island was chosen to illustrate that peacefulness be achieved between man and animal. For many years the inhabitants of the Apo Island used detrimental methods to bring the fish up for catches, but when they were at a threat they approved to not fish in certain areas and to not use such destructive methods. The final exhibit is about the way they maintain and grow their coral.