It took a room full of men and women to move the 212-pound, slimy mammoth into its new exhibit in the Tennessee Aquarium on Thursday morning.
But he didn’t put up much of a fight, not even a wiggle.
“I think he is happy,” one aquarium worker said, watching the 7-foot-long beluga sturgeon named Boris swim near the surface of the remodeled, two-story tank in the River Journey building.
“He should be. Everyone else is so far,” said Thom Demas, curator of fish at the aquarium.
Boris was fattened up for the display in an off-site location on Amnicola Highway, along with other freshwater Goliaths moved Thursday to their new home. In seven years, while on display in other exhibits and in holding, he has gained 60 pounds, officials said.