Hong Kong Space Museum to Launch New Dome Show "Wild Asia: Life at Extremes"

Hong Kong Space Museum to launch new dome show "Wild Asia: Life at Extremes"

The Hong Kong Space Museum will launch a new dome show, "Wild Asia: Life at Extremes", at its Space Theatre from tomorrow (September 16), taking audiences to different corners of Asia to explore how wildlife survives in challenging habitats, to witness how they overcome adversity and create countless miracles of life with extraordinary adaptability.

Across the expanse of Asia, a diverse range of extreme environments coexist, from the rugged peaks of the Himalayas and the arid and harsh Gobi Desert to the immense depths of the Pacific Ocean. Within these extreme realms, the struggle for survival between predator and prey never ceases. The show helps audiences track the elusive snow leopard near icy summits, the agile long-eared jerboa in deserts, and the cute yet deadly sea bunny in deep seas, as each faces its own test of survival.

The 43-minute show will run until June 14, 2027. Screening times are 5pm on weekdays, and 11am, 3.30pm and 8pm on weekends and public holidays. Tickets priced at $30 (front stalls) and $40 (stalls) are now available at the Hong Kong Space Museum Box Office and URBTIX (www.urbtix.hk). For details of the show, please visit(hk.space.museum/en/web/spm/shows/dome-show/wild-asia.html).

The Hong Kong Space Museum, located at 10 Salisbury Road, Tsim Sha Tsui, Kowloon, is closed on Tuesdays (except public holidays).

The Hong Kong Space Museum will launch a new dome show, "Wild Asia: Life at Extremes”, at its Space Theatre from tomorrow (September 16). Photo shows a mudskipper, which inhabits mangrove swamps. Mudskippers can breathe on land through their skin and even climb trees to forage and escape predators, demonstrating outstanding adaptability in an extreme habitat. Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

The Hong Kong Space Museum will launch a new dome show, "Wild Asia: Life at Extremes", at its Space Theatre from tomorrow (September 16). Photo shows a mother Tibetan fox preparing to hunt to support her hungry cubs on the Tibetan Plateau, where the weather is unpredictable. Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

The Hong Kong Space Museum will launch a new dome show, "Wild Asia: Life at Extremes", at its Space Theatre from tomorrow (September 16). Photo shows a long-eared jerboa, resembling a magical combination of various animals. Long-eared jerboas use their extraordinary senses to track down prey with precision in the Gobi Desert at dark. Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

The Hong Kong Space Museum will launch a new dome show, "Wild Asia: Life at Extremes", at its Space Theatre from tomorrow (September 16). Photo shows Bengal tigers. Their orange and black stripes provide a natural camouflage in the grass for them to stalk their prey. Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

The Hong Kong Space Museum will launch a new dome show, "Wild Asia: Life at Extremes", at its Space Theatre from tomorrow (September 16). Photo shows a tiny long-tailed tit feasting on an icicle formed from tree sap in the freezing Japanese winter. Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

The Hong Kong Space Museum will launch a new dome show, "Wild Asia: Life at Extremes", at its Space Theatre from tomorrow (September 16). Photo shows a sea bunny, smaller than a thumb, in the treacherous depths of the Coral Triangle. It survives by consuming highly toxic blue sponges and turning their toxins to its own advantage. Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

The Hong Kong Space Museum will launch a new dome show, "Wild Asia: Life at Extremes", at its Space Theatre from tomorrow (September 16). Photo shows a red panda. Red pandas are actually more closely related to raccoons than to giant pandas. In order to digest large quantities of bamboo, they spend most of their days in a simple routine: eat, sleep and repeat. Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases

Hong Kong Customs seizes dried shark fins of suspected scheduled endangered species

Hong Kong Customs yesterday (November 7) seized about 31 kilograms of suspected scheduled dried shark fins of endangered species, with an estimated market value of about $130,000, at Hong Kong International Airport.

A 51-year-old Mainland female passenger arrived in Hong Kong from Brazil via Ethiopia yesterday. She was intercepted for customs clearance at the arrivals hall of the airport. Customs officers found the batch of suspected scheduled dried shark fins inside her check-in baggage. Upon inspection by officers of the Agriculture, Fisheries and Conservation Department (AFCD), the batch of dried shark fins was suspected to be from endangered species listed in the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora, and regulated under the Protection of Endangered Species of Animals and Plants Ordinance (Cap. 586) in Hong Kong. The woman was subsequently arrested by the Customs officers. The case was handed over to the AFCD for follow-up investigation.

The arrested woman has been charged by the AFCD with one count of illegal import of an Appendix II species.

Under the Protection of Endangered Species of Animals and Plants Ordinance, any person importing, exporting or possessing specimens of endangered species not in accordance with the Ordinance commits an offence and will be liable to a maximum fine of $10 million and imprisonment for 10 years upon conviction with the specimens forfeited.

Members of the public may report any suspected smuggling activities to Customs' 24-hour hotline 182 8080 or its dedicated crime-reporting email account (crimereport@customs.gov.hk) or online form (eform.cefs.gov.hk/form/ced002).

Hong Kong Customs seizes dried shark fins of suspected scheduled endangered species Source: HKSAR Government Press Releases