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Article: She swims with the fishes Melissa Cnare loves her job caring for creatures in waters of Bass Pro Shop.(Neighbor)
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- Daily Herald (Arlington Heights, IL)
- Article date:
- March 31, 2000
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For some, the dream of a lifetime would be to swim with the dolphins in the ocean's salty water.
But Melissa Cnare is living out her own dream, swimming with the bass, catfish and muskies in a 30,000-gallon aquarium at Bass Pro Shop in the Gurnee Mills mall.
Cnare has been the staff aquatic biologist and live exhibits curator at Bass Pro Shop since October. She's responsible for the care and feeding of the 500 fish and 13 turtles in the store's three aquariums and indoor and outdoor ponds.
The fish supply represents a wide variety of Great Lakes' species including crappie, bluegills and walleye to name a few.
Twice weekly, Cnare dons a ...