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Then a row of terrariums and aquariums called Turtle Town features reptiles, including a large alligator snapping turtle. The next bend in the room is a seperate gallery called Dangerous and Deadly, which features more small wall aquariums with unusual small sharks and lionfish. This is followed by a long narrow tank showcasing beautiful, in this case small tropical colorful fish. Fun! Several wall aquariums showcase bizarre animals, including isopods and electric eels and a giant Pacific octopus, the most active one I have ever seen, that shares its habitat with several large sea stars. It starts with a small interactive walk-in exhibit that simulates a shark cage, with a large video screen showing footage of a great white shark approaching, and when it comes right up to the cage the floor moves and shakes and loud cage rattling sounds fill the room. The next gallery is Bizarre and Beautiful, and is a contrast. Up to this point, the facility is only average, but the good stuff starts to emerge in the next galleries. I only know the window is behind the screen because I could see the window from inside the main tank later in the visit. Again, I suspect that originally the screen would rise at the end of the show for a big wow factor. Behind the screen is a large viewing window into the facilitys largest exhibit, Surrounded by Sharks, but the screen is always down. I suspect this was part of a choreographed show originally, but it is strange that if this was an introductory show to the aquarium, that it would be located after the visitor has already seen several galleries.
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The theater seating is a series of benches in a large room which simulates a pirate ship and coastal town, and even has a pirate mannequin near the screen. The room is the entrance and exit to the Theater, which currently features a looping video about the aquariums shark rays. There is also a small rocky touch tidepool exhibit here, staffed from behind its semi-circular counter.
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Several small wall aquariums feature fish from shorelines, and a larger tank features Hawaiian shore fish in a simulated wave pool with rocks. The next gallery is the Shore Gallery, and is an open room which is entered and exited beneath two seperate short tunnel tanks which act as arches to the room, with one featuring California coastal fish and simulated kelp. I will describe the exhibit areas as they are encountered along the path.Īfter descending an escalator, The first small gallery is called World Rivers and features small freshwater wall aquariums from around the world surrounding an open tank of African lake fish. All the exhibits are downstairs, located along an exhibit path that has little reason to its layout but is a pleasant directed journey that generally builds in excitement and scale. The building is entered on its upper floor, with a small plain lobby that simply features some animal models and a large gift shop. The variety of freshwater and saltwater exhibits as well as some non-fish ones from around the world make it a fairly comprehensive experience. The aquarium is 10 years old and is in a modern building with a swooping roofline. It is in its own building, adjoining an ordinary entertainment complex called Newport on the Levee, with a pleasant plaza in front. The announcement of their return comes on the heels of their wildly popular 10-day visit to Newport Aquarium in October 2014, which was the 67-year-old institution’s first visit to the Midwest.This fine aquarium building is located in Newport, Kentucky, on the bank of the Ohio River just across from Cincinnati, Ohio. Mermaids from Weeki Wachee Springs, Fla., will return to Newport Aquarium in October. Remaining in Canyon Falls will be Thunder, a more than 100-year-old snapping turtle and Newport Aquarium’s oldest resident, as well as the Turtle Corral, where guests have the unique opportunity to touch several species of tortoises. Other additions to Canyon Falls include two species of lizard never before seen at Newport Aquarium – yellow monitor, a rare and active tree-dwelling lizard from Indonesia, and panther chameleon, one of the most colorful lizards in the world from Madagascar. Newport Aquarium will offer scheduled otter talks at Canyon Falls that provide guests educational opportunities to learn more about otters and otter conservation. Asian small-clawed otters are returning to Newport Aquarium in mid-March.