Our Creatures
Our Amazing Creatures
Which sea creatures do you love the most? Magnificent Sharks, colourful Clownfish or perhaps inquisitive Sea Turtles? Maybe you simply can’t decide!
Here at SEA LIFE you can make up your mind and see them all - from the curious and the rescued to the rare and the enigmatic. And you’ll be able to get closer to them than ever before.
Many of our creatures are on the endangered list, have been rescued and cannot be released into the wild or have been born and bred as part of our conservation projects.
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Nurse Shark
To spot a Nurse Shark, look for the shark with the funny moustache! These dangley bits on their top lip are actually useful things called barbels.
Black Tip Reef Sharks
Found on the tropical coral reefs of the Indian and Pacific Oceans, Blacktip Reef Sharks prefer shallow, inshore waters.
Stingray
Stingrays get their name from the stinging barb at the base of their tail. When they feel threatened Stingrays can whip up their tail to puncture their pursuer with their spiny, venomous barb.
Eagle Ray
A majestic Eagle Ray swims like a flying bird. This peaceful fish protects itself with a venomous spine at the base of its tail.
Shovel Nose Ray
A cartilage species in the ray family which spends most of its time on the ocean floor, using the bottom part of its mouth to catch crustaceans.
Bowmouth Guitarfish
This wonderfully bizarre animal is called a Bowmouth Guitarfish. Though it is classified as a Ray, really it is half Ray and half Shark! Rays evolved from Sharks but this species stopped somewhere in-between.
Gentoo Penguins
Gentoos are the third largest species of Penguin in the world after the Emperor and Kings.
Jackass Penguin
We can't fly but are great swimmers, fast enough to catch delicious fish easily. We live in temperate area of South Africa.
Fishhook Ant
The Fishhook Ant is a rare species of ant that usually lives in dry trees. It has a distinctive feature with 2 pairs of hooks emerging from its back that are used to catch and cut prey.
