Interactive Zone
Wet hands!
Find out how it feels to touch a starfish, hermit crab and other creatures living in our interactive rockpool experience.
More arms!
If a starfish loses an arm, it can grow back!
Playtime!
The species in the interactive rock-pool have a great class schedule. 1 day of class & the next day all playtime.
We are jealous!
Jellyfish
Did you know .....Jellyfish are 95% Water!
Kingdom of the Seahorse
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Super Dad! - It is the male seahorse that gives birth to their babies.
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Gluttons! - They eat 3 times a day. At 3:30pm our aquarist will be there to tell you this & other curiosities.
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Breed - Our aquarists have successfully bred 3 species of seahorse, Reidi, Big belly & Pipe fish. They are born as tiny as 1cm.
Amazon
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Amazon rainforest - Amazon rainforest is the largest area of tropical rainforest on the planet and the richest in species.
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Red Bellied Piranhas - Despite a nasty reputation, piranhas seem to bark more often than bite. Piranhas use sounds to communicate, intimidating their rivals rather than attacking, according to scientists...
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Breed - Our aquarist team has successfully bred two species of poison dart frog. Soon you will be able to see them with the other frogs.
The Reef
Sea Stars
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Did you know...Starfish are part of the same family as sea urchins, sand dollars and sea cucumbers.
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WOW - Starfish do not swim. When they move they choose one arm to trace the direction and the other four to propel themselves.
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UGH! The starfish are covered by a hard skin, not very tasty for other marine animals. It is rough and often has thorns, very useful to protect from predators.
Otters Oasis
- Are you hungry?- The gluttons of the Aquarium! Their daily activity demands that they eat 20% of their weight. Feeding every day
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Outside you can get up close and personal with our resident Asian Short Clawed Otters. Watch as they splash about in their Otter River and snack on their favorite treats - Peanuts.
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Otters under threat - The International Union for Conservation of Nature considers this species as vulnerable. The main causes of the decline of otter populations are habitat loss, pollution and hunting.