What can crawl like a caterpillar, do a backbend like a gymnast, bark on cue, and dive down to 600 feet in the ocean? Meet the Aquarium’s multi-talented sea lions and their keepers at this interactive, musical training demonstration!
Meet Wendell, Brooklyn’s most famous penguin resident, and the other members of the black-footed colony during their daily feeding. You’ll also have a chance to ask the keepers you questions about penguins.
Get ready to experience the sounds, sights, and scents of the shallow seas. Hear the ocean’s waves crash and feel its salty spray as you surf the coast with bottlenose dolphins and dive with sea lions. 3-D glasses are included.
Planet Earth: Shallow Seas is a BBC/Discovery Channel/NHK co-production in association with the CBC.
Learn about one of our craftiest creatures during daily octopus chats. Playful and intelligent, Pacific octopuses have a learning curve and can use their memory skills to solve puzzles, especially when there’s a treat involved!
Join Danny and Spanky for their daily fish feeding, then watch the otter duo play games with their keepers. A favorite is the “toy retrieve” game, when keepers toss balls into the deep waters for Danny and Spanky to bring up to the surface in exchange for a treat. It’s like ring toss for sea otters! You’ll also have a chance to ask the keepers you questions about sea otters.
Many sharks and rays are considered picky eaters—they’ll feed only on their favorite animals, and nothing else! Some eat only plankton, some eat only seals and fish, and others eat only clams, worms, and crabs. Find out what the Aquarium’s toothy diners enjoy most at their mealtime.
Socialize with sea life. Touch sea stars, horseshoe crabs, and other beach creatures in an open tank. You’ll also have a chance to chat with volunteers about life at the shore. With one pool outside in the Plaza area and another located inside for visits during cooler weather, this exhibit is open year-round.
If the Aquarium held an eating competition, the walruses would no doubt win first place. These blubbery beauties can put away 50–100 pounds of fresh fish a day! Watch them feast on herring, capelin, and squid as they work with their keepers on training behaviors.