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Meet
some of your favorite cold blooded critters! Are snakes slimy? Can you
tell how long an alligator is by its snout? Can all turtles fit
completely inside their shell? Come meet some of South Carolina's
favorite reptile residents while enjoying exciting activities and
learning about how these amazing animals survive.
Highlights of The South Carolina Aquarium:
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Charleston Harbor - has
a large population of resident dolphins. See these dolphins in
their natural habitats |
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60 fun and fascinating
educational exhibits located throughout the Aquarium |
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The Great Ocean Tank -
holds over 385,000 gallons of water and 10,000 species of marine
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Interactive Discovery
Lab - The Touch Tank!
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South Carolina Aquarium is a world leader in conservation, both aquatic
and environmental. It opened in May of 2000 in the historic Charleston
Harbor. As of August 2005, over 3 million people have visited the South
Carolina Aquarium.
The Aquarium is a regional resource inspiring conservation by excelling in
education; and in the care, display and study of aquatic life. This is
communicated thru 60 fun and fascinating displays and interactive
exhibitions. The South Carolina Aquarium is presently home to over
10,000 plants and animals, like: rattlesnakes, great blue herons, hawks,
owls, sharks, dolphins, turtles and many other forms of Life.
The exhibits located throughout the Aquarium focus on five major regions
of South Carolina: the Watershed, the Mountains, the Piedmont, the Coastal
Plain and the Ocean. The changing exhibit space currently showcases the
Secrets of the Amazon, displaying a variety of plants, animals and
habitats from the Amazon River basin.
The Great Ocean Tank is the largest exhibit in the Aquarium. It
extends from the first to the third floor of the Aquarium, holds over
385,000 gallons of water and contains over 300 marine animals including
river otters, loggerhead sea turtles, alligators, sea horses, jellyfish,
pufferfish, moray eels, horseshoe crabs, starfish, sea dragons and sharks.
Some are rare and exotic.
Do you have questions like "can you ride a sea horse?" or how fish eat,
animals play or if plants eat animals and fish? Then this is the place to
come. There are many interesting and fun volunteers that will answer ALL
of your questions! The South Carolina Aquarium also has a Discovery
Lab where you can touch horseshoe crabs, starfish and many other marine
creatures! What? More Questions? Write them down and come visit often.
Buy your eTickets and bring the family for an extraordinary education
experience at the South Carolina Aquarium! |
