tell us about the touch pools.
"We have two touch experiences, one with rays and
sharks, and another with cold water invertebrates like sea
anemones and sea stars.
We get the rays and sharks used to light touching in the
course of normal care and during feeding times. So, they
don't get especially bothered by the touching in the touch
pool. We ask that our guests use a two-finger touch on
specific zones of the animals. This allows the guests to feel
shark skin (rough) and ray skin (smooth and slippery). The
sea stars are echinoderms, and they have a unique texture
unlike anything else. Anemones actually have a light stinging
cell on each tentacle (not dangerous though!), so they stick to
the fingers of anyone who touches them."
What do the sea animals eat?
"They can eat as much as 25 pounds of restaurant quality
seafood in a day, along with a number of specialty foods like
dried algae for herbivores or live brine shrimp for the jellies.
Some animals, such as sharks, eat three to four times a week,
but others, such as the corals and seahorses eat five to six
times a day. We built a full-size kitchen, complete with a walk-
in freezer and refrigerator, to keep the food supply going!"
Aquarium at the boardwalk is fun for the
whole family! Plan your visit and learn more at
www.aquariumattheboardwalk.com
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7 Miles South of Eureka Springs on Hwy 23
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Learn about the animals and tour their spacious habitats.
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Where do the sea animals in the exhibits come
from?
"Many of them come to us because they need new homes.
That was the case with our blacktip reef sharks, who were
born at other aquariums that have run out of room.
Some were raised in aquaculture, which is an exciting new
area of aquarium science, and many come to us from the
wild. We research the origin of every single animal to make
sure they came to us from sustainable sources and were
handled very carefully along the way."
brock and teagan F. have
fun learning about ocean
animals at branson's
Aquarium at the boardwalk.
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