I looked at the cool little marvel of technology and wondered about its history.Ī nearby sign provides interesting information concerning the submersible, which was built by General Dynamics. Star III is actually a submersible that was used for undersea studies back in the mid-20th century.
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Pacific Northwest Rockpool features a touch pool full of assorted anemone, sea stars, sea urchins, and prawns.Should you walk from the parking lot by Birch Aquarium at Scripps Institution of Oceanography to the popular attraction’s entrance, you’ll see what looks like a small submarine. Ray Lagoon features a ray pool full of cownose stingray, Atlantic stingray, southern stingray, shovelnose guitarfish and other rays. Jellyfish Discovery features moon jellyfish. The Coral Caves hold live coral and fish such as clownfish and regal blue tang. Rainbow Reef which resembles coral reefs, has stingrays, puffer fish, assorted tangs, bamboo sharks and others.In addition, it has groupers, red snappers, red drums, pork fish, jacks, permits, and other species. It also contains southern stingrays, giant shovel-nosed guitarfish, and green sawfish and two Loggerhead sea turtles. Shark Cove holds multiple shark species including: Sand tiger sharks, Nurse sharks, Brown shark, Whitetip reef sharks, and Zebra sharks. Shark Cove is themed to look like a shipwreck, and with a volume of 500,000 US gallons (1,900,000 L) it is the largest exhibit in the aquarium.Wild Amazon consists of arapaima, arowanas, black pacu, midas cichlids, fossil catfish, pictus catfish, leopard catfish, tiger shovelnose catfish, plecos, flagtails, silver dollars, and freshwater stingrays.The exhibit also features alligator gars, which are not found naturally in Minnesota. Sturgeon Lake is a fresh water exhibit designed to simulate a Minnesotan body of water, and features turtles, gar, bass, lake and shovelnose sturgeon, common carp, smallmouth buffalo, tiger muskie, channel catfish, and paddlefish, among others.The Tunnel, a 300-foot (91 m) 360° acrylic tunnel that goes through four exhibits: Sturgeon Lake, Wild Amazon, Shark Cove and Rainbow Reef.
The rainforest features spectacled caiman, poison dart frogs, piranhas, freshwater angelfish and other exotic species. The re-brand featured updated theming throughout the aquarium and many new exhibits.īrave the Rainforest features multiple pop up tanks to allow visitors to get closer to the creatures and a Ranger Stage with extra facts and animals. In March 2011, SeaLife officially completed the transition to a Merlin Entertainments' Sea Life Centre, and was renamed Sea Life Minnesota Aquarium. In March 2010, Jellyfish Discovery was opened as the largest jellyfish exhibit worldwide. In the summer of 2009, the aquarium debuted the exhibit Seahorse Kingdom. In 2008, the aquarium became a part of British-based Merlin Entertainments group of attractions, and was rebranded as a Sea Life Centre in March 2011. In 2000, the re-opening of the aquarium changed its name to Underwater Adventures Aquarium. The aquarium at the Mall of America was opened in 1996 under the name UnderWater World after 18 months of construction. The aquarium is highlighted by a 300-foot (91 m) 360° clear acrylic tunnel, which consists of four different areas housing both freshwater and salt water creatures.
There are eleven exhibits featured at the aquarium. The 1.3 million-US-gallon (4.9 ML) aquarium contains thousands of aquatic creatures, including sea turtles, sharks, sawfish, stingrays, jellyfish and seahorses. Sea Life at Mall of America (formally known as Sea Life Minnesota Aquarium) is a public aquarium located in the Mall of America in Bloomington, Minnesota, United States. Mall of America, Bloomington, Minnesota, United States
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