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The aquarium will also bring back Weeki Wachee Mermaids in October. Canyon Falls will also house the aquarium's 100-year-old snapping turtle, Thunder. It will also include two new lizard species – the yellow monitor from Indonesia and the panther chameleon from Madagascar. Canyon Falls will house Asian small-clawed otters, which the aquarium previously exhibited from 2004-2013.
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Other attractions coming to the aquarium this year, Rose said, include an otter-heavy "Canyon Falls," which in March will replace the Galapagos tortoise-centric "Turtle Canyon" exhibit. It is a completely new way to experience and interact with sharks, and in fact, there is no experience like this in the world." "It's going to require a bit of bravery to come across. "This is a great addition to the Newport Aquarium," Rose said.
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Should guests dare to cross, the Shark Bridge offers the thrill of walking closely atop sharks, shark rays, stingrays and hundreds of fish from an unrivaled vantage point. The 17 sharks in Newport Aquarium's tank circled Rose on Wednesday as he stood in a wet suit on a rock in the middle of the shark tank. The Shark Bridge is a 75-foot-long, V-shaped rope bridge suspended over the open waters of the Surrounded by Sharks exhibit’s 385,000-gallon tank. "It will give people an opportunity to get close to them, and hopefully give people an opportunity to have more appreciation for wildlife and make changes in their lives."Īmong the environmentally friendly practices Pierson said he hopes aquarium visitors will consider are recycling and downloading apps that tell you if fish served at seafood restaurants comes from sustainable sources. "We're bringing animals in that are gorgeous, beautiful animals," Pierson said.