phone '888.240.1358 for hours, prices and ticket information |
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Below: Giant Japanese Spider
Crabs - a species of marine crab that lives in the waters around Japan.
It has the largest leg span of any anthropoid. |
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Ripley's Aquarium spans
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Jellyfish are the oldest multi-organ
animal and are found all over the world. Some jellyfish can glow in
the dark. Jellyfish do NOT have brains, blood, bones, or a heart. But
they do have an elementary nervous system with receptors that detect
light, vibrations and chemicals in the water. These abilities along
with a sense of gravity allow jellyfish to navigate in the water. |
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Below: This 7-foot jaw contains
273 teeth and belongs to a (school bus-size) Megacolon shark weighing
52 tons, the largest of all sharks which lived nearly 2 million years
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Below: IMPRESSIVE BEAUTY
as seen from above the tunnel |
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Below: LOOKING DOWN INTO
THE GLASS TUNNEL |
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Below: THE TWO RV GYPSIES
IN THE GLASS TUNNEL |
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Below: Sharks are a group
of elasmobranch fish characterized by a cartilaginous skeleton. Five
to seven gill slits on the sides of the head and pectoral fins that
are not fused to the head. |
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Below: A sawshark is a member
of a shark order bearing a unique long, sack-like rostrum edged with
sharp teeth which they use to slash and disable their pray. There are
currently 10 known species of sawsharks. Maximum size is 4.5 feet long,
But they sure looked bigger to The Two RV Gypsies as they stood under
them in the tunnel. |
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Sawsharks circled overhead
in the tunnel above Lee Duquette's head. |
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Sawsharks circled overhead in the tunnel above Karen Duquette's head. |
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