Touch a Shark at the Maritime Aquarium
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
The Maritime Aquarium is featuring “Touch A Shark” from April 16 through April 24. This special exhibit will feature live nurse sharks (Ginglymostoma cirratum), a comparatively docile species that tolerates having their backs gently touched by human fingers.
Plus, be sure to bring your camera to “Touch A Shark” for a shark dive-cage photo opportunity! A real diving cage, used for safe approaches to large sharks, will be positioned next to the Aquarium’s cast model of a 16-foot great white shark caught in the eastern end of Long Island Sound in the 1970s. Step inside the cage and pose to look like you’re having a real underwater encounter with the largest species of predatory shark – a species you don’t want to touch.
Included with Aquarium admission!
The Maritime Aquarium
10 North Water Street, Norwalk, CT 06854
Exit 14 (n)/Exit 15 (s) off I-95
Tel: 203-852-0700
The Maritime Aquarium
Plus, be sure to bring your camera to “Touch A Shark” for a shark dive-cage photo opportunity! A real diving cage, used for safe approaches to large sharks, will be positioned next to the Aquarium’s cast model of a 16-foot great white shark caught in the eastern end of Long Island Sound in the 1970s. Step inside the cage and pose to look like you’re having a real underwater encounter with the largest species of predatory shark – a species you don’t want to touch.
Included with Aquarium admission!
The Maritime Aquarium
10 North Water Street, Norwalk, CT 06854
Exit 14 (n)/Exit 15 (s) off I-95
Tel: 203-852-0700
The Maritime Aquarium
