Sea Life at Mall of America

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Sea Life at Mall of America
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Website	www.visitsealife.com/Minnesota

Sea Life at Mall of America (formally known as Sea Life Minnesota Aquarium) is a public

. There are eleven exhibits featured at the aquarium. 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.^[2]

History

The aquarium at the

in March 2011.

In the summer of 2009, the aquarium debuted the exhibit Seahorse Kingdom.

In March 2010, Jellyfish Discovery was opened as the largest jellyfish exhibit worldwide.

In March 2011, SeaLife officially completed the transition to a Merlin Entertainments' Sea Life Centre, and was renamed Sea Life Minnesota Aquarium. The re-brand featured updated theming throughout the aquarium and many new exhibits.

Exhibits

Brave the Rainforest

and other exotic species.

The Tunnel,^[2] a 300-foot (91 m) 360° acrylic tunnel that goes through four exhibits: Sturgeon Lake, Wild Amazon, Shark Cove and Rainbow Reef.

• Sturgeon Lake is a fresh water exhibit designed to simulate a Minnesotan body of water, and features
  tiger muskie, channel catfish, and paddlefish, among others. The exhibit also features alligator gars
  , which are not found naturally in Minnesota.
• Wild Amazon consists of
  plecos, flagtails, silver dollars, and freshwater stingrays
  .
• 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. Shark Cove holds multiple shark species including:
  green sawfish and two Loggerhead sea turtles. In addition, it has groupers, red snappers, red drums, pork fish, jacks, permits
  , and other species.
• Rainbow Reef which resembles
  bamboo sharks
  and others.

The Coral Caves

regal blue tang

.

Seahorse Kingdom[5] features seahorses.

Jellyfish Discovery

.

Ray Lagoon

and other rays.

Pacific Northwest Rockpool

.

References

External links

• Media related to Mall of America aquarium at Wikimedia Commons
• Official website