

SHARKS BEHIND THE SCENES: WALK THE ROPE BRIDGE Young visitors can make their own paper shark hats in the Kids Zone where they also can color a fish and launch it into the virtual water, read boks about fish and play games. Guests may even by able to feed the friendly stingrays during their visit. the habitat also is home to a variety of stingrays, horseshoe crabs and other marine animals. Louis Aquarium, visitors can reach into the water and touch a Bamboo Shark or a Coral Catshark. Divers wear a special scuba mask that allows them to talk with visitors and answer questions about caring for and diving with the sharks.Īt the Touch Pool on the second floor of the St.

Visitors can enjoy a Dive Show at Shark Canyon’s large viewing wall every day but Tuesday at 1:15 p.m. At 250,000 gallons, it is home to a wide variety of shark species as well as stingrays, sea turtles and fish. Shark Canyon is the largest habitat at the St. It’s important to develop a respect for them and their natural behaviors.” “Once you know more about sharks, you’ll understand they aren’t the crazy attack animals they’re portrayed to be.

“We are excited to help people learn about these apex predators and develop a respect for them,” said Tamil Brown, executive director of the St. Louis Aquarium at Union Station is celebrating this pop culture phenomenon, July 23-30 with a variety of shark-related opportunities for guests. Discovery Channel’s wildly popular Shark Week turns America’s attention to the ocean’s most popular predators each summer.
