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Places to visit

WAIkIkI AqUARIUM, WAIkIkI, hAWAII
Focusing on the aquatic life of the Pacific Ocean
around hawaii, this attraction includes more than
2,500 organisms representing over 420 species
of animal and plant. Shark enthusiasts can view
the Shark Cam, which keeps constant watch on
the hunters on the Reef exhibit so the habits and
behavior of the creatures (rays, snappers, jacks, and
groupers as well as sharks) can be studied closely.
NATURAL hISTORY MUSEUM OF
LOS ANGELES, LOS ANGELES CALIFORNIA
A world leader in the field of natural history,
this museum contains more than 33 million
specimens and related artifacts. Shark buffs
will not want to miss the rare megamouth
shark, the first of its species to be exhibited
in a museum and only the 11th to be found
since its discovery in 1976.

NATIONAL AqUARIUM
bALTIMORE, MARYLAND
A darkened shark exhibit allows close inspection
of large sharks such as sand tiger and nurse sharks.
The Wings in the Water exhibit lets visitors watch
zebra sharks swim extremely close to the divers
who feed them.

ShEDD AqUARIUM, ChICAGO, ILLINOIS
One of the world's largest displays of aquatic life,
Shedd Aquarium provides an up-close experience
with sharks, including blacktip reef sharks, zebra
sharks, and sandbar sharks. Visitors are inches
away from more than 30 sharks in a curved,
overhead 400,000-gallon (1.5 million-liter) tank.

AqUARIUM OF ThE AMERICAS
shark encounter Fossil megalodon NEW ORLEANS, LOUISIANA
A clear observation tunnel at the Sydney tooth (left) and great Pet a baby shark in the Touch Pool and see one
Aquarium allows visitors to feel as if they white tooth (below) of the most diverse shark collections in the
are strolling along the ocean floor among one-quarter of their United States, including species rarely found
the creatures that live there. Many aquariums real sizes. in aquariums.
exhibit some large sharks such as sand tigers
and nurse sharks. Even whale sharks are on SEA WORLD, ORLANDO, FLORIDA
show in Japan and Atlanta, Georgia, and young Sharks, eels, and barracuda make this
great whites in Monterey, California. underwater world their home. Visitors
can travel through the world's largest
underwater acrylic tunnel to get
a close look at these dangerous
USEFUL WEb SITES creatures of the sea.
• Official Web site of the Shark Research Institute, a leading nonprofit, international NEW YORk AqUARIUM,
organization concerned with conservation: bROOkLYN, NEW YORk
www.sharks.org The aquarium offers a look at
• The International Shark Attack File with information and statistics on shark more than 8,000 animals that
attacks worldwide: include jellyfish in the new Alien
www.flmnh.ufl.edu/fish Stingers exhibit, Walruses in the Sea
Cliffs exhibit, and sea lions in an
• Official Web site of the Shedd Aquarium: Aquatheater presentation.
www.sheddnet.org
• The National Aquarium in baltimore has information on many SEA WORLD, SAN ANTONIO,
different species of shark: TExAS
www.aqua.org Touch and feed bottle-nosed
• Learn shark terms using the Shark School's glossary: dolphins, see animal shows, and go
www.sdnhm.org/kids/sharks on water rides at the world's largest
• Test your knowledge with National Geographic's Leopard shark marine life adventure park. There is
Shark Surfari online quiz: another Sea World in San Diego,
www.nationalgeographic.com/sharks California.
• See shark pictures, learn shark facts, and download shark activites on a kid-friendly Web site:
www.kidzone.ws/sharks
• Get answers to questions on a variety of topics, from shark intelligence to shark attacks: Early coconut-shell rattle for attracting
www.sharkfoundation.com/facts.htm sharks, from Samoa in the South Pacific

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