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7 Audubon Aquarium of the Americas

Ranked as one of the top five aquariums in the United States, the
collection at the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas spans the
underwater world from the Caribbean to the Amazon Rainforest,
to the waters that give New Orleans its lifeblood – the Mississippi
River and Gulf of Mexico. The complex features some 500 species
of marine life, with highlights that include a tank containing a
Caribbean reef, and a replica of an oil rig.

Seahorses
The Seahorse Gallery
features a collection of
creatures raised here at
the aquarium.
The Amazon Rainforest
Piranhas lurk in the
waters that flow under
the forest canopy, which
is inhabited
by tropical birds and
wild orchids.

Main entrance and
informa tion center

. The Great
Maya Reef
In this clear tunnel
beneath creatures of
all shapes and sizes,
visitors can imagine
themselves
immersed in a Jellyfish
submerged Maya city These transparent, fluid creatures sway and
of ruins, surrounded dance in eight specially designed exhibits,
by exotic sea life. some of the aquarium’s most colorful.

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