Animals
The three types of sharks that reside in this gallery
What are Brown sharks/Sand bar sharks, Sand tiger sharks, and Nurse sharks?
This mixture of plastic allows guests to view the animals at their actual size
What is Acrylic?
The amount of water in the Gulf of Mexico tank
What is 400,000 gallons?
This adaptation allows for sharks to swim smoothly through the water and is otherwise known as teeth-skin
What are dermal-denticles?
This animal provided Native Americans with armor and arrow heads
What are Alligator Gar?
Named after his scientific name this individual has been with the aquarium since it opened
Who is King Mydas?
Much like the Paddlefish in the Mississippi gallery this biofact also as has sensors called Ampullae of Lorenzini
What is the Sawfish rostrum?
At 1 o'clock the Gulf chat observes these two types of feedings
What are broadcast and target feeds?
This bony protrusion protects this cartilaginous fish from predators
What is a Stingray barb?
These fish are commonly sportsman fish because of how large they can get
What are Tarpon?
This living fossil can live in fresh water and salt water
What is Alligator Gar?
This biofact holds the only bones found in a Sand tiger shark's body
What is the Sand tiger Shark jaw?
The reason why acrylic is thicker towards the bottom
What is water pressure?
Found in shallower water in warmer coastal regions this species of Cnidiria kind of looks like a Sea Anemone
What are Upside down Jellies?
This individual is the only fish in this exhibit not from the Gulf of Mexico
Who is Steve (Queensland Grouper)?
This counter-shaded animal lives near sea floor of the Gulf of Mexico
What are Southern Stingrays?
This biofact depicts what Ganoid scales are
What are Alligator gar scales?
A program that works against habitat destruction in the Gulf of Mexico
What is Rigs to Reefs?
This class of Cnidaria are armored with stinging cells that may be used to capture prey and defend against predators
What are jellies?
When this species of Cnidiria eats, its food can be seen inside its stomach
What are Moon Jellies?
This species of fish has an ambassador animal from Australia raising awareness for it in the exhibit
What is the Goliath Grouper?
The casing that surrounds the embryos of some cartilaginous fish
What is a Mermaids Purse?
King Mydas and this turtle are the only two aquatic reptiles in which their ages are unknown because they pre-date records
Who is Myrtle the Turtle?
Stingrays are an example of this type of fish; one in which has eggs but gives live birth
What is ovoviviparous?
Found in shallower water in warmer coastal regions this species of Cnidiria forms symbiotic relationships with Carrier Crabs
What are Upside Down Jellies?