Back in Mari-TIME
Connecticut Residents (Animals and Plants of CT)
Down in the Sound (Long Island Sound)
No Bone Zone! (All about Inverts)
FISHellaneous
100

What year did the Aquarium open?

1988
100

What is the state bird?

Robin

100

What type of water is in Long Island Sound?

Brackish Water

100

How many legs does a crab have?

ten!
100

What part of the sturgeon is caviar?

The eggs

200

What is the original name of the Aquarium?

The Maritime Center

200

What is best season to see amphibians?

Spring

200

What has been removed out of the LIS with the help of the Conservation team? (hint: the project has lots of media coverage)

Lobsterpots 

200

What is the horseshoe crab's closest relative?

scorpion/spider

200

Name a fish that lives in both salt and freshwater

Sturgeon, salmon, eels

300

Which animals have been at TMA since it opened?

Sand Tiger Sharks

300
Name 2 invasive species in CT.

Green Crabs, Asian Shore crabs, lantern flies, Phragmites, Mute Swans, Deadman Fingers, etc.

300

What sharks are native to LIS? (name two)

Sand tiger and sand bar and dogfish and dusky 

300
What are three types of jellies we have in house right now?

Moon jellies, Upside down, Blue blubber, Pacific sea nettles, Japanese Sea nettles

300

What gives green moray eels their green color?

Mucus

400

What were the Aquarium's buildings used for before it was the Aquarium?

Factories

400

Name a CT mammal that has webbed feet?

Otter, beaver, muskrat, seal

400

How was the Long Island Sound formed?

Glaciation 

400
Which invert tastes with their feet?
Lobster
400

Where would one find a fish's caudal fin?

Tail

500

What animal fell into the old seal exhibit?

White tailed deer

500

What is the only species of lizard to live in CT?

Five lined skink

500

What is the name of the Horseshoe crab tagging research program?

Project Limulus

500

Name the largest invert on the planet

Colossal Squid

500

How large can a bluefin tuna get?

13 feet and 2,000 pounds