#Baltimore aquarium shark bridge series

Meanwhile, in a separate building - the aquarium's most recent expansion - the denizens of Down Under can be seen in Australia: Wild Extremes. Fish, snakes, and the most impressive collection of poison dart frogs I've ever seen are found in side galleries nearby (the largest being the Amazon River Forest tank). Upstairs in the main building (inside the aquarium's famous glass pyramid), sloths, monkeys, and free-flying birds make their home in the Amazon Rainforest. Two separate exhibit halls take guests away from the oceans. Like many aquariums, Baltimore displays creatures not considered traditional aquarium species. The Coast (Left) and Tidal Marsh (Right) in the Maryland: Mountains to the Sea Gallery To access it, visitors cross a glassed-in bridge over the harbor, which offers beautiful views of the Baltimore skyline. Bottlenose dolphins inhabit a separate pavilion nearby the popular dolphin shows have been phased out and replaced by constant training and husbandry demonstrations, facilitated by interpreters. Sand tiger sharks, nurse sharks, and sawfish glide silently past visitors, who constantly race ahead to get another, oncoming view of these incredible predators.

#Baltimore aquarium shark bridge series

In what be my favorite aquarium exhibit of any species anywhere, visitors take a series of ramps descending through an Atlantic coral reef, eventually arriving in the center of a dark, silent, circular tank.

On the next floor, Atlantic puffins and other seabirds clamber over wave-splashed rocks in another popular exhibit. On the next floor, ' Surviving' highlights aquatic creatures with unique adaptations, such as electric eels, giant Pacific octopus, and blind cave fish. The gallery ends in a display of fish from the Chesapeake Bay.

The themed galleries start on the second floor with ' Maryland: Mountains to the Sea', where a variety of open-air tanks depict various Maryland habitats, from the Allegheny Mountains to the Atlantic coast. The aquarium's extensive collection is organized on several floors throughout its three-building campus.