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“come touch a horseshoe crab!”
The South Carolina Aquarium, located in Charleston, South Carolina, opened on May 19, 2000 on the historic Charleston Harbor. It is home to more than ten thousand plants and animals including river otters, loggerhead sea turtles, alligators, great blue herons, hawks, owls, sea horses, jellyfish, pufferfish, moray eels, horseshoe crabs, sea stars, pythons, and sharks. The largest exhibit in the Aquarium is the Great Ocean Tank, which extends from the first to the third floor of the Aquarium; it holds more than 385,000 US gallons (1,460,000 l) of water and contains more than three hundred animals. The Aquarium also features a Touch Tank, where patrons may touch horseshoe crabs, Atlantic stingrays, and other marine animals.
Took my daughter here today and she really enjoyed it. We have been here before and she loves going to see the "fishies" as she refers to them. The employees were professional and knowledgable... Read more
If you have kids, you can easily kill two hours at the aquarium. We brought our visiting niece and nephew to the aquarium because they both love animals. The aquarium has a few cool stops on the... Read more
I was here last Saturday. My husband and I like to visit aquariums whenever we visit if it is there. This is a very nice building, staff is knowledgeable, and there was a lot of interactive... Read more
South Carolina Aquarium
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