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Enjoy a 45-minute introduction of America's Aquatic Treasures featuring more than 1,500 animals including alligators, sharks, and turtles.
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Experience a 3-hour showcase of more than 16,000 animals including sharks, birds, frogs, turtles, dolphins, and jellies.
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Enjoy a 45-minute introduction of America's Aquatic Treasures featuring more than 1,500 animals including alligators, sharks, and turtles.
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Catch Crabs, Not Terrapins

How to Install a Turtle Excluder

A bycatch reduction device will keep nearly all turtles from entering and drowning in a crab pot.

Turtle Excluder

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Terrapins in the Classroom

Learn About Terrapins in the Classroom

Participating classes receive diamondback terrapin hatchlings to care for, study, and then release back into the wild.