Behind the Scenes Tour
Posted by Cindy | Filed under Photographs, Stories
This is the food prep area. Here this gentleman is prepping lobster for the sharks “Sweet Pea” and “Scooter”.
Interesting facts - the sharks get the lobsters and the turtle, whose name I forgot, gets the claws. Newport Aquarium has the only shark ray breeding program in the world. Newport Aquarium only serves restaurant quality, certified USDA FDA food to it’s animals. Yes, you could be eating those pounds of lobsters.
The Behind the Scenes Tour allows you an inside look at the Aquarium facility and learn what it takes to maintain a one million-gallon environment. In a guided tour, you’ll see miles of pipes, explore how the animals are fed and visit the vet lab.
And I TOTALLY would have allowed you to...