Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary Triples In Size Tuesday, January 19, 2021
National conservation groups and aquarium partners celebrated the expansion of Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary, announced Tuesday by the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration. The expansion increases protections within the Gulf of Mexico’s only national marine sanctuary from 56 square miles to 160 square miles and includes 14 critical reefs and banks.
Many people in the Chattanooga area may not know the Flower Garden Banks National Marine Sanctuary by name, but they have seen a living model of it. The Tennessee Aquarium’s Secret Reef exhibit replicates the protected habitat that is located in the Gulf of Mexico.
It s a New Year and Moody Gardens is excited to show off their newest member of the team who hatched on New Year s Day back in the South Atlantic exhibit at the Aquarium Pyramid.
It s a baby King Penguin! In just over two weeks the little fella has grown more than 3 times his original size. Born at 192 grams it now weighs 558 grams after two-plus weeks. The baby King Penguin will be ready to feed and swim on its own after about 10 months. The experts at Moody Gardens say it will take about two years before it is fully grown.
The proud parents Astro and Watson have been at Moody Gardens for a while now. Astro was hatched on-site back in 2018, and Watson is an original Moody Gardens King Penguin who has found as an egg back in 1998.
Love is in the air just in time for Valentine’s Day as a new baby enters the world at Moody Gardens in Galveston. Penguin parents Professor and Fischer welcomed their King penguin chick at the Aquarium Pyramid. The new baby penguin is being cared for by its mother and father. King penguins are known to be excellent parents.
Our staff is thrilled to start February with a new penguin chick, and it makes Valentine’s Day that much more special. - Moody Gardens Assistant Curator Diane Olsen.
The chick’s father, Professor, was born in 1998 and is one of the first King penguins to arrive at Moody Gardens. The chick’s mother, Fischer, called Moody Gardens her home after moving from San Antonio’s Sea World.
Love is in the air just in time for Valentine’s Day as a new baby enters the world at Moody Gardens in Galveston. Penguin parents Professor and Fischer welcomed their King penguin chick at the Aquarium Pyramid. The new baby penguin is being cared for by its mother and father. King penguins are known to be excellent parents.
Our staff is thrilled to start February with a new penguin chick, and it makes Valentine’s Day that much more special. - Moody Gardens Assistant Curator Diane Olsen.
The chick’s father, Professor, was born in 1998 and is one of the first King penguins to arrive at Moody Gardens. The chick’s mother, Fischer, called Moody Gardens her home after moving from San Antonio’s Sea World.
Moody Gardens In Galveston Open Christmas Eve And Christmas Day
If you have no plans and are looking for something to do on Christmas Eve or Christmas Day, Moody Gardens will be open with a lighting display second to none in the area. Last month, the Festival of Lights at Moody Gardens began and will run through the beginning of January.
The main feature is, of course, the Festival of Lights featuring a mile-long pathway to walk through over two million lights and displays, but they also have many other cool events.
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Some of the other neat things you and your family can enjoy are the Arctic Slide, Rudolph 4D, and holiday 3D feature films in the 3D and 4D theaters. The 4D theater is really cool, as it brings all your senses alive with smells, vibrating chairs, and even a little mist in the theater while the movie is shown.