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photo EVENT: Penguin Days return to the Aquarium of Niagara from 9:30
a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday with a host of activities and
displays.
March 20, 2013
Night & Day — Come celebrate with the Peruvian penguins at the
Aquarium of Niagara from 9:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. Saturday and Sunday.
These
loveable flightless birds are among the aquarium’s most popular
residents and this weekend are available for a penguin “meet and greet”
encounter. Of course, they will be dressed formally for the occasion,
but aquarium guests can dress casually. The 22nd annual Penguin Days is
supported by Niagara Frontier Publications, Niagara Gazette, and
Wal-mart.
Experienced Exhibit Department staff members will answer
all questions about these fun and fascinating birds during regular
penguin encounters in the second floor Community Room. “Beaker,” the
aquarium’s penguin mascot, will also be greeting visitors from 10 a.m.
to 2 p.m in the “Who Do You Sea” area.
Challenge your artistic
skills by participating in the new penguin drawing contest with a
“plethora of penguin prizes” for the winner. Children can make their own
penguin colony of finger puppets, visit the “Sea N Do” Shack and learn
more about penguin conservation while exploring the penguin lab. There
will be penguin gifts, including original penguin art, available for
purchase. Adopt-a-Penguin certificates can be purchased by anyone
wishing to sponsor an aquarium penguin for one year.
Don’t forget
to stop by our other exhibits including seahorses, poison dart frogs,
“Twister” the octopus, sharks, and display of large shells on loan from
collector Mike Fisher of Amherst.
The aquarium’s regular schedule
of California sea lion demonstrations and harbor seal feedings will
continue as usual throughout the weekend. Penguin encounters are
included in regular admission of $10 for adults, $8 for seniors, $6 for
children, and free for 2 and under. Members are free. Admission to
penguin encounters will be determined by availability of tickets and
space.
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