Feeding frenzy with Fin!! Watch how our new forage tray went down with our sharks and rays! 🦈
Happy World Rainforest Day!!🌳🐒🐍
🌳🫁Our rainforests are vital to the health of our planet, acting as the world ‘air conditioning’ by soaking up carbon dioxide and releasing vast amounts of oxygen.
🌎♨️As we continue to loose these vital habitats, less carbon dioxide is taken out of our atmosphere which in turn can speed up global warming!
🏡🌳Well over half of all known species on earth call these rainforests their home, including humans!(over 30 million!!)
🪵🔥 Only 36% of our planets rainforest remain intact.
Its essential that we protect these incredibly bio-diverse ecosystems🦧🐆🐢🦋🦇🦎.
#worldrainforestday #forRainforests #ecosystems #conservation
Tortoise gone snorkelling? 🤿
Not quite! Sheldon our red footed tortoise was actually showing the public how he drinks today! Tortoises may submerge their heads for many different reasons, but if you look closely at his throat you can actually see him drinking. 🔍🧐
They may also do this to clean out their sinuses and look like they’re blowing bubbles at the same time 🫧 Or just simply for a good soak to cool down or rehydrate. 💦
#tortoise #zoo #aquarium
Happy World Ocean Day 🌊
This year's theme is "action" so join us diving in to help the ocean and its creatures!
There are many easy ways you can help protect our world's oceans!
🐟 Lend a hand with local beach cleans
🦐 Shop for sustainable seafood, look out for the little blue logo!
🌎 Spread the word! Tell others about world ocean day and encourage them to join in!
#WorldOceansDay #worldoceanday2024 #protectoceans
We've got some summer weather this week which means refreshing treats for everyone! ⛱️
Charlie got stuck straight into the watermelon slices! 🍉
It's finally that time of year! 🌞
Our penguins favourite toys all involve shiny lights. Now that it's sunny we've got the disco ball back out and as you can see they're very excited! 🪩
#humboldtpenguin #penguin
Happy Save the Frogs Day! 🐸
Did you know dart frogs "tap dance"! They use their back, middle toes to tap to help them locate or lure their prey! 🧐
This is only one of many weird and wonderful facts about frogs as they are one of the most diverse families!
Educating and raising awareness for our frogs is vital as they are important indicators of healthy ecosystems but many of their habitats are under threat! 🌎
Will you help show some support for our frogs 🐸
#savethefrogs #savethefrogsday
Bumblebee taking full advantage of a briefly unattended siphon! 🐢
Terrapins, similarly to our tortoises, have very sensitive shells full of nerves so they enjoy a good scratch!
#terrapin #terrapinshells #terrapinscratch
It's official, Nathaniel and JJ are our newest penguin couple! 🐧
Humboldt penguins mate for life and our youngsters seem to have chosen each other and are now looking for their summer nest! 🏠
You can spot them trying out the different rock caves outside, but this one seems to have some nosey neighbours!
📸 Keeper Courtney
Sami and the mob enjoyed their Easter treats! 🐣
We gave them some pieces of fruit frozen in water providing good sensory enrichment for our boys and keeping them busy for a while! 🍓
#meerkat #easter #enrichment
Say hello to Jura! 👋
She's feeling social today, leaving the comfort of her eel grass house to walk across the sand to our keepers once she spotted them! 🐙
If you're visiting the aquarium today keep an eye out for her and maybe she'll spot you too! 🔍
📸 Aquarist Fin
#aquarium #octopus
It's been pretty stormy this week so we thought we'd cheer our meerkats (and our keepers) up with enrichment that has a summery vibe 🍉
Our meerkats enjoyed the treat of a refreshing watermelon!
🔊 Put the sound on for some adorable meerkat noises!
#meerkat #meerkatenrichment #enrichment
Enjoy 12 months of animal adventures with one of our annual passes. Child, adult and family annual passes are available to purchase via our website today.
🐙 Volunteers Wanted! 🐙
Volunteer with our keeping team and you'll be able to take part in all the ins and outs of animal keeping! 🐾
Whether it's cleaning out enclosures, prepping food, making enrichment toys, or even just learning about the industry, our keepers love to be able to get our volunteers involved!
We do ask for animal passionate people who would be willing to commit to 1 day a week for a minimum of 8 weeks as our keepers take a lot of their time to teach and train our volunteers to make it the best experience possible. We also require a minimum age of 18 due to the nature of the roles🐙
Interested? Contact displays manager [email protected]
📸 Volunteer - Jo
📸 Displays manager - Paige
📸 Animal keeper - Rachel
Have you seen we're doing shark talks! 🦈
Here you can see our aquarist Fin educating us on sharks while one of our Thornback rays steals the show!
Everyday at 12pm and 3pm you can come along, chat to our keepers, and learn some weird and wonderful facts about our local shark and ray species (although we're not always in the water!) 🌊
#shark #sharkeducation #sharkconservation #thesharktrust
JJ is showing her excitement to see everyone back at the feeding experiences tomorrow!
Have you booked one yet?
#humboldtpenguin #penguin #feedingexperience
Get up close to our mischievous meerkats with one of our popular feeding experiences.
You'll get to enter the enclosure with one of our experienced keepers, learn all about these incredible animals, and get hands on throwing out food for the meerkats.
All of our feeding experienced can be booked via our website standrewsaquarium.co.uk and are available for either one or two people.
Out for a stroll 🐙
Have you seen our octopuses using their tentacles to 'walk' across the glass?
Our keepers usually spot them active and exploring early in the morning! 🌅
#octopus #octopuswalking
Our 'baby' meerkats aren't so little anymore! At 4 months old they're almost fully grown but they're still just as mischievous! 🐾
Big sister Willow still does her best at babysitting but she's definitely outnumbered!
#meerkat #babymeerkat #aquarium
