![]() Open 10:00 am – 5:00 pm daily, closed Thanksgiving and Christmas Day. There is a gift shop and book store filled with science and nature items as well as regular souvenirs. There are three kid-friendly restaurants at the Dallas World Aquarium with food options such as quesadillas, sandwiches, soups, salads, seafood, wraps, burgers, pizza, and desserts. These animals are on a strict diet therefore no outside food is allowed, as all parents know how goldfish crackers and cheerios can end up everywhere. Be considerate of no-flash photography, don’t try make noise or tap on glass to gain their attention, do not feed or touch any animal or plant, remember that coins can kill, and be respectful of their homes. While the animals are close enough to touch, please remember these are wild animals in an environment to promote education and conservation. Listen to a flamboyance of bright pink flamingos communicate by honking at each other and their social interaction. See vibrant scarlet macaws, a towering crested eagle, flying hummingbirds, and a 5 feet tall stork. The upper level of the Mayan jungle reveals the temple of the jaguar with this stunning spotted mammal. Watch southern stingrays and eagle rays glide through the water, and sharks and sawfish swim throughout the exhibit. Get up-close to a neotropical rattlesnake, palm viper, red-tailed boa, crocodile, beaded lizard and the red-eyed tree frog. Step into the Mayan jungle ecosystem, and view the seahorses, moray eel, blue spiny and alligator lizards. Walk through the glass tunnel to see sharks and sawfish swim around you. View the 22,000 gallon Continental Shelf exhibit with a tunnel exhibit that offers a panoramic view of reef life. The cuteness award on this level goes to the South African black-footed penguins that dive and swim in the outdoor exhibit. Worldwide locations including Palau, Southern Australia, Lord Howe Island, Solomon Islands, Fiji, New Guinea, British Columbia, Sri Lanka, Indonesia, Japan are represented in each aquarium. Travel to distant oceans to see brightly-colored fish, delicate seahorses, beautiful corals, octopus, sea stars and anemones, giant spider crabs, jellyfish and wormlike garden eels in the individual aquariums representing different geographic locations. The polka-dot stingrays glide effortlessly through their aquatic enclosures. ![]() The Orinoco crocodile is so large and still that at first you wonder if it’s real.ĭescend to the Aquatic zone (level one) and experience a glass wall to view shared enclosures of manatees, large fish, sea turtles. A shared exhibit of two-toed sloths, golden-headed lion tamarins, and tinamou birds is near Toucan Terrace. Watch water birds swim and dive in the River that surrounds Monkey Island. ![]() View inside the caves to see brightly-colored poison dart frogs and the giant eyes of owl monkeys. Marvel at the Seuss-like moustache of the emperor tamarins, and watch water animals such as stingrays, fish and turtles swim. Safely view animals that would otherwise cause fright including a giant anaconda, electric eels, toothy piranhas, flying bats and a bird-eating spider. Walk down the self-guided path to the understory (level two) of the Rainforest, and see giant otters swimming behind glass, as they playfully chase kids running back and forth. Listen for the sounds of the rainforest with howler monkeys and birds chattering throughout the exhibit. Feed blueberries to a toucan and get up-close to the three-toed sloth in its tree home. Watch tamarins freely climb trees and groom each other on Monkey Island in the middle of the River exhibit. In this open aviary, brightly-colored rainforest birds fly freely within the lush rainforest and live on trees that are native to their habitat. Get up-close to animals from all over the world, and learn about conservation for endangered species.īegin your unique experience at the third level in the Orinoco Rainforest canopy and hear the three-story waterfall plunge into the water below. At the Dallas World Aquarium, visitors are immersed into a tropical rainforest with open aviaries and a waterfall, walk through a glass tunnel surrounded by sharks, watch penguins dive and swim, and view brightly colored fish, free flying birds, and rainforest frogs.
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