Activities
Meet and greet the stars of Aquatheater—ask questions and get up close with our sea lion celebrities. Professional photos will be taken and available for purchase. This program begins April 1 and continues through the fall.
What can crawl like a caterpillar, do a backbend like a gymnast, bark on cue, and dive down to 600 feet in the ocean? Meet the Aquarium’s multi-talented sea lions and their trainers at this interactive, musical training demonstration!
Meet Wendell, Brooklyn’s most famous penguin resident, and the other members of the black-footed colony during their daily feeding. You’ll also have a chance to ask the keepers you questions about penguins.
Learn about one of our craftiest creatures during daily octopus chats. Playful and intelligent, Pacific octopuses have a learning curve and can use their memory skills to solve puzzles, especially when there’s a treat involved!
Join Tazo and Jacob for their daily fish feeding, then watch the otter duo play games with their keepers. A favorite is the “toy retrieve” game, when keepers toss balls into the deep waters for the otters to bring up to the surface in exchange for a treat. You’ll also have a chance to ask the keepers you questions about sea otters.
Many sharks and rays are considered picky eaters—they’ll feed only on their favorite animals, and nothing else! Some eat only plankton, some eat only seals and fish, and others eat only clams, worms, and crabs. Find out what the Aquarium’s toothy diners enjoy most at their mealtime.
If the Aquarium held an eating competition, the walruses would no doubt win first place. These blubbery beauties can put away 50–100 pounds of fresh fish a day! Watch them feast on herring, capelin, and squid as they work with their keepers on training behaviors.