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Animal Encounter

Daily Activities

At-A-Glance Daily Schedule

Join us for experiences that deepen appreciation for the natural world. (All dates & times subject to change.) 

Saturday

10am – 5pm, Invertebrate Touchpool (Coastal Boardwalk)

10am – 5pm, Stingray Touchpool (Coastal Boardwalk)

1:30pm, Animal Encounter (Asia & Indonesia)

2pm, Discovery Cart (Ohio Lakes & Rivers)

Sunday

10am – 5pm, Invertebrate Touchpool (Coastal Boardwalk)

10am – 5pm, Stingray Touchpool (Coastal Boardwalk)

10am, Discovery Cart (Ohio Lakes & Rivers)

1:30pm, Animal Encounter (Asia & Indonesia)

2:30pm, Animal Encounter (Asia & Indonesia)

Monday

10am – 5pm, Invertebrate Touchpool (Coastal Boardwalk)

10am – 5pm, Stingray Touchpool (Coastal Boardwalk)

10am, Discovery Cart (Ohio Lakes & Rivers)

10:30am, Public Stingray Feed (Coastal Boardwalk)

11:30am, Animal Encounter (Asia & Indonesia)

2pm, Discovery Cart (Tropical Forest)

3pm, Discovery Cart (Shark)

Tuesday

10am – 5pm, Invertebrate Touchpool (Coastal Boardwalk)

10am – 5pm, Stingray Touchpool (Coastal Boardwalk)

11:30am, Animal Encounter (Asia & Indonesia)

2:30pm, Aquarist Shark Feed (Shark Seatube)

3pm, Discovery Cart (Tropical Forest)

3:30pm, Public Stingray Feed (Coastal)

Wednesday

10am – 5pm, Invertebrate Touchpool (Coastal Boardwalk)

10am – 5pm, Stingray Touchpool (Coastal Boardwalk)

10am, Discovery Cart (Tropical Forest)

10:30am, Public Stingray Feed (Coastal Boardwalk)

11am, Discovery Cart (Shark)

2pm, Animal Encounter (Asia & Indonesia)

2:30pm, Aquarist Gamefish Feed (Ohio Lakes & Rivers)

Thursday

10am – 5pm, Invertebrate Touchpool (Coastal Boardwalk)

10am – 5pm, Stingray Touchpool (Coastal Boardwalk)

10am, Discovery Cart (Tropical Forest)

10:30am, Public Stingray Feed (Coastal Boardwalk)

11am, Discovery Cart (Ohio Lakes & Rivers)

11am – 3pm, Nora the Explorer (Lobby, now – April 13)

2pm, Animal Encounter (Asia & Indonesia)

2:30pm, Aquarist Shark Feed (Shark Seatube)

Friday

10am – 5pm, Invertebrate Touchpool (Coastal Boardwalk)

10am – 5pm, Stingray Touchpool (Coastal Boardwalk)

10:30am, Public Stingray Feed (Coastal Boardwalk)

11:30am, Animal Encounter (Asia & Indonesia)

2:30pm, Aquarist Amazon River Feed (Tropical Forest Gallery)

3pm, Discovery Cart (Shark)

Rotating Activities

Ask our team questions at anytime, even when you’re not watching a feed, learning about adaptations or touching a stingray. We know nature is a curious thing.

INVERTEBRATE TOUCHPOOL OPEN

  • 10am – 5pm daily

STINGRAY TOUCHPOOL OPEN

  • 10am – 5pm daily

PUBLIC STINGRAY FEEDS 

  • 10:30am, Monday, Wednesday, Thursday & Friday
  • 3:30pm, Tuesday

ANIMAL ENCOUNTERS

  • 11:30am, Monday, Tuesday & Friday
  • 1:30pm, Saturday & Sunday
  • 2pm, Wednesday & Thursday
  • 2:30pm, Sunday

DISCOVERY CART

Ohio Lakes & Rivers

  • 10am,  Monday & Sunday
  • 2pm, Saturday

Tropical Forest 

  • 10am, Wednesday & Thursday
  • 2pm, Monday
  • 3pm, Tuesday

Shark

  • 11am, Wednesday
  • 3pm, Friday

HABITAT FEEDINGS BY ANIMAL CARE TEAM

  • 2:30pm, Tuesday – Aquarist Shark Target Pole Feed (Shark)
  • 2:30pm, Wednesday – Aquarist Gamefish Feed (Ohio Lakes & Rivers)
  • 2:30pm, Thursday – Aquarist Shark Target Pole Feed (Shark)
  • 2:30pm, Friday – Aquarist Amazon River Feed (Tropical Forest Gallery)

NORA THE EXPLORER

  • 11am – 3pm, Thursday, April 6 (Lobby)
  • 11am – 3pm, Thursday, April 13 (Lobby)

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