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An American beaver gnaws on some wood in the water.

American Beaver

  • Common Name: American Beaver, North American Beaver
  • Scientific Name: Castor canadensis
  • Diet: Tree bark, leaves, roots, and other wetland plants
  • Range: All areas of North America except the dry desert ares of the Southwest United States.
  • Size: 3 to 4 feed and 34 to 70 lbs.
  • Lifespan: 10 to 12 years

Aracari

  • Common Name: Aracari
  • Scientific Name: Pteroglossus
  • Diet: lorum ipsum
  • Range: lorum ipsum
  • Size: lorum ipsum
  • Lifespan: lorum ipsum
A close up of a Bonnethead shark swimming through the water.

Bonnethead Shark

  • Common Name: Bonnethead Shark
  • Scientific Name: Sphyrna tiburo
  • Diet: Crabs, shrimp, snails, small fish
  • Range: Western Atlantic Ocean, eastern Pacific Ocean
  • Size: 2 to 3 feet, 13 pounds
  • Lifespan: Roughly 12 years
A brown shark swimming through the Out To Sea exhibit.

Brown Shark

  • Common Name: Brown Shark, Sandbar Shark
  • Scientific Name: Carcharhinus plumbeus
  • Diet: Smaller fish, including smaller sharks, crustaceans, octopus
  • Range: All tropical waters; common along the eastern U.S. coast and into the Gulf of Mexico
  • Size: Up to 8 feet and 200 pounds
  • Lifespan: 20 years or more

Clownfish

  • Common Name: Clownfish
  • Scientific Name: Amphiprioninae
  • Diet: lorum ipsum
  • Range: lorum ipsum
  • Size: lorum ipsum
  • Lifespan: lorum ipsum
Common guitarfish on the bottom of the sea along the sand.

Common Guitarfish

  • Common Name: Common guitarfish
  • Scientific Name: Rhinobatos rhinobatos
  • Diet: Crustaceans and small fish
  • Range: Eastern Atlantic, Mediterranean Sea
  • Size: 3 to 6 feet, 30 to 60 lbs
  • Lifespan: 15 to 25 years
A cownose ray swimming through the water

Cownose Ray

  • Common Name: Cownose Ray
  • Scientific Name: Rhinoptera bonasus
  • Diet: Clams, oysters
  • Range: Tropical waters in the western Atlantic Ocean
  • Size: Average wingspan of 3 feet, up to 50 pounds
  • Lifespan: Around 15 years
A close up of an epaulette shark in the Sting Ray Touch exhibit.

Epaulette Shark

  • Common Name: Epaulette Shark
  • Scientific Name: Hemiscyllium ocellatum
  • Diet: Crustaceans, polychaete worms, small fish
  • Range: Southern coast of New Guinea, northern coast of Australia
  • Size: 3 feet, 6 pounds
  • Lifespan: 20 to 25 years
A gentoo penguin standing in the snow.

Gentoo Penguin

  • Common Name: Gentoo Penguin
  • Scientific Name: Pygoscelis papua
  • Diet: Krill, small fish, squid, and other small crustaceans
  • Range: Antarctic and subantarctic islands
  • Size: 2 to 2.5 feet and 12 to 15 pounds
  • Lifespan: 15 to 20 years

Giant Moray Eel

  • Common Name: Giant Moray Eel
  • Scientific Name: Gymnothorax javanicus
  • Diet: Carnivores
  • Range:
  • Size: Over 10ft long, Over 65lbs
  • Lifespan: