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The Aquarium recently opened a new limited time exhibit: Survival of the Slowest , "showing that sometimes speed isn't the only thing needed for survival, it's also strategy"

From what I can tell, it's mainly a variety of Reptiles and some arachnids. The main draws seem to be a Two-toed Sloth and a Four-toed Hedgehog. I might be visiting at the end of the month so I'll get a list then
 
From their site, you're correct. They also did "Monster's of the Abyss" which I wasn't aware of but that's cool to see. I wasn't aware that these limited time exhibits are like presets done at other facilities, but that makes sense given how fast the downtime was from Monsters to this one
 
I wrapped up my visit a few hours ago and gotta say, the Aquarium still doesn't disappoint. "Treasure's of the BC Coast" still holds up as my favorite gallery. They just do a fricking amazing job at representing the local ecosystems.
Currently making a new species that I'll post later tonight, since there are a good amount of new species on exhibit compared to my last visit in August, but here are some highlights:
  • Now I can confirm I did see every Arctic species besides the "Polar Shrimp". Which it sounds like they're super small anyway so I wasn't expecting to see them. A lot of the species just hide a lot, especially with the dim lighting, but if you spend a few minutes looking around, you'll see them
  • Looking at my last list, there's a new tank in the BC Coast gallery that contains: Spiny Red Stars, Red Brotulids, Crimson Anemones, and Leafy Hornmouth Snails.
  • The Big Skate that was in the BC Coast was moved to the large "Canda Pavilion" tank
  • The Aquarium actually has 2 Giant Wrymouths, which would be the only 2 in captivity worldwide
  • One of the tanks in the "Frogs Forever" gallery is going through a makeover
  • I didn't spend too much time in the "Survival of the Slowest" exhibit to be honest since a lot of the species are common reptiles or amphibians, but there is a lot of variety.
  • There are a lot of cool deepwater species that aren't signed in the BC Coast gallery, I'll have to ID later but lot's of stuff I've never seen before.
Overall, I think the Aquarium suffers a little bit from the same issue as the Aquarium of the Pacific where a lot of the smaller fish species aren't signed. Making it hard to ID things if you're not familiar with fish or the local wildlife, but overall, I absolutely love the place. Will post a link to the species list later when I get it uploaded
 
The Aquarium announced on their socials that they recently introduced a group of Green-cheeked Conures to the Amazon Gallery, specifically the walkthrough aviary portion of the gallery. From the pictures they posted, there are at least 3 of them. Nice addiiton to a space that I felt like could use more free-roaming species for it being an aviary

Vancouver Aquarium on Instagram: "Meet the newest addition to the Amazon gallery — the green-cheeked conures! Also known as the green-cheeked parakeet, these members of the parrot family make up for their small stature with a big voice — you'll definitely hear them before you see them! Stand near the exit to the gallery and look upwards for the best chance of spotting them."
 
The Aquarium announced on their socials that Barbour's Seahorses (Hippocampus barbouri) are now on exhibit in the "Tropics Gallery" in the Seagrass tank with the Chocolate Chip Sea Stars (I'm not sure if they removed the fish out of the tank or not), but this is a pleasant surprise as Barbour's Seahorses are one of the rarer species in Aquaria, and it's been a few years I believe since any Seahorses have been at the Aquarium.
 
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