Aquarium sights in Chicago
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Shedd Aquarium
A huge assortment of finned, gilled, amphibious and other aquatic creatures swims within the kiddie-mobbed, marble-clad confines of the John G Shedd Aquarium. Though it could simply rest on its superlative exhibits – say, beluga whales in a 4-million-gallon aquarium – the Shedd makes a point of trying to tie concepts of ecosystems, food webs and marine biology into its presentation of supercool animals. Permanent exhibits include the multilevel oceanarium, which mimics ocean conditions off the northwest coast of North America. The beluga whales inside are remarkably cute creatures that come from the pint-sized end of the whale scale. You’ll also see Pacific white-sided do…
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