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The Mote Marine Laboratory and Aquarium explores the many secrets of the ocean through interactive high-tech exhibits showcasing the Mote Marine Laboratory’s world-renowned research, viewable working labs, touch pools, and more. Visitors can see sea turtles, manatees, sharks and over one hundred other marine species.
The Mote Aquarium provides an up-close and personal experience with an array of fish and other marine animals, including two different touch tanks, as well as a huge shark exhibit.
Guests can also watch Mote’s scientific research at work in one of the viewable laboratories. The Mote Aquarium is part of the Association of Zoos and Aquariums.
1600 Ken Thompson Parkway, Sarasota, FL 34236, Phone: 941-388-4441
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