Roz Varon is getting a behind-the-scenes look at the cultural gems that make up the museum campus and what makes them so special!
One of the things that makes the Shedd so special is its mission - Sparking compassion, curiosity and conservation for the aquatic animal world. We experienced all three in our mission to see what it takes to run this world class aquarium!
"We have 32,000 animals, individuals and we have 1,500 species!" Shedd public relations manager Kaylee Ciocci."Our animal that eats the most food here is our beluga whales and they on average can eat 50 pounds of seafood a day," Sheri Hendricks, Shedd supervisor of cetaceans, said, "Our whale and dolphins eat a variety of schooling fish, so they eat herring, capelin, squid and menhaden... This is our freezer...
"This is one of the most important reasons we train these animals is to be able to have them participate in their own health care," Hendricks said. "You're going to help me give him a dental exam, touch his teeth, touch his tongue moving forward there." "This is really the first project of its kind that is allowing us to reintroduce this species back into its native habitat," Lisa Watson, assistant director of Shedd animal operations and habitats. "Unfortunately in parts of Indonesia the populations have declined to the point of they're almost extinct. This is an egg laying species and we have one right here that has a developing embryo...
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