Friday, July 21, 2023
10:00 – 4:00pm
Non-Member: $10 Adult, $8 child, $30 family pack of 4*
Member: $8 Adult, $6 child, $25 family pack of 4*
*Family pack of 4 valid for 2 adults and 2 children No charge for children aged 2 and younger.Ongoing Activities
- Aquarium Teaching and Touch Tank
- Turtle Basking Station & Enrichment Zone
- Turtle Arts and Crafts
- Guess the Eggs Contest
- Prize Table
*Spike’s appearances courtesy of Turtlesinger, Inc., a 501(c)3 Federal Public Charity that educates the public about turtles with live turtles and/or original songs.
Scheduled Activities
- 10:00am – Live Animal Turtle Creature Feature
- 10:00am – Appearance by Scute the ‘Tute Terrapin
- 10:00am – 12:00pm – Mini Live Snapping Turtle Encounters with Spike the friendly 26lb. blue ribbon winner at the 44th Annual New York Turtle and Tortoise Society Show, Turtlesinger Snapping Turtle*
- 11:00am, 12:00pm, 1:00pm, 2:00pm – Fiddler Crab Races
- 11:15am – Terrapin-themed Egg Hunt
- 11:15am, 12:15pm, 1:15pm, 2:15pm – Mini Turtle Feeding
- 11:30am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm – 2:30pm – Children’s Book Reading
Follow the Moon Home: A Tale of One Idea, Twenty Kids and a Hundred Sea Turtles by Philippe Cousteau and Deborah Hopkinson - 12:00pm – Fiddler Crab Crabbing Tournament
- 12:00pm – Appearance by Scute the ‘Tute Terrapin
- 1:15pm – Terrapin-themed Egg Hunt
- 2:00pm – Live Animal Turtle Creature Feature
- 3:00pm – Appearance by Scute the ‘Tute Terrapin
- 3:15pm – Terrapin Dos and Don’ts Nature Walk & Terrapin Release
- 4:00pm – Guess the Eggs Contest Winner Announced – Winner Receives a Family Membership or $50 Terrapin Adoption! (Need not be present to win)
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