Date of visit: September 18 2021 Species not seen in italics Fire and Ice: The Origins of Life 1. Assorted corals 2. Vietnamese Walking Stick 3. Giant African Millipede 4. Vinegaroon 5. Madagascar Hissing Cockroach 6. American Alligator 7. Origins Touch Tank: Atlantic Horseshoe Crab, Chocolate Chip Sea Star 8. Arctic Grayling, Lake Whitefish, Slimy Sculpin, Spoonhead Sculpin, Deepwater Sculpin Baptism River 1. Brook Trout, Brown Trout 2. Brown Trout, Coho Salmon St. Louis River 1. Northern Leopard Frog 2. Anerythristic Motley Corn Snake 3. Virginia Opossum 4. Striped Skunk 5. Mallard, Wood Duck, Red-eared Slider, Painted Turtle, False Map Turtle Wetlands 1. Alligator Snapping Turtle 2. Muskellunge, Walleye, Lake Sturgeon, Black Bullhead, Channel Catfish, Shortnose Gar, Northern Pike 3. Common Mudpuppy, Pumpkinseed, Smallmouth Bass, Bluegill Critter Corner 1. Eastern Chipmunk 2. Pueblan Milk Snake 3. Largescale Four-eyed Fish, Violet Goby 4. Ball Python 5. Blanding's Turtle, Wood Turtle 6. Western Painted Turtle (albino) 7. Tide Pool Touch Tank: Bat Star, Green Burrowing Anemone, unidentified sea star, unidentified anemone, unidentified prawn 8. Jelly Touch Tank: Moon Jelly Raptor Ridge 1. Bald Eagle, Turkey Vulture Freshwater Forest 1. Bullsnake Otter Cove 1. North American River Otter Global Connections 1. Atlantic Sea Nettle 2. Emerald Mummy-eyed Chalice, Green Star Polyp, Caribbean Gorgonian, Yellow Tang, Orange, Lobophylla, Zoanthid Polyp, Marine Betta, unidentified clownfish, Velvet Coral, Frog Spawn Coral, Trumpet Coral, Fox Coral, Blue Devil Damsel, Frog Spawn Coral, Red Reef Hermit Crab, Three Striped Damsel, Red Flame Hawkfish, Mat Coral 3. Strawberry Anemone, Aggregating Anemone, Plumose Anemone, Acorn Barnacle, unidentified hermit crab, Mossy Chiton, unidentified mussel, Red Sea Urchin, Penpoint Gunnel, High Cockscomb, Kelp Surfperch, Snubnose Sculpin, Coralline Sculpin 4. Pot-bellied Seahorse, Bay Pipefish 5. Bluestripe Pipefish 6. Dwarf Seahorse Isle Royale 1. Bluegill, Pumpkinseed, Green Sunfish, Black Crappie, Rock Bass, Yellow Perch, Largemouth Bass, White Bass, Burbot, Lake Sturgeon, Walleye, Channel Catfish, Goldfish 2. Siskowet, Lake Trout, Brown Trout, Longnose Sucker, White Sucker, Steelhead, Coaster Brook Trout, Lake Sturgeon, Burbot, American Eel 3. Freshwater Drum, Longnose Gar, Blue Catfish, Bowfin, Lake Sturgeon Amazing Amazon 1. Electric Eel 2. Payara, unidentified catfish x2 3. unidentified arowana, Chocolate Cichlid, Red Tail Brycon, Silver Dollar, Ripsaw Catfish, Red Flame Pike Cichlid, Uaru Cichlid, Black Pacu 3. Discus, unidentified cichlid, Banded Leporinus, unidentified corydaras x3 4. Red-bellied Piranha, Caribe Piranha 5. Smokey Jungle Frog Aquatic Invaders 1. Cuban Tree Frog 2. Eurasian Ruffe 3. Sea Lamprey 4. White Perch 5. Red Lionfish 6. Goldfish Salt-less Seas 1. Sturgeon Touch Tank: Beluga, Lake Sturgeon, Siberian Sturgeon, Stellate Sturgeon, Russian Sturgeon, Sterlet 2. Great Rift Valley Lakes: Lemon Yellow Cichlid, Ruby Red Peacock Cichlid, Acei Cichld, Sulfur-headed Cichlid, Cobalt Blue Zebra Cichlid, Electric Blue Cichlid, Blue Dolphin Cichlid, Compressiceps Cichlid, Red Zebra Cichlid, Venustus Cichlid, Bumblebee Cichlid Shipwreks Alive! 1. Flame Cichlid, Threadfin Angelfish, Annularis Angelfish, Blue-faced Angelfish, Koran Angelfish, Blue-Green Chromis, Orbicular Batfish, Spotted Unicornfish, Scarlet Soldierfish, Pajama Cardinalfish, Blonde Naso Tang, Naso Tang, Sailfin Tang, Orange Shoulder Tang, Chocolate Surgeonfish, Convict Tang, Purple Tang, Powder Blue Tang, Magnificent Foxface, Scribbled Rabbitfish, Yellow Tang, Cole Tang, Regal Tang, Porcupine Pufferfish, Orange Tail Blue Damselfish, Humbug Damselfish, Flame Hawkfish 2. Zebra Shark, Orange-spotted Grouper, Speckled Blue Grouper, White-spotted Bamboo Shark, Arabian Bamboo Shark, Coral Hind, Fiddler Ray, Black Durgon, Zebra Moray Eel 3. Longhorn Cowfish, unidentifed tang, unidentified boxfish, unidentified clownfish Gift Shop 1. unidentified clownfish, assorted corals
I hope you had a great time at the Aquarium! I’ve been a couple times in the past, and pleasanty enjoyed it each time. Is the American Crow no longer there? It had a small exhibit right next to the Otters the last time I visited. Did you visit the nearby Lake Superior Zoo while in Duluth? I find it quite the charming little zoo.
No crow was seen, the WOW area is now completely empty except for the otter. I did not have time to see the Lake Superior Zoo, sadly.
Interesting, the crow exhibit was fairly new from what I remember, so it seems strange to remove it. What made you choose Great Lakes Aquarium over Lake Superior Zoo? I love both quite considerably, but if I had to choose one, it would probably be Lake Superior Zoo.
I was hoping the aquarium would have some rare native fish species I was hoping to see. It had a few (like Deepwater Sculpin and American Eel) but not the one I was most hoping they had (Kiyi). I'm sure I'll be back in Duluth some day so I can visit Lake Superior Zoo, as well.
