Maritime Aquarium

Harbor Seals Upsizing to Larger Home at Maritime Aquarium: ‘Go Fish’ Exhibit to Close on Tuesday

By |
Download PDF

Work is expected to begin in October on an expanded new seal exhibit at The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk but, first, the Aquarium will ready a temporary new home for the popular pinnipeds. — an announcement from the Maritime Aquarium

Beginning Tuesday, Sept. 3, the Aquarium’s “Go Fish” will close for a six-week repurposing of that space for the five harbor seals. The seals will “migrate” into their home-away-from-home in mid-October so that their current indoor-outdoor exhibit can be enclosed and expanded.  

When completed in late 2020, the new seal exhibit will be almost eight times larger – 150,000 gallons – and two stories tall, as high as the balcony over the current display.

Maritime Aquarium
Harbor Seal Aquarium Superbowl Pick 2019

Seal of Approval: By a Nose, Aquarium’s Harbor Seal Picks Patriots for Superbowl

By |
Download PDF

Rasal the harbor seal with the prognosticating proboscis at the Maritime Aquarium in Norwalk, has made her pick for Super Bowl 53: the New England Patriots. — an announcement from the Maritime Aquarium

The 33-year-old female seal knows how to hold her nose against the hand of her Aquarium trainers, and also against a “target pole” and other objects, including the exhibit window. On Tuesday, Jan. 29, the Aquarium seal exhibit was lined with alternating images of New England Patriots and Los Angeles Rams helmets. When instructed to go to the exhibit window, Rasal decisively swam to — and held her nose against — a Patriots helmet, indicating her pick.