Maritime Aquarium Just Added ‘Just Add Water’ Permanent Exhibit, Featuring Land Animals

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Trace a path from desert to rain forest, and meet animals of those environments — such as quail, an owl, macaws, reptiles, monkeys, a porcupine and skunk — in “Just Add Water,” a new permanent exhibit now open in the Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk. This new second-floor exhibit opened Friday Aug. 3 and features 23 species of animals, including 21 that have never been displayed at the Maritime Aquarium. ________________

— an announcement from the Maritime Aquarium

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New species include Geoffroy’s tamarins (a type of monkey), Gambel’s quail, a striped skunk, a prehensile-tailed porcupine, a screech owl, a savannah monitor lizard, Cuvier’s dwarf caiman (related to alligators), and blue-and-gold macaws. In addition, the Aquarium’s rare 6-foot black dragon has relocated into “Just Add Water.” And more than a dozen species of fish populate different biomes.