Valencia's Aquarium (officially Acuario de Valencia, Fundación Seijas) is a recreational park located in

Valencia Valencia ( va, València) is the capital of the Autonomous communities of Spain, autonomous community of Valencian Community, Valencia and the Municipalities of Spain, third-most populated municipality in Spain, with 791,413 inhabitants. It is ...

Venezuela Venezuela (; ), officially the Bolivarian Republic of Venezuela ( es, link=no, República Bolivariana de Venezuela), is a country on the northern coast of South America, consisting of a continental landmass and many islands and islets in th ...

. It is the largest

aquarium An aquarium (plural: ''aquariums'' or ''aquaria'') is a vivarium of any size having at least one transparent side in which aquatic plants or animals are kept and displayed. Fishkeepers use aquaria to keep fish, invertebrates, amphibians, aq ...

in Venezuela, and it also has a small zoo with species from Venezuela. It is operated by the J.V. Seijas Foundation. Acuario de Valencia

This aquarium has the only trained captive

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s in the world. It also has many species of fish, snakes and other animals as well as plants endemic to Venezuela. There is also a small park for children, with bumper cars, a

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and other games.

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*{{dead, date=June 2020 (Spanish) Aquaria in Venezuela Buildings and structures in Valencia, Venezuela Tourist attractions in Carabobo