Sea Life Grapevine is an interactive

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 ...

located at

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in Grapevine,

Texas Texas (, ; Spanish: ''Texas'', ''Tejas'') is a state in the South Central region of the United States. At 268,596 square miles (695,662 km2), and with more than 29.1 million residents in 2020, it is the second-largest U.S. state by ...

. The aquarium contains thousands of aquatic creatures, plus interactive touch pools and a 360° ocean tunnel. Sea Life Grapevine is owned and operated by Merlin Entertainments.

Main species

Protection of turtles

A fundraising campaign run by Sea Life has enabled a new

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Rescue and Wildlife Information Centre to be built on the Greek island of

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to treat turtles who have been injured in collisions with pleasure craft or entanglement in fishing gear.

References

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