Loveland Living Planet Aquarium

Today marks the beginning of National Vet Tech Week! 🩺 To start us off, our amazing veterinary technician, Jen Edgel, brings us along for a day in her life at the Aquarium! 🌊🥼 Do you have any questions for Jen? Head over to our Instagram stories on Tuesday, October 15, for a Q&A session to keep the Vet Tech Week festivities going.

It's our dwarf caimans birthday today! 🎂 She is the dancing queen, only #17! Everyone wish her a happy birthday in the comments!🐊

Immerse yourself in a magical underwater wonderland at the all-new Aquarium Lantern Festival! 🐠✨ From Friday, November 8 to Sunday, January 6, experience a breathtaking display of festive lights illuminating the Rio Tinto Kennecott Plaza. Enjoy the lanterns and a warm cup of hot chocolate from 5:30 PM to 10 PM, with Aquarium access until 9 PM. ☕ Tickets are on sale now, and the link to purchase is in our bio. Get yours now to get the best deal! Note: Aquarium access is included except on blackout days. Please check our website for more information. Get ready for an unforgettable holiday adventure!🎄🌟 The Aquarium Lantern Festival is presented by Squire and Rio Tinto Kennecott.

The results are IN!📝 Thanks to your voting, we have the final names for our two gentoo penguin chicks!🐣Voting was extremely close, with just four votes separating the top two names. So, without further ado, let me introduce you too... 💙 Bentley and Aurora!🩷 Thank you to everyone who voted! We will be picking the 2 lucky winners for our penguin encounters shortly. Please keep an eye on your DM's for that announcement. We are so excited to finally have names for these two cuties! 🐧

It's finally October! And you know what that means, Halloween on the High Seas has begun! What better way to kick off spooky season than a giveaway?? We are giving away FOUR (4) tickets over on our Instagram that you can use for any day of Halloween on the High Seas🏴☠️🌊 Head over now for your chance to win!

It's finally that time!🐧 The top name suggestions for both of our gentoo penguin chicks are here! Drumroll, please... Female: 🎀Jemmi (in honor of Jemmi Creek in Antarctica) 🎀Aurora (Aurora Australis, the southern lights commonly seen in Antarctica) 🎀Gloria (popularized by the movie Happy Feet, set in Antarctica) Males: 💙Bentley (In honor of the Bentley Subglacial Trench, the lowest point in Antarctica, emphasizing a strong geographical connection) 💙Jack (Jack Bursey was an American explorer and sailor who played a notable role in early Antarctic exploration. He had an Antarctic mountain, Mount Bursey, named after him.) Now it's your turn to narrow it down to just ONE for each chick! The link to vote for the final names is in our bio. We will be contacting each person who suggested the chosen names to receive their TWO free Aquarium passes—a maximum of 2 tickets per individual. After the final two names are selected, we'll choose ONE lucky winner for each chick, one boy and one girl, from the submissions of the winning names to enjoy TWO (2) FREE penguin encounters for you and a friend!🐧 The Penguin Research Center is presented by Mountain America Credit Union.

These are not one-eyed, flying, or purple... But they do have at least one horn! 😈 A unique characteristic of these fish is the horn-like fin on their heads. This fin is sometimes just for show, like the goby fish, but the filefish can use their fin to secure itself between rocks. The cowfish has horns that are thought to have evolved to make it hard for most predators to swallow. 🐮

Amorphophallus titanum, aka the Corpse Flower is quite the spooky wonder!🧟🥀 This endangered plant is native to Sumatra boasts, having the largest single flower of any plant in the world, with a mature plant's flower reaching over 10 feet tall! So why is it called the corpse flower? In its growth cycle, it can take 7-10 years for it to flower and it will open for only 48 hours! In order to optimize that small window for pollination it produces an intense aroma like a rotting corpse to attract flies to pollinate it. The large single flower petal called a "spathe" is even the reddish-brown color of rotting meat. ☠️ You can find ours in the tall bed across from the Amazon Giants habitat and eventually, they will have a new home in our galleries in the new Science Learning Center.

Happy 4th Hatchday to our green aracari, Jinx! 🎉 We threw Jinx a vibrant, rainbow-themed party to celebrate his special day. The festivities included lettuce treats and a dance party.🌈

It just so happens that World Animal Day AND World Smile Day are on the same day.😆 So, we are taking a break from our spooky content to present some smiling creatures! Enjoy.