Green Sea Turtle
A large sea turtle found throughout tropical and subtropical seas, with two distinct populations in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Its name comes from the usually green fat found beneath its shell.
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A large sea turtle found throughout tropical and subtropical seas, with two distinct populations in the Atlantic and Pacific Oceans. Its name comes from the usually green fat found beneath its shell.
Weymouth SEA LIFE Adventure Park opened in 1983 with six tank buildings aiming to present and educate visitors about local marine conservation. Since then, the park has tripled in size and now houses over 1,000 marine creatures from penguins, seals, otters, sharks and crocodiles.
The Penguin Ice Adventure at the National SEA LIFE Centre Birmingham features 12 Gentoo penguins. The birds are classified as near-threatened on the IUCN Red List, and have been bred together at the SEA LIFE Centre Melbourne as part of the Breed, Rescue, Protect programme.
SEA LIFE London Aquarium, within the County Hall building on the South Bank, boasts over 500 species from across the globe in two million litres of water.