Aquarium

The Living Planet Aquarium in Sandy opens its North American River Otter Exhibit Jan. 12, with three male river otters from New York's Long Island Aquarium, along with Utah species. Credit: Courtesy

Sandy aquarium opening river otter exhibit

SANDY -- The Living Planet Aquarium in Sandy is unveiling a new exhibit to showcase three playful river otters.

Maya, foreground, gave birth to her calf (background) this spring at the National Aquarium in Baltimore, Maryland. (Algerina Perna/Baltimore Sun/MCT)

Baby dolphins mean quiet time at National Aquarium

BALTIMORE -- Shhhhh.

With two baby dolphins in the house, not only is Baltimore's National Aquarium asking visitors to keep it down, but the infants have also forced the attraction to reconfigure one of its most popular shows just as tourist season launches.

With little ones to consider -- to say nothing of their sensitive mothers -- the usually boisterous dolphin show, known for splashing and shrieking, has turned into a quiet zone, with hushed music, fewer visitors allowed in at a time and a video documenting dolphin births substituting for most of the noisy acrobatics.

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