North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores Full Tour - Pine Knoll Shores, North Carolina

North Carolina Aquariums is a system of three public aquariums located in Kure Beach, Roanoke Island and Pine Knoll Shores. All are operated by the Aquariums Division of the North Carolina Department of Natural and Cultural Resources since 1976 and were accredited by the Association of Zoos and Aquariums. All three aquariums feature dive shows, live animal encounters, and feeding programs.
North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores
Since reopening, the North Carolina Aquarium at Pine Knoll Shores has continued to feature aquatic animals of North Carolina. Notable among them are sand tiger sharks, a green moray eel measuring about six feet long, a goliath grouper approaching four feet, and a number of sizable nurse sharks, sandbar sharks and various game fishes.
Most of the larger creatures inhabit the aquarium's centerpiece exhibit, the 306,000-US-gallon (1,160,000 L; 255,000 imp gal) Living Shipwreck. Along with hundreds of schooling fishes and other animals, they create a swirl of constant motion around a replica of U-352, a German submarine that lost a World War II battle with a Coast Guard cutter off the North Carolina coast. The aquarium's three river otters also have lived up to expectations of stardom. With the help of the public, two were named Neuse and Pungo after North Carolina rivers. Neuse and Pungo came to the aquarium when they were about a year old in 2006. Eno, the third otter, was brought to the aquarium at four weeks old in April 2008, after his mother was killed by a car near White Lake. Aquarists bottle-fed him until he could trade formula for fish and other solid food, and helped him learn to swim. Now he's strong, healthy, energetic and playful. Wide viewing windows bring their playful antics and underwater agility to child-eye-level, and the lively pair enchants people of all ages.
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[@hollycrossman40]

That was a pretty aquarium. The river otters were so cute. I liked the color of the hat you got. I hope your drive back to Florida is going well😊

[@TomsRoadTrippin]

The otters we're amazing, they swim so fast.

[@heisharios6077]

I'm glad you're posting new videos thanks for posting a video about the North Carolina aquarium

[@TomsRoadTrippin]

More to come! This waa my first stop on this roadtrip. A new vid will come out each Thursday at 10 A.M. EST.

[@TheRonin2024]

such a great aquarium

[@TomsRoadTrippin]

I was quite impressed with the design of the aquarium. Lots of beautiful tanks full of colorful fish.

[@TheRonin2024]

​@@TomsRoadTrippinI would love to visit in future

[@treyhodges5027]

Hopefully you can make it to the fort fisher aquarium in North Carolina just went yesterday and it’s pretty cool

[@TomsRoadTrippin]

I do plan to go to the other North Carolina Aquarium locations.

[@manuelneyer212]

😍

[@erikm8372]

That’s funny that the goldfish signage says they ‘thrive’ in warm water. In the aquarium trade we know them to thrive in COLD, unheated tanks, and especially outdoor ponds, year-round. Ice and snow on top even. That’s how they live in East Asia as well. Too warm and they start to not do so well. Although that’s all relative I guess. Amazonian and tropical Asian fish like temperatures of 72°-85° (close to 90° for discus), while most goldfish and dojo loaches would prefer 55°-72°, ideally.

[@TomsRoadTrippin]

That is quite peculiar, I would think an aquarium would have the correct information on the signage.

[@j2fly1]

Animals of the North Carolina aquarium Muskie Rock bass Smallmouth bass Muskellunge Creek chubsucker Blacknose dace Rosyside dace Creek chub Mirror shiner Central stoneroller Bluehead chub Longnose dace Yellowfin shiner White shiner Warpaint shiner Swallowtail shiner Hellbender Lake sturgeon Brown trout Rainbow trout Northern red salamander Black-beilled salamander Narrowmouth toad Green tree frog Squirrel tree frog Broken-striped newt Leopard frog Koi Goldfish Grass carp Largemouth bass Blue catfish Channel catfish Hybrid striped bass Common carp Striped bass White bass River otter Eastern screech owl Yellowbelly slider Red-eared slider Eastern river cooter Spiny softshell turtle Green sunfish Redbreast sunfish Redear sunfish Orinoco crocodile Greater siren Spotted turtle Bluespotted sunfish Northern pine snake Corn snake Bowfish Longnose gar Snapping turtle Black crappie Eastern box turtle Eastern diamondback rattlesnake Cottonmouth Carolina pygmy rattlesnake Mole kingsnake Copperhead Diamondback terrapin Osprey Common tern Herring gull Great blue heron Brown pelican Fish crow Crested blenny Striped mullet Striped hermit crab Sliver perch Sheepshead minnow Lined seahorse Northern pipefish Orange filefish Feather blenny Striped burrfish Lookdown Pigfish Cubbyu Gray snapper Black sea bass Tarpon Sand tiger shark Sandbar shark Nurse shark Moon jelly

[@TheRonin2024]

1:18:13 cardinal fish

[@TomsRoadTrippin]

Thanks for the identification

[@TheRonin2024]

​@@TomsRoadTrippinmy pleasure

[@numberkidtheprimenumberfan1979]

1:12:43

[@andythom6014]

Hi

[@TomsRoadTrippin]

Hi Andrew 😊

[@user-md7io4tk1r]

N. Carolina aquarium Muskie exhibit:

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Rock bass Smallmouth bass Muskellunge

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Mountain minnow exhibit:

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Creek chubsucker Blacknose dace Rosyside dace Creek chub Mirror shiner Central stoneroller Bluehead chub White shiner Yellowfin and warpaint shiner Longnose dace Swallowtail shiner

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Species diversities:

[@user-md7io4tk1r]

Banded,fantail,gilt,greenfin,greenside,redline,Roanoke, seagreen, tasselated darters Also, mottled sculpin Hellbender