Valentine’s Day at the NY Aquarium

By Barbara Russo

WCS’s New York Aquarium Hosts: Love Is In The Air And Water: A Valentine’s Day Family Program

Participants will make Valentine’s Day cards and learn about animal pairs at the aquarium
Aquarium manages special breeding programs that help protect species whose populations are threatened or declining in the wild
More information about the program is available online at www.nyaquarium.com

Brooklyn, N.Y. – Feb. 11, 2015 – WCS’s (Wildlife Conservation Society) New York Aquarium will host a free Valentine’s Day family program called Love is in the Air and Water on Saturday, Feb. 14, at 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m., and again from 2 to 3 p.m.

The program is geared toward young children and families. Participants will make Valentine’s cards featuring aquatic themes.

Harbor seals, William and Coral, are the stars of Valentine’s Day this year. The pair spends their time together, following each other in the water and sleeping side-by-side on the rocky terrain of their Sea Cliffs home.

Harbor seals are found in New York waters. Although not endangered, the species is protected under the Marine Mammal Protection Act. The New York Aquarium works to protect harbor seals and many other marine animals through its NY Seascape Program, a conservation program designed to restore healthy populations of marine species in local waters.

Some of the other animals living in pairs at the aquarium are two freshwater fish species, Bedotia and Pachypanchax. Both species have successfully reproduced at the New York Aquarium.

For more information, contact Barbara Russo at 718-265-3428 or brusso@wcs.org.