AQUAZOO OPENS DOORS OF EDUCATIONAL WADDEN AREA

Regular visitors to AquaZoo will have seen the aquariums and materials before in the area next to the sloths and white-faced lemurs. Starting Monday, June 12, the time has finally come and the Wadden area at AquaZoo will open its doors. The Wadden Area features a multitude of animals and educational materials. These include shells, crabs, crustaceans, tongues, plaice and a mud bucket, in which ebb and flow is simulated.

"In addition to the exotic animals at AquaZoo, we also want to start linking to local nature more often and bring it to people's attention," says William Kreijkes, Head of Animal Care at AquaZoo. "The Wadden area is one of the first steps in this. This extraordinary nature reserve is Unesco World Heritage Site. We would like to raise awareness and introduce visitors to the diversity of animals found here. Especially since it is only a stone's throw from AquaZoo."

The animals and large aquariums all came from the Wadden Experience Center De Noordhoren in Holwerd, which closed its doors in 2020. AquaZoo was able to take over the aquariums and animals. This will attract an even larger audience of people interested in the mudflats. The Wadden Experience Center De Noordhoren was established in 2009 after the Wadden Sea was declared a Unesco World Heritage Site. The objective was to establish a center with good, clear, instructive and also fun facts and trivia about the Wadden area. This fits perfectly with the objectives of AquaZoo, in which education and species preservation are top priorities. Opening the Wadden area with two large aquariums is a first step and prelude to future expansion of this space.

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