New Exhibit: Frog Bog

Event Details

May 23 through the end of 2008. This summer, the Newport Aquarium is opening a new exhibit that will change the way you think about frogs. "Frog Bog," opening Memorial Day Weekend, will feature these unique and wonderful animals with fun and new interactive components for kids to enjoy. Included in the Aquarium's general admission price, this exhibit, with many different kinds of frogs, has many hands-on, visual and sound-rich experiences that highlight different senses and replicate the frog habitat. Kids can learn all about frogs with activities including three-foot-tall Musical Frog replicas that will "sing" when children play with them. The Aquarium will provide an updated Frogger-type video game with an interactive pad. Another interactive demonstrates amphibian habitat destruction. There will also be an area that allows kids to explore exhibits while climbing through tunnels, walking through tubes and sliding down a slide.

From musical frogs to climbing and sliding... kids will be immersed in the world of frogs.

Why frogs? There is a global amphibian crisis and over 500 species of frogs are critically endangered and threatened with extinction due to environmental changes and pollution. Frogs absorb toxins through their skin, so when waterways become polluted, the frogs are the first to die.

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