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Shreveport Aquarium hosts exciting, educational shark week events

SHREVEPORT, La. (KTAL/KMSS) — The award-winning Shreveport Aquarium is hosting a myriad of events for a Shark Week celebration.

Mine for megalodon teeth in the Red River Treasure Mine. Who will be the one to find the giant megalodon tooth? One winner per week will have the opportunity to take home a fossil from the largest shark and fish that ever lived. An extra fee applies for the search, but participants keep all finds.

Watch sharks eat their lunch while the team shares facts about shark behavior and adaptations. Learn about the importance of sharks to ocean ecosystems. Shark Talks & Feedings take place every Monday, Wednesday, and Friday at 2:30 p.m.

Science is Neat: Shark Edition takes place on Sundays at 11 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m. Science and Research Manager Jackson Wheat leads exclusive talks and demos on shark biology, adaptations, and myths.

Learn about Yoko the Swell Shark. Swell sharks are a unique species of cat shark capable of enlarging itself to almost double its size by sucking in air or water. What makes Yoko unique is that she hatched in a habitat with no male sharks. Her birth made worldwide headlines. Learn about her story ahead of the results of DNA testing.

Touch and feed stingrays and small bamboo sharks. Stingrays are made up of flexible cartilage instead of bones and use electromagnetic senses to search for food, making them closely related to sharks. They will swim up and take food out of your hand.

The first 20 kids aged 2-12 get a shark party pack with a regular ticket or membership.

Artists can submit their work for the Shark Art & Poetry Gallery daily during Shark Week for a chance to win the grand prize Shark Basket.

Flex your knowledge with the FinFact Frenzy Quiz Trail. Daily during Shark Week, follow the trail and answer questions to see how your shark knowledge measures up. Turn in your completed quiz for a prize.

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From 11 a.m. to noon daily during Shark Week, stop by Contact Cove to make your own shark-themed creation.

From 1 p.m. to 2 p.m. daily during Shark Week, explore how sharks use electroreception, feel real shark jaws, and discover the mystery of “mermaid purses” in the Shark Senses Lab.

On Tuesday, July 22, journey to the event pavilion for Shark Week Trivia & Tacos Night. Enjoy trivia games, a taco bar, and shark-themed drinks. Prizes are awarded to trivia champions. You think you know sharks; this is your chance to prove it.

Wednesday, July 23, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m., participate in the blood drive. Blood bank supplies largely depend on school blood drives. During the summer, when school is out of session, the supply drops drastically. Give blood, save lives, and receive a gift from LifeShare.

Join the festivities as the aquarium celebrates the eighth birthday of Zenon the zebra shark. Watch her eat a clam-flavored birthday cake and enjoy cupcakes to celebrate with her. Remember to sign he birthday card all week.

Shark Week at the Shreveport Aquarium takes place from July 20 to July 27.

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