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The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk and Salt Marshes
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The Maritime Aquarium at Norwalk is located in the hip SONO (SOuth NOrwalk) part of town, in a refurbished 1860s factory on the shore of the Norwalk River. The aquarium, not the largest in the region, does have a unique vision; its sole focus is on the fish and wildlife found in Connecticut rivers, the Long Island Sound and the deeper near shore waters of the Atlantic.
The gallery devoted to salt marshes has diamondback terrapins, seahorses, Atlantic silversides, mummichogs and fiddler crabs. It also explains the difference between the high and low marsh, and their role in acting as a nursery for much of the life found in the Long Island Sound. It's worth a visit!
A few (poorly lit) shots of the exhibit are below:
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