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is ready for summer with three new
attractions from the aquarium pyramid to
Palm Beach two dinosaurs truly has
something for everyone it's my family's
favorite summer in winter it's to here
with more about the new attractions
Jerry Hammett Jack and Allison Folsom
along with this little four year old
penguin San Juan welcome and we always
see the Penguins you know we do our
citycam shop where we take the shot live
down in Galveston so we see the Penguins
but it's nice to have someone here in
our studio to talk to us about the pen
what type of penguin is this this is
different and I am familiar with mo he's
a different kind of yes mo is one of our
chinstrap penguins so she lives on the
penguin exhibit that we've had from the
beginning of the aquarium the
cold-weather exhibit San Juan is one of
our newer editions after the renovation
we added the Humboldt penguin exhibit so
San Juan is a Humboldt penguin they're
found off the coast of Peru in the wild
so they are actually very used to the
hot heat the humidity Texas so they're
great ambassador animals like Jerry said
they're great to come on the road with
us they're okay with the temperature
fluctuations which mo and our
cold-weather species would not be so
curious they're very investigative
they're a skittish species kind of by
nature but we've been able to work with
them and really introduce them to
different environments different people
different areas so he's having a lot of
fun in the middle of the mall so we have
a plate of snacks here is he hungry or
should we try or not you may be usually
when our penguins come out in the
encounters or at different places they
have so much to think about the fish is
pretty low on their interest okay you're
more than welcome to ask should we feed
them kind of one fish at a time and they
can take the fish in their beefs and
they'll actually swallow whole they
don't eat so they don't need to chew but
you can see he's like okay get the fish
out of my face yeah I don't want it he's
ready first he doesn't wanna eat on TV I
can understand that the camera adds up
we pounds so I totally get it Jerry the
aquarium I mean this is a great place to
start to you guys offer discounts for
seniors and kids as well yeah you know
we have a few different themed days so
on Wednesdays we have mommy Wednesday's
where you get a discount to to all the
attractions at Moody Gardens and you
know we've been having a lot of rain
lately and that's the great thing about
Moody Gardens rain or shine you've got
options and the aquarium pyramid is
definitely one beautiful look at that I
love it my kids love going there of
course we have to mention the 37 million
dollar enhancement that opened about a
year ago but take it outside to Palm
Beach because this is one of our
favorite spots we usually go for fourth
of July
and it's awesome for the whole family
yeah that's you can you can pick your
favorite palm trees find a little lounge
chair to sink your toes into the white
sand or you can get out on the lazy
river wave pool tower slides there's so
many different options out there and
it's just a really great place and it's
great for all ages too because even like
the very youngest kids they can run out
to the splash pad and or the lazy river
because that's fun too but refresh my
memory about the sand at Palm Beach we
actually shipped white sand in on a
barge from Palm Beach so we have real
white sand and you can enjoy that any
time and we even have our bands on the
sand concert series on Friday and
Saturday night so we've got local
regional bands that perform out there so
you can hang out on the lazy river get
up and dance whatever you want to do do
you guys still do the firework show that
happens in the evenings so on Friday and
Saturday night after the shows we have
the fireworks every Friday and Saturday
through the summer that is a great way
to cap it all off by the way kids ages 3
and under they are free right yes and
you also have the Dinos a live exhibit
so this looks really awesome as well
yeah this is a big summer for dinosaurs
and so many kids are loving this and
actually adults are too so you can go
through the Jurassic jungle and you can
see about 2,000 different giant and
animatronic dinosaurs and you find your
way through the Jurassic jungle you're
kind of learning about dinosaurs but
you're doing
in a really fun kind of way and then we
even have a little dinosaur dig at the
end so it's an archaeological dig so a
little hands-on experience too
I love it and San Juan is doing so well
and ready for his close-up so we can get
kind of like an educational piece with
you while we're there too on the
different kinds of penguins right oh
definitely we have our penguin encounter
which you can purchase it ticket for and
go back behind the scenes and actually
meet a penguin up close just like this
beyond that with our cold weather
exhibit we're working on a similar
program with the Humboldt penguins to
get them out front and out of their
exhibit but it's so fun to be able to
walk through and and learn about these
birds and learn about the animals why
are seeing them wait what
penguins are very vocal they communicate
with each other and socialize with their
vocalizations so you definitely looking
at everybody and you must have seen
another penguin go by different levels
of communication but it's one way that
they can identify each other awesome
Jerry San Juan thank you so much for
coming by any time you want me to a
reminder if you'd like to check out
these Galveston hotspots this summer
just visit moody gardens org and coming
up next housed in an original 113