A Priceless Sea Turtle

This is the story of Nickel, Shedd's rehabbed green sea turtle from Florida. Learn more about Nickel, and make sure to see her in our Caribbean Reef dive.

Posted by Jay Geneske, web editor

Creating Camp Shedd

Every day at Shedd, our visitors see animals in their habitats. We thought it would be fun to extend that experience by creating a habitat in which our young visitors can play, let their imaginations run wild, and get close to our region’s native animals. The result was Camp Shedd.

Sharp Teeth, Well-Muscled Jaws

This yellow-margin triggerfish (Pseudobalistes flavimarginatus) in Wild Reef is as imposing as he looks. You’re only seeing a few of what George Parsons, head of our Fishes Department, calls an “arsenal” of sharp teeth, set in strong, well-muscled jaws –- good for cracking open sea urchins, crustaceans and other hard-shelled prey. This species even nibbles on the tips of coral branches.

Those eyes, set high on the sides of the head, can be rotated independently, like a two-camera security system, to keep a lookout for predators. I don’t know who’d want to tangle with this fish, though.