Located just about equidistant from both, you will find the aquatic park SeaWorld, with fantastic animal shows, a handful of rides and animal-interaction programs.

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Co-author Alexander Liu said the animal was not completely aquatic, since it lacked adaptations like a "stream-lined body or flipper-like limbs".

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She said the animal science building would include aquatic, reptile and mammal rooms, a laboratory and six teaching classrooms.

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