Boise Aquarium- Adopt An Animal

Adopt An Animal Program

	$10,000 Adult Sea Turtle adoption for 1 year(2 available) $5,000 Juvenile Sea Turtle adoption for 1 year(2 available) Loggerheads can swim up to 15mph with their smooth shells and paddle like flippers. Adults can weigh between 47lbs-136lbs. Loggerheads lay about 100 eggs 2 to 5 times per year. It's hard to say how much they consume each year, but due to their specialized diets of sponges, jellyfishes, sargassum weed, small gastropods, crustaceans, conch, clams, horseshoe crab as well as other crustaceans, jellyfishes, pteropods, floating mollusks, floating egg clusters, squids and flying fishes. Their cost to adopt is directly related to the cost to maintain. As part of your adoption you will receive; Behind the scenes tour of the aquarium for 2 adults Have your picture taken with your turtle 5 Transferable Family Season passes to the Aquarium that can be given to others (adult sea turtle adoption only) Your name on a plaque in front of the exhibit naming you as the adoptive parent for that Turtle Your name will be in the quarterly news letter under adoptive parents Recognition on the web site Special time to feed and spend time with your adopted animal and the animal trainer
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	$5,000 Large Sharks 175lbs (26 lbs per week $1.50 per pound) $3,000 Medium Shark 80lbs (12 lbs per week $1.50 per pound) $2,000 Small Shark 40 lbs (6 lbs per week $1.50 per pound) Sharks eat far less than most people imagine. Remember that, like other fish, sharks are cold-blooded. Cold- blooded animals have much lower metabolisms than warm-blooded animals such as mammals. So sharks don’t need huge amounts of food. A shark eats between 1% and 10% of its body weight in a week. We have sharks from 350lbs down to 5 lbs ready to come to the aquarium. As part of your adoption you will receive; Behind the scenes tour of the aquarium for 2 adults A picture of the shark you adopted 5 Family entries to the Aquarium (extra large and large shark adoption only) 3 scuba dives with the sharks for 2 people.(extra large and large shark adoption only) Your name on a plaque in front of the exhibit naming you as the adoptive parent for that Shark Your name will be in the quarterly news letter under adoptive parents section Recognition on the web site
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	$5,000 Octopus adoption for 1 year (1 available) Octopuses have a relatively short life span, and some species live for as little as six months. Larger species, such as the North Pacific Giant Octopus, may live for up to five years under suitable circumstances. However, reproduction is a cause of death: males can only live for a few months after mating, and females die shortly after their eggs hatch. Octopuses are highly intelligent, probably more intelligent than any other order of invertebrates. The exact extent of their intelligence and learning capability is much debated among biologists, but maze and problem-solving experiments have shown that they do have both short- and long-term memory. Their short lifespan limits the amount they can ultimately learn. Behind the scenes tour of the aquarium for 2 adults A picture of the Octopus you adopted 1 Family entry to the Aquarium Your name on a plaque in front of the exhibit naming you as the adoptive parent for that Octopus Your name will be in the quarterly news letter under adoptive parents section Recognition on the web site Thank You Sarah Crockett for adopting the Octopus for 2009-2010. Together with other generous donations, you are a part of the Boise Aquarium. We appreciate your donation and care for this animal. Adoptions are still available for 2010 on.
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	$10,000 Seal adoption for 1 year (4 available) Seals are adopted based on how much food they consume in one year. Since the average seal consumes 14 lbs of food per day at $1.50 per pound totaling over 5,000 lbs of food per year we calculated $7,600 Harbor seals don't chew their food. They swallow their food whole or tear it into chunks. With their back molars, they crush shells and crustaceans. Harbor seals can swim up to 12 mph, but they generally cruise at slower speeds. Harbor seals sleep on land or in the water. In the water they sleep at the surface and often assume a posture known as bottling - their entire bodies remain submerged with just their heads exposed. This enables them to breathe when necessary. Behind the scenes tour of the aquarium for 2 adults Have your picture taken with your Seal 5 Transferable Family Season passes to the Aquarium Your name on a plaque in front of the exhibit naming you as the adoptive parent for that Seal Your name will be in the quarterly news letter under adoptive parents Recognition on the web site Special time to feed and spend time with your adopted animal and the animal trainer
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	$100 Clown fish adoption for 1 year The Clown fish, the favorite of many children because of the popular Finding Nemo movie, is a simple animal to keep its relationship with anemones is interesting to say the least as it keeps these fish safe from predators. Clown fish (also called the Clown Anemone fish) are small fish that live among anemone (fish-eating animals that look like undersea flowers and have hundreds of poisonous tentacles). The anemone's tentacles kill other fish that touch them, but the Clown fish seems to be immune to its poison. Scientists think that the Clown fish may be coated with a mucous that protects it from the poison. The anemone protects the Clown fish from most predators, who know not to go near the anemone's tentacles. The clown fish helps the anemone by cleaning it (as it eats detritus) and perhaps by scaring away predators of the anemone. A picture sent to you of your fish Your name on a plaque in front of the exhibit naming you as the adoptive parent for that fish. Your name will be in the quarterly news letter under adoptive parents Recognition on the web site Thank you Kelli Jenkins for adopting a clownfish for 2009-2010. Together with other generous donations, you are a part of the Boise Aquarium. We appreciate your donation and care for this animal.
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	$250 Puffer fish adoption for 1 year. (10 available) Puffer fish are unique with their ability to blow up to more than double their size when threatened. These fish have sharp beaks that can eat almost anything, they prefer crustaceans. Keeping them is also relatively simple. Aside from the pufferfish's unique looks, pufferfish have very interesting personalities. That's right, personalities. Pufferfish are said to be able to recognize their care givers. I have watched first hand as a puffer fish wiggled at the front of the tank begging for food, watching its owner carefully. Porcupine puffers are even said to spit water out of the top of the tank when they want food. Of course we are all familiar with the puffer fish's unique ability to puff. Pufferfish puff up when they get scared. It is very interesting to watch but the behavior should never be encouraged because it puts a tremendous amount of stress on the fish's body... pufferfish can puff up to 2 or 3 times their normal size. A picture sent to you of your fish Your name on a plaque in front of the exhibit naming you as the adoptive parent for that fish. Your name will be in the quarterly news letter under adoptive parents Recognition on the web site
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	$2,000 for a large Stingray 24" $1,000 for a small Stingray 12" Stingrays are flat which allows them to hide in the depths of the sea. They ruffle up the sand and hide beneath it. Since their eyes are on top of their body and their mouths on the bottom, stingrays cannot see their prey. Instead, they use the sense of smell and electro-receptors, similar to those of the shark. feed primarily on mollusks, crustaceans, and occasionally on small fish. Their mouths contain powerful, shell-crushing suckers. Rays settle on the bottom while feeding, sometimes leaving only their eyes and tail visible. A picture sent to you of your fish Behind the scenes tour for 2 2 admission tickets to the aquarium Your name on a plaque in front of the exhibit naming you as the adoptive parent for that fish. Your name will be in the quarterly news letter under adoptive parents Recognition on the web site
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	$10,000 Adopts an Otter for 1 Year The sea otter inhabits near shore environments where it can quickly dive to the sea floor to forage. It preys mostly upon marine invertebrates such as sea urchins, various mollusks and crustaceans, and some species of fish. Unlike other marine mammals, the sea otter has no blubber and relies on its exceptionally thick fur to keep warm. With up to 150 thousand strands of hair per square centimeter (nearly one million per sq in), its fur is the most dense of any animal. Cold water is thus kept completely away from the skin and heat loss is limited. The sea otter propels itself underwater by moving the rear end of its body, including its tail and hind feet, up and down, and is capable of speeds of up to 5.6 mph. When underwater, its body is long and streamlined, with the short forelimbs pressed closely against the chest. When at the surface, it usually floats on its back and moves by sculling its feet and tail from side to side. Behind the scenes tour of the aquarium for 2 adults A picture of the Otter you adopted 2 Family entries to the Aquarium Your name on a plaque in front of the exhibit naming you as the adoptive parent for that Otter Your name will be in the quarterly news letter under adoptive parents section Recognition on the web site












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