Beluga Encounter - Stand where the trainers do, face to face with a beluga whale, in Shedd’s newest extraordinary experience! Your beluga encounter begins as Shedd’s animal experts lead you through an informative orientation about training and animal care, the beluga you’ll meet and the best way to have a safe and fun experience. Then you’ll pull on waders to enter the fully accessible Grainger Beluga Encounter Habitat and meet a whale! You’ll touch a beluga’s skin, try some training techniques and maybe even feel the whale’s heartbeat. At the conclusion, you’ll receive a framed photo to remember this experience by—as if you could ever forget!
Participants must be at least 8 years old and 55 inches tall. Children must be accompanied by an adult.
Behind The Scenes Tours - Your guide will show you Shedd from the perspective of our animal care staff. You’ll tour the animal healthcare center, where preventive care keeps the collection healthy. Then you’ll go behind the galleries to view the animals from a new angle, learn about breeding programs, see nutritious meals prepared for a wide range of tastes and witness the aquarium at work. Must be 55 inches or taller.
Trainer For A Day - Pull on a pair of our tall rubber boots and go behind the scenes to experience what it’s like to be a marine mammal trainer. You’ll assist a trainer with daily routines and experience several training and feeding sessions. From the Oceanarium kitchen, where meals for five dozen animals are prepared every day, to reserve areas, to poolside in a habitat, you’ll see what it takes to care for the belugas, dolphins, sea otters, sea lions and penguins.
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Advance Arrangements Required
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8
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Plan your Extraordinary Experiences on line or call 312-692-2730.
The shedd is always a fun place to go with new things everytime you go. The newest is the beluga encounter and they are amazing. Both the females are pregnant now and we learned all kinds of new things about these beautiful creatures. Mondays and tuesdays are free to get into the shedd, but you may have to pay xtra to get into the oceanarium (which is newly remodeled). Definately worth the trip
