News Channel 8 file photo by PAUL LAMISON
During the daily Penguin Promenade, the penguins roam close to visitors, sometimes playing with the guests' shoelaces or bracelets, the Florida Aquarium's Web site says.
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Published: November 21, 2008
TAMPA - ForbesTraveler.com ranks The Florida Aquarium among the top dozen U.S. aquariums.
The aquarium was cited this week for diverse programs including Dive With the Sharks, Penguins: Backstage Pass and Explore a Shore.
Other aquariums, which ForbesTraveler did not rank, are:
Monterey Bay Aquarium, Calif.; John G. Shedd Aquarium, Chicago; National Aquarium, Baltimore; Sea World Adventure Parks, Orlando, San Antonio, Texas, and San Diego, Calif; Oregon Coast Aquarium, Newport, Ore.; Aquarium of the Pacific, Long Beach, Calif.; Dallas World Aquarium, Texas; New York Aquarium, Brooklyn, N.Y.; New England Aquarium, Brockton, Mass.; Georgia Aquarium, Atlanta; and Ripley's Aquarium of the Smokies, Gatlinburg, Tenn.
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