Learn all that's great about dads this Fathers' Day weekend with 'Super dads of the Sea' celebration at the SEA LIFE London Aquarium. Guests to the South Bank attraction can join in with specially themed expert talks and activities about which marine animals make the best fathers and why. PLUS all dads visiting with their children get in for half price on Fathers' Day.*

The experts will be on hand to give dad-related animal facts in their specially themed talks. For example: did you know that for seahorses, it's the dads that look after the eggs during pregnancy? Guests can wonder at these amazing creatures in the new Sea Dragon Kingdom area – with Yellow seahorses alongside mystical looking Weedy sea dragons and Alligator pipefish – males in these closely related species all carry their eggs.

Plus in Penguins: Ice Adventure area – visitors can get up close to the SEA LIFE London Aquarium's resident colony of Gentoo penguins – including Arnie who fathered baby Elsa last year and helped mum Luna incubate their egg, taking turns keeping it warm. Guests can also learn about the pre-historic looking Lumpsuckers – who, in the wild, make doting fathers, staying with their eggs to protect them even when the tide goes out.

For an extra treat - visitors can book a Behind the Scenes Tour (tickets from £4.50 for children and £6.75 for adults online), to visit some baby and 'teenage' seahorses that are being looked after by aquarists as part of a SEA LIFE London Aquarium breeding programme, supported by The Seahorse Trust**. For more information on Behind the Scenes Tours, and to book, see: http://www.visitsealife.com/london/ticket-prices/behindthescenestours/

GETTING THERE

·       Discounts and priority entry available with online booking - visit www.visitsealife.com/london

·       Open seven days a week from 10am with last entry at 6pm

·       Prices start from £19.98 per adult and £14.41 per child, Behind the Scenes Tour – prices start from £6.75 per adult and £4.50 per child.

*One half-price adult ticket with a full paying child – walk-up ticket only (NOT AVAILABLE ONLINE) Offer only available and redeemable on Sunday June 21 2014. SEA LIFE London Aquarium staff decision is final.

** For more information on the Seahorse Trust, visit http://www.theseahorsetrust.org 

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For further information please contact Tansy Ratcliffe-James or Amy Williams at freerange communications on 020 7402 9966 or tansy@freerange.eu

Notes to Editors:

Top booking tip: Choose a SEA LIFE London Aquarium VIP Family Ticket (two adults, two children) and make a saving of over £30! This great value ticket is only £81 online and includes:

·       Admission to SEA LIFE London Aquarium

·       Beat the queues with Priority Entry

·       Flexible entry so you can visit at any time during your selected day

·       Official SEA LIFE Guidebook

·       Souvenir photobook worth £25.00

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