Stingray Touch
Connect with animals in a one-of-a-kind, hands-on experience. Stingray Touch gives you the unique chance to get even closer to animals and nature, by feeling the tropical water and the back of a stingray. These fascinating fish glide around the habitat, flapping against each other and your fingers.
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Touch
Reach out and feel a stingray! The texture of these tactile animals might surprise you.
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Learn
Animal experts can tell you all about how Shedd cares for stingrays.
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See
Experience a whole school of stingrays swimming around each other.
Stingray Feeding
Help feed these supple, strong—and flat as a pancake fishes by adding a Stingray Feeding for $5 ($3 for members). Give these bottom-feeders a fun seafood treat and watch them flap against each other and your fingers!
Available when Stingray Touch is open, with feeding times between 9 – 11 a.m. See a Shedd Team Member to add this experience when you arrive for $5 ($3 for members). Great for kids and adults 6+
Reach out and touch
Connect with animals in a one-of-a-kind, hands-on experience. Stingray Touch gives you the unique chance to get even closer to animals and nature, by feeling the tropical water and the back of a stingray. These fascinating fish glide around the habitat, flapping against each other and your fingers.
Exhibit dates
Stingray Touch is open May through October.