Sea Life London

Which sea creatures do you love the most? Magnificent sharks, colourful clownfish or perhaps inquisitive sea turtles? Does a clever common octopus grab your attention or do you prefer playful penguins? Maybe you simply can’t decide!

 Here at SEA LIFE London you can make up your mind and see them all – from the curious and the rescued to the rare and the enigmatic. You’ll be able to get closer to them than ever before.

 Home to over 500 species in 14 themed zones, there is so much to see at SEA LIFE London Aquarium!

 Discover our Shark Species

 Sharks have lived in our oceans for more than 420 million years! That makes them older than trees! Their brains have evolved to become more intelligent and devoted to their senses – mainly their ability to smell. There are over 500 species of shark in our oceans and you’ll meet lots of them when you explore our Pacific Shipwreck!

 Coral Kingdom

 They cover less than 1% of the ocean floor, yet over 25% (that’s 1 quarter) of marine species depend on this habitat in some way for survival.

 The Coral itself might look like rock or plant but it is actually a type of animal! From the same family as Jellyfish and Sea Anemones, Corals are made up of millions of individual polyps all growing on top of each other. Each of these polyps lives within a shell but sticks out little stinging tentacles to catch plankton in the current. Coral polyps share their shell with algae which provides them with most of their food using photosynthesis. In exchange the Coral offers the algae a safe house so they both get a good deal!

 The Octopus

 Which creature has three hearts, eight arms and a doughnut shaped brain? You guessed it, it’s the octopus!

There are around 300 species of octopus and we find them in every ocean on our planet, but the common octopus that you’ll  find here at SEA LIFE is native to our UK waters.

 Octopus are molluscs which means they are from the same family as Slugs and Snails as well as Cuttlefish and Squid. They are well known for being very clever. In fact they are one of the most intelligent invertebrate species (that means animals with no backbone).

 Go on, have a little nosey at some of the greatest creatures you’ll come face to fin at our aquarium.