Preview week ahead of Great Lakes Crossing aquarium opening
AUBURN HILLS, Mich. (AP) - The final touches are going in place for a 35,000-square-foot aquarium that opens next week at one of Michigan's largest shopping malls.
Sea Life Michigan Aquarium opens Jan. 29 at Great Lakes Crossing in the Detroit suburb of Auburn Hills. Operators held a media preview Thursday.
The aquarium features three blacknose sharks, two bonnethead sharks and one nurse shark among its estimated 5,000 animals.
The aquarium has a tropical ocean tank with a walk-through underwater tunnel.
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Online:
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Kaden Martel, right, of Flint, Mich., points out fish at SEA LIFE Michigan Aquarium during a press preview tour, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, at Great Lakes Crossing Outlets in Auburn Hills, Mich. The public grand opening is scheduled for Jan. 29. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal-MLive.com, Jake May)
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People enter the SEA LIFE Michigan Aquarium during a press preview tour, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, at Great Lakes Crossing Outlets in Auburn Hills, Mich. The grand opening is scheduled for Jan. 29. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal-MLive.com, Jake May)
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Renu Saggar, of Windsor, Ontario, watches fish at SEA LIFE Michigan Aquarium during a press preview tour, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, at Great Lakes Crossing Outlets in Auburn Hills, Mich. The grand opening is scheduled for Jan. 29. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal-MLive.com, Jake May)
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People explore a 180-degree underwater tunnel as sharks and stingrays swim overhead at SEA LIFE Michigan Aquarium during a press preview tour, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, at Great Lakes Crossing Outlets in Auburn Hills, Mich. The grand opening is scheduled for Jan. 29. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal-MLive.com, Jake May)
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Two jellyfish swim together at SEA LIFE Michigan Aquarium during a press preview tour, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, at Great Lakes Crossing Outlets in Auburn Hills, Mich. The grand opening is scheduled for Jan. 29. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal-MLive.com, Jake May)
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Carlyn Wyman, of Hazel Park, Mich., points at a shark at SEA LIFE Michigan Aquarium during a press preview tour, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, at Great Lakes Crossing Outlets in Auburn Hills, Mich. The grand opening is scheduled for Jan. 29. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal-MLive.com, Jake May)
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A blacknose shark passes swims in a 180-degree underwater tunnel at SEA LIFE Michigan Aquarium during a press preview tour, Thursday, Jan. 22, 2015, at Great Lakes Crossing Outlets in Auburn Hills, Mich. The grand opening is scheduled for Jan. 29. (AP Photo/The Flint Journal-MLive.com, Jake May)
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