SEA LIFE Blackpool Stages Valentine's Day for Romance-Shy Romeos

Aquarists at SEA LIFE Blackpool are offering romance-shy Romeo’s and Juliet’s a perfect way to avoid all the slush of Valentine’s Day.

With an anti-Valentine’s movement growing globally – promoting singletons and less romantic couples too – staff at the popular seafront aquarium are giving them a fun chance to escape the mush and gush of affection.
 
Stars, like pop princess Ariana Grande, have championed the cause of single people and Singles Awareness Day as a complement to the more traditional Valentine’s Day. Now SEA LIFE Blackpool is joining in by offering alternative experiences for visitors seeking to shy-away from the hearts and ribbons.  Instead they can explore creepy creatures, such as wolf fish and dragon moray eels or the razor-toothed piranhas.
 
They can even snorkel with sharks, if they like, or test their nerve against spiders, bugs and creepy crawlies on the aquarium’s rainforest ranger table, which includes Giant African land snails, hissing and death head cockroaches, praying mantis and giant grubs.
 
Matthew Titherington, general manager at SEA LIFE Blackpool, explained: “With a growing number of single people, we thought the time was right for us to offer a different Valentine’s package. People can come and enjoy a great time at SEA LIFE Blackpool, away from all the schmaltz and slush, discovering about fascinating creatures, such as wolf fish, dragon eels and piranhas, which are ideal for a less romantic Valentine’s Day. 
 
“We can offer them a warm welcome and fun experience. We can promise them an exciting and enthralling time among the creatures of the deep.  They can even snorkel with sharks, if they want.
 
“We’ll get them smiling. It’s also chance for them to discover more about ocean conservation and marine life protection as part of our ‘breed, rescue, protect’ campaign to combat threats, such as plastic pollution, habitat destruction and commercial overfishing.”
 
SEA LIFE Blackpool works closely with its charity partner, the Sea Life Trust, as part of its popular 'breed, rescue, protect' campaign, to develop and support ocean conservation projects worldwide, including threatened and endangered species, such as turtles, sharks and sea horses.