Sea Life California – Bye-Bye Binky, Say Hello to Inky

If you live in the Southern California area and have a little one with a binky, you might be interested in this promotion tomorrow!

SEA LIFE™ Carlsbad Aquarium is inviting children to exchange their pacifiers for FREE Admission at the grand opening of its newest exhibit “Octopus Garden” on Friday, April 15, 2011. Octopus Garden is an interactive exhibit introducing families to the amazing world of cephalopods. From octopus and cuttlefish to nautilus, these distinctive creatures have almost supernatural abilities including camouflage, ink clouds and jet propulsion to surprise and delight adults and children alike.

Children coming to SEA LIFE Carlsbad Aquarium on April 15 have a chance to give up their pacifier habit to start a new habit of interacting with mysterious creatures of the deep at the Aquarium’s newest exhibit, Octopus Garden. Pacifiers will be collected at the main entrance to the Aquarium and for every pacifier turned in by a child, that child will receive up to four complimentary SEA LIFE tickets to use that day to enjoy with their family.

“The American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry recommends for non-nutritive habits to best be broken by the age of 3. The longer the habit extends, the dental treatment becomes more involved and costly. This can include: teeth sticking out or coming in crooked, jaws not growing symmetrically which changes the way the child’s teeth bite together and could cause speech impairments,” said Linh Tsai, DDS of CarlsbaDDS Pediatric Smiles. “The fact that SEA LIFE is offering a chance to see these incredible creatures as an incentive for your little ones to stop with the pacifier habit is great.”

In keeping with the Aquarium’s pledge to be eco-friendly, all pacifiers collected on April 15 will be recycled.

For more information on Sea Life, please visit: https://www.visitsealife.com/California/