The Touch Tank at the South Carolina Aquarium

Touch Tank allows visitors not only to see, but also to touch a variety of live invertebrates (animals without backbones) found along the coast of South Carolina. Aquarium staff and volunteers are on hand to tell you about these animals and help you to better understand the life in the Atlantic Ocean. A videoscope gives a magnified view of some of these animals, and a collection of shells and fossils helps you identify the animals you sometimes find washed up on the beach.