Torquay will be home to an underground forest, blue stingrays and dinosaur crabs thanks to a series of new developments at Living Coasts.
According to the wildlife attraction, these changes will confirm its position as the UK's leading coastal zoo and a nationally-important discovery centre.
The familiar outdoor area, with its famous penguins, wading birds, and fur seals will remain the same but the whole of the inside is being transformed with new exhibits, new species and the "latest technology".
Among the new animals will be the poisonous blue-spotted ray, upside-down jellyfish and horseshoe crab - a prehistoric animal unchanged since the time of the dinosaurs.
The highlight of the new developments will be Britain's first major exhibit based on a mangrove swamp habitat. 'Mangroves: The Roots of the Sea' will open on Living…
