Ammon Covino

My name's Ammon Covino. That's the short and sweet of it.

My name's Ammon Covino. That's the short and sweet of it.

I think there's a lack of animal interaction with humans on this planet. It's just the world getting out of balance and the oceans getting out of balance. We have millions of people a year go through our aquariums. Millions. more than any other aquarium in the country, period. And when you have that kind of volume and you're teaching people, these are animals we should love.

I think there's a lack of animal interaction with humans on this planet. It's just the world getting out of balance and the oceans getting out of balance. We have millions of people a year go through our aquariums. Millions. more than any other aquarium in the country, period. And when you have that kind of volume and you're teaching people, these are animals we should love.

These are animals we should care for.

These are animals we should care for.

Well, was the animal being harmed, right? That's the first thing. Second thing is, the parameters of the water are perfect. He had to dig his hands all the way to his shoulders to get the fish out. It's not designed to do that way. Those sharks and all those fish have a way to get away from people if they don't want to be touched.

Well, was the animal being harmed, right? That's the first thing. Second thing is, the parameters of the water are perfect. He had to dig his hands all the way to his shoulders to get the fish out. It's not designed to do that way. Those sharks and all those fish have a way to get away from people if they don't want to be touched.

In fact, if you want to touch one of the animals, they have to come up to you because the animals need to feel safe. And that's what we try to create there at the aquarium.

In fact, if you want to touch one of the animals, they have to come up to you because the animals need to feel safe. And that's what we try to create there at the aquarium.

kids would come from schools and school groups and school buses and it was just i couldn't believe it i was like this is out of control and so i started setting up little exhibits through the aquarium little octopus exhibit here's mantis shrimp all kinds of different things that we would set up sea horses starfish and we noticed real quick that people would come in look at all the animals and leave and then the cash register wasn't opening right

kids would come from schools and school groups and school buses and it was just i couldn't believe it i was like this is out of control and so i started setting up little exhibits through the aquarium little octopus exhibit here's mantis shrimp all kinds of different things that we would set up sea horses starfish and we noticed real quick that people would come in look at all the animals and leave and then the cash register wasn't opening right

Who's selling you fish? But when I started charging a dollar per head, we made $1,800 in one week. And I thought, oh gosh, this is a real good way to do it.

Who's selling you fish? But when I started charging a dollar per head, we made $1,800 in one week. And I thought, oh gosh, this is a real good way to do it.

My brother just wanted to be a reality star or something, and they just kind of did a couple of videos. I think he spent about half a million on production of doing stuff. Not the kind of thing I like to watch, necessarily. And I thought, I'm not going to do that. That's crazy. Last thing I want to be is on a TV show in front of anybody.

My brother just wanted to be a reality star or something, and they just kind of did a couple of videos. I think he spent about half a million on production of doing stuff. Not the kind of thing I like to watch, necessarily. And I thought, I'm not going to do that. That's crazy. Last thing I want to be is on a TV show in front of anybody.

Challenge it to anybody who says that keeping a lemur specifically in captivity and not touching them would be better off in the long run than someone that did it and touched them. They're wrong. Dead wrong. Period. Math doesn't show that. It doesn't work. It's just because they're ignorant of it. That's all. Simple as that.

Challenge it to anybody who says that keeping a lemur specifically in captivity and not touching them would be better off in the long run than someone that did it and touched them. They're wrong. Dead wrong. Period. Math doesn't show that. It doesn't work. It's just because they're ignorant of it. That's all. Simple as that.

And if I had to make a case in a debate standing next to somebody who said the other was, I'd win every time.

And if I had to make a case in a debate standing next to somebody who said the other was, I'd win every time.