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Dozens sleep with the sharks in Riverhead
Photo credit: Shakera Hobbs
Evan Gottesman fidgeted as a pole with fish dangling from it was lowered into the shark tank.
The 7-year-old from Farmingville could barely contain his excitement as the sand sharks were fed at the Long Island Aquarium and Exhibition Center on Friday.
He was one of the dozens of kids and parents who spent the night at the aquarium for the “Sharktastic Sleepover.”
The aquarium hosts...
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