People living within about a 100-mile radius of Wonders of Wildlife National Museum and Aquarium can now get a half-price ticket through March 31.

WOW made the announcement Monday while unveiling two new exhibits — a Linnaeus’s sloth and two tiny common marmoset primates.

The new lower-cost ticket is available to residents in 60 counties in Missouri, Arkansas, Oklahoma, and Kansas.

Ticket price is $19.95 for adults and $11.95 for children. The regular price for each is $39.95 and $23.95 respectively.

Visitors from those counties can get the discount by showing a valid drivers license, state identification card or utility bill with their address.

The tickets are good for both the aquarium and museum, but are good only for the day they are purchased.

The Just for Neighbors pricing is a way to say "thank you" to the local community, according to WOW spokeswoman Shelby Stephenson. The offer is not available online.

Children ages 4-11 can qualify for the lower ticket price. Youths age 3 and under are free.

Qualifying residents must live in one of the following counties to be eligible for the Just for Neighbors discount through March 31:

Missouri: Barry, Barton, Bates, Benton, Camden, Cass, Cedar, Christian, Dade, Dallas, Dent, Douglas, Greene, Henry, Hickory, Howell, Jasper, Johnson, Laclede, Lawrence, Maries, McDonald, Miller, Morgan, Newton, Oregon, Ozark, Pettis, Phelps, Polk, Pulaski, Shannon, St. Clair, Stone, Taney, Texas, Vernon, Webster or Wright counties

Arkansas: Baxter, Boone, Carroll, Fulton, Izard, Madison, Marion, Searcy, Benton, Newton, and Stone or Washington counties

Kansas: Allen, Anderson, Bourbon, Cherokee, Crawford, Labette, Linn, Miami or Neosho counties

Oklahoma: Craig, Delaware or Ottawa counties

Stephenson said WOW attendance typically slows down a bit during winter months, though it has been steady recently. WOW attracted 1.6 million visitors during its first year after it opened in 2017.

The newest arrivals at WOW are in the aquarium's Amazon rain forest.

"The Linnaeus's two-toed sloth is nocturnal," said Keaton Garland, an education animal trainer at WOW. "Our keeper back there is feeding her one of her favorite snacks, which includes carrots, sweet potatoes and apples."

The slow-moving sloth is not endangered, although unchecked habitat loss in Central and South American forests could eventually pose a threat.

The sloth has an unusual symbiotic relationship with algae that grows in the humid rain forest. Algae can grow on its fur, providing camouflage against predators.

WOW also showed off its two tiny common marmosets, a primate that has a prehensile tail and a very expressive face that it uses to communicate with fellow marmosets.

"This is a species that spends a lot of time in trees. They'll eat all sorts of gum and sap from the trees as well as fruits, vegetables, flowers and insects, eggs and the occasional lizard or small mammal," Garland said.

The new arrivals posed for the cameras while dining on fruit and tasty mouthfuls of mealworms.

"These are very social animals, and we're very excited to have them debuting here at Wonders of Wildlife," Stephenson added.

"Marmosets are very social and they actually interact with each other using facial expressions and different kinds of posture. They're very similar to humans that way. We're certain they're going to be a guest favorite because they'll get to see the many expressions of the marmoset as they travel through the Amazon rainforest gallery here at Wonders of Wildlife."

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