We made another trip to Kelly Tarlton's Underwater World Sea Life Aquarium. It was, as always, a good time-- even if it was undergoing renovations.
First of course we had to get into the megadon mouth...
And Arram needed to dress up as a penguin.
We visited the stingray tank for some soothing relaxation after that.
Then we got on the moving walkway (the boys climbed on stools) and circled our way through the shark tank about five times.
There was even a sea turtle floating around!
After that we made friends with a puffer fish...
The most intimidating crab I've ever seen...
Some sea dragons (or are these pipefish?) in the Seahorse Kingdom...
And an octopus who was cracking his way into a mussel shell. (Yes, he has lots of toys in his tank for 'enrichment', including a rifle. Because if there's one animal that's a sensible choice for handling firearms, it's an octopus.)
First of course we had to get into the megadon mouth...
And Arram needed to dress up as a penguin.
Then we saw the real penguins. Poor babies, their habitat was under construction and so they were all kind of crammed together in a temporary enclosure that looked like they just installed a snow maker in the beer room at King Dick's. Even the Sno-Cat ride was out of commission!
We visited the stingray tank for some soothing relaxation after that.
Then we got on the moving walkway (the boys climbed on stools) and circled our way through the shark tank about five times.
There was even a sea turtle floating around!
After that we made friends with a puffer fish...
The most intimidating crab I've ever seen...
Some sea dragons (or are these pipefish?) in the Seahorse Kingdom...
And an octopus who was cracking his way into a mussel shell. (Yes, he has lots of toys in his tank for 'enrichment', including a rifle. Because if there's one animal that's a sensible choice for handling firearms, it's an octopus.)
2 comments:
Wow! another great adventure with so much to see and do! I really liked the penguins - especially the cute one with the green shirt on and big yellow feet!
That crab did look pretty intimidating - but what I'd really watch out for would be the octopus with a rifle!
It looks like a wonderful day. What magnificant creatures to ponder and study! We have penguins at our Minnesota Zoo also but they do not have much room either. Sadly, we lost the dolphins also. I will check the zoo out again soon once the snow flies. My moose must be missing me by now.
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