A continuation of yesterpost...
Down below the tropical rainforest, we found a tank with divers inside! They were cleaning the windows and feeding the fish. Apparently, if they keep the sharks well-fed then they don't eat the other fish in the tank.
A favorite spot was Shark Alley, a large tank that encircles visitors and houses lots of predators and very little prey.
The Australia exhibit has a lot of cool animals on display, and not just fish.
One fish (whose name I don't remember) would eat by creating a huge vacuum in the water, sucking in everything in front of it.
This poor guy was trying to feed some fish that would spit water into the air to knock bugs off of a branch. His jar had crickets in it but they were too woke to get on his stick and be dangled over water. He needs some more naive bugs.
We managed to visit before the dolphin shows. The next show was about an hour after we got to the dolphin tank and only one of us wanted to wait. Too bad we live in a democracy!
The Jellies Invasion exhibit was both fascinating and creepy. The otherworldly look and movement of jellyfish are off-putting for me.
We may go back to check out the dolphin show one day.
Down below the tropical rainforest, we found a tank with divers inside! They were cleaning the windows and feeding the fish. Apparently, if they keep the sharks well-fed then they don't eat the other fish in the tank.
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| Weird shape |
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| Diver fish |
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| Cleaning up |
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| Pretty |
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| Less pretty |
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| One lettuce to feed them all |
A favorite spot was Shark Alley, a large tank that encircles visitors and houses lots of predators and very little prey.
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| Great white spookiness |
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| On a break |
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| Sawtooth on a break |
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| You couldn't pay me enough to be in the shark tank |
The Australia exhibit has a lot of cool animals on display, and not just fish.
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| A lizard from down under |
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| Shrimpiest shrimp ever? |
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| A bit of habitat |
One fish (whose name I don't remember) would eat by creating a huge vacuum in the water, sucking in everything in front of it.
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| Feeding the suction fish |
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| Here comes the food |
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| Mass of bubbles as he sucks it in |
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| Turtles (under water) |
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| Crawfish |
This poor guy was trying to feed some fish that would spit water into the air to knock bugs off of a branch. His jar had crickets in it but they were too woke to get on his stick and be dangled over water. He needs some more naive bugs.
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| Feeding some dramatic fish |
We managed to visit before the dolphin shows. The next show was about an hour after we got to the dolphin tank and only one of us wanted to wait. Too bad we live in a democracy!
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| Dolphin visiting with people who paid extra for a private audience |
The Jellies Invasion exhibit was both fascinating and creepy. The otherworldly look and movement of jellyfish are off-putting for me.
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| Display leading into the Jelly exhibit |
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| Japanese Sea Nettles |
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| Moon jellies? |
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| Tiny mushroom-like jellies |
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| Upside down jellies |
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| More creepy upside down type jellies |
We may go back to check out the dolphin show one day.
You have some great photos, especially the piece on Tournai. I would like to request permission to use some on my Facebook group : "Historic Sites". It is non profit and for my amusement and the viewers edification. Contact me at ckeislin@yahoo.com.
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