Saturday, March 12, 2005

Suma Aquarium, January 2005

Sometime around the end of January we drove down to Suma to visit the aquarium with Tyler.


Stingray
Upon entering the aquarium, visitors are greated by a massive fish tank housing many large stingrays, sea-turtles and a multitude of fish in all shapes and sizes. It was difficult to get even a half-decent decent photo while observing their no-flash policy, but this ray drifted by the glass wall slowly enough to allow it's photo to be taken.




Dolphin in motion
We watched the standard dolphin show which amused Tyler at least. Here's one riding it's tail backwards...




Dolphin splahs
...and making a big splash. Dolphins are big and displace a lot of water when they land




Yay, fish!
The fish petting zoo was a more exciting prospect, yay, fish! Off we go for a hands-on experience.




Misaki's starfish
Misaki befriends an orange starfish. I'm sure it didn't mind at all.




Tyler's starfish
It was quite sociable actually and got along with Tyler famously.




Scary sea-gerkin
The scary sea-gerkin didn't have a lot to say though.




Boring starfish
Tyler instead opted to pluck a slightly less interesting starfish from it's aquatic play pen. Try as hard as we did, we just couldn't convince him that sea creatures don't much appreciate being tossed back into the water.




Interesting shellfish
His imagination must have conjured all kinds of images of what treasures might have been hiding within this shell. If there was anyone home they weren't making any appearances today.




Cozy eels
We retreated back inside from the cold to take a tour of some of the smaller fish tanks. We'd missed the pirana feeding frenzy, but found this cozy eel community amusing. Except Tyler who found it quite unsettling.




Fancy, frilly fish
I found these fancy, frilly fish fascinating, and fortunately they were well enough lit to allow some good pics to be taken, so I now feel compelled to aflict you with my boring, frilly, fancy fish collection:




Fancy, frilly fish
I mean, they're quite bizarre...




Fancy, frilly fish
...and who's going to take you seriously with a face like that? Still, very cool.




Big fish
Finally, I came across this guy. He's huge, but his tank wasn't much bigger than he was, and he was just sitting there, suspended motionless, watching us go by. So I stopped and spent a few minutes trying to find any signs of sentience - a fish that big must have been around for a while. I might have registered some eye movement, but that was about it.

Yay, fish!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Thanks, Beet , lovely to see you all, and the fish!
We have now moved, and will need a few weeks to recover.
Any hope of Misaki coming with you?

Love
Lynette

Anonymous said...

hey. i stumbled upon your page using google to search for "super happy fun!" pictures to put into my superhappy fun mix cds that i'm giving to my friends. and i stumbled upon your fun trip to the aquarium!

i have a total love for sea creatures. and i have some pictures i took at the aquarium here (Boston, Massachusetts, USA) if you're interested.

http://www.livejournal.com/users/xelirium/161331.html#cutid1

:) thank you for sharing your pictures online.

Mark said...

Cheers lexxy, you've got some funky fish pics on your site too. If you want any of the high-res originals just let me know.

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