our next stop was the churaumi aquarium. the free exhibits were the sea turtles, dolphin show, and manatees. eric and laura brought a friend’s annual passport, so i used that to get in for free at the main aquarium. there were a lot of awesome exhibits. at one, you walk through a curtain to look at deep sea creatures.. in one tank all you could see were lights from the fish swimming all over the place.. in another there were black lights on the coral to see how they vibrantly glow.. very pretty! there were also exhibits of eels, sea cucumbers, jellyfish, HUGE crabs (not even close to the ones in the states.. so creepy looking!!), and all the fish from finding nemo and the ones i saw on the glass bottom boat ride.
view from the aquarium.. gorgeous
alison took a picture of eric with his coconut drink.. they literally broke it open in front of him.. now that's what i call fresh!
my favorite part was seeing the ginormous aquarium. it is one of the biggest in the world and holds three whale sharks, manta rays, sting rays, barracudas, reef sharks, and other fish. i’ve been fascinated with whale sharks ever since i was in elementary school, so it was amazing to finally see one up close! laura, eric, and i sat in the café (the walls are part of the tank which was cool) and chatted while waiting for the whale shark feeding. during the feeding, buckets of shrimp were dumped into the tank and the whale sharks opened their huge mouths and devoured the shrimp in seconds.. it was crazy to see how much water they swallowed to get all the shrimp! i'm hoping to take my kids here on a fieldtrip.. they LOVE sea creatures, so this would be perfect for them.. and fun for me too! :)
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Those are NUTS! I went on an ecology field trip last friday to Long Beach harbor and got to touch and play around with a guitar fish, which the biologist said is what a shark feels like! So basically... I've touched one of those bad boys!
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