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Part of the Day Just walking through being emersed in the various exhibits with the various music to match the mood was alot of fun. Most Fun for Adults Most Fun for Kids What it's like The first exhibit you will walk through is the World Rivers, which shows the inhabitants of some of the most interesting rivers in the world including the Yellow River, Amazon, Congo, Mississippi and several others. In the Shore Gallery you will see creatures that reside on various shores like Maine, South America, and Asia. The exhibit demonstrating the Hawaiian shore actually produces waves so you can see how the fish react underwater to the waves above. Several tunnels connect the larger exhibits. These tunnels allow visitors to walk through small underwater environments. The Kelp Forest and Moray Eels are featured in two of these tunnels. Some of the world's most unusual and interesting sea creatures are on exhibit in the Bizarre and Beautiful section of the aquarium. The most unique fish we saw were the Flashlight Fish. Walk around into a very dark room and watch these fish flash on and off. This process is called symbiotic bioluminescence. When evading a predator, the flashlight fish will swim away, constantly changing direction while blinking the light off on to confuse its attacker. A Giant Pacific Octopus is also on display and you may be lucky to see it change colors. Continue on into the Dangerous and Deadly Gallery where you learn about the Oarfish, the unique sea creature usually found in the depths of the ocean that washed up on shore. Here you will also find Lionfish, Rockfish, Piranhas, the unique Zebra Moray Eel, several types of Poison Dart Frogs, and various snakes among other things. The newest exhibit to the aquarium is Turtles: Journey of Survival. This exhibit contains 23 different species of exotic and legendary turtles from different places in the world. Visitors learn how turtles have survived on earth for so many years. We could not see the legendary sea turtle in his tank, so we were most impressed with the gargantuan alligator snapping turtle. The Gator Bayou is a delightful exhibit which makes the visitors feel they are down south right on the Bayou. Gators lay on top of a porch, surrounded with rocking chairs. If they dive into the water they will swim under the see-through floor and over to where some turtles hang out. The jellyfish are regally presented in the Jellyfish Gallery with their tanks each lit in different colors and surround with large gold picture frames. Walk though a passage way in the Surrounded by Sharks exhibit containing three species of sharks, sting rays, and several schooling fish swimming all around you. This is also where the sea turtles reside. There are a handful of other exhibits in the aquarium as well. At certain
parts during my visit I could not figure out what type of fish I was looking
at because they change around the information about the fish from exhibit
to exhibit and I must have gotten lost with the inconsistency. Also, the
glass used here seems to be different, or thicker, than glass at other
museums. We had a hard time looking at some of the fish because it made
us a bit dizzy to look down at the bottom of their tanks through the thick
glass. Also, I couldn't get any pictures because of this glass. The museum
does a great job emerging the visitors in the various exhibits they are
in. Music matches and colors match the mood of the fish and there are
several interactive opportunities for children and adults alike. |
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