Quebec Aquarium

We arrived at the aquarium and were treated by vikings and a walrus.

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Emmerson was SO excited to finally see a narwhal tusk up close. It was over 2 meters in length and looked like something magical! We learned that the tusk has a lot of nerves in it and can possible be used to detect temperature and pressure changes.

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This lumpfish was ridiculous.

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Sea raven

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They have a moon jelly breeding area. It was neat to see all the 2 week old baby moon jellies.

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What a setup!

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In the reptile and amphibian section we saw the elusive Florida soft-shell turtle!

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A Blue tongued skink.

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A LOT of brittle stars!

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Nautilus!

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The tunnel tank was pretty amazing. The only sharks in the aquarium were bamboo sharks.

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Outside there were seals, sea lions, walrus and polar bears!

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The walrus was very entertaining. He was swimming laps and doing streamline pushoffs!

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We stood here and watched a long time as he swam his laps.

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A walrus family. The babies were ADORABLE!

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They have two polar bears. We watched them play with their daily enrichment toys.

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Then they went swimming. We raced to the windows to get a closer look.

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The arctic foxes were super cute too.

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We ended with the jellyfish tanks.

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And the hippocamps, seahorses! They even had a leafy sea dragon, one of my favorite creatures!

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We ran a few errands, did laundry and had a long swim in the pool (no rain) tonight.

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