I was overjoyed at my reward for doing well at the studio yesterday. Mommy took us to the aquarium for the entire day!
I just loved seeing all the animals. The crowds were pretty light other than a few school groups but we stayed ahead of them.
The horseshoe crabs had Emmerson and me giggling for a long time. I think I was more happy that no one was hustling me along and I could watch for as long as I wanted.
After spending nearly an hour watching the otters swim around we visited the rest of the wetlands. This spoonbill kept splashing me with water!
We watched a show about training animals. I don’t think I took my eyes or ears off things. I told Mommy I really want to learn more about training animals. They had a trained skunk, hawk, gopher tortoise, and a 9 banded armadillo. I was really impressed that they could train so many different animals.
The alligator was not really trained but desensitized to people (a dangerous thing as they get bigger).
One of my highlights! I LOVE leafy sea dragons!
I greatly enjoyed checking out all the seahorses.
Okay Mom stop taking me away from the fish for silly pictures!
Creating our own weird fish combinations.
We took a really neat behind the scenes tour of the aquarium. I loved the “commissary” or kitchen where they prep all the food for the animals. I learned how there are more volunteers than actual employees at the aquarium.
A view from above!
I was right up front the entire time.
I made sure I never left the guides side! She gave a lecture about keeping our hands off of things and feet behind the yellow lines. I walked with my hands in my pockets and was super careful for to cross the lines.
Once again, right up front! I really wanted o know what was in the bucket of food!
Watching feeding time for the fish!
The giant sea turtle was pretty cool. He was such a pig!
The end of our tour was petting another alligator!
I was right up in the front again. Mommy said I needed to step back. I missed that the guide was slowly stepping backwards whenever I got a bit too close. Completely fearless! haha
On the way out I saw this sign!!! OTTERS!
They have a tunnel under the ground where the otters can enter the indoor habitat for the night.
At the end of the day I really wanted to spend some of my savings to adopt an otter. You got a stuffed animal, a tote bag, picture and certificate and a few other things. The best part was that the money goes to helping the two new baby otters that they recently acquired.
What a great day at the aquarium. We played until after 4pm. So much fun!