Don't get alarmed, no one was swimming with the fishes, unless you count the diver who I saw cleaning the tank. Now that I'm home for reading week (sleep! No assignments!) we decided, over family day weekend, to head into Toronto and visit the Ripley Aquarium.
As someone who loves any animal that lives in water, it was wonderful to finally go. It reminded me a bit of the aquarium in Barcelona - both of them had many similar exhibits, including the glass tunnel through the shark tank. I loved being right underneath them, surrounded by nurse sharks and tiger sand sharks and sandbar sharks and stingrays and there was that one, elusive sea turtle.
It was along there that there was another tank in which the diver was scrubbing at the walls, surrounded by some stingrays and bonnethead sharks. That was pretty cool. Some of the other exhibits included being able to pet horseshoe crabs and bamboo sharks and stingrays - I petted two out of three. I'd already met some stringrays before and they were at the end. I just wanted to sit down at that moment. There was also an exhibit showing the stages of jellyfish growth, full of live critters - wow, they're tiny! And there was one tank that had the pods baby sharks develop in. A couple were back lit so you could see the unborn babies moving about.
Over all it was a wonderful trip and I loved the tanks. They were all so interesting and beautiful. I wish I could post pictures, but nearly all of them didn't turn out do to the glare from the glass, which is a real pity. At least I have them in my memory - and I'm sure that, should I get around to writing something underwater, things will have some wonderful details to be based upon. If you ever get a chance to go as well, I definitely recommend it!
