Aquarium

I spent the day today at the Long Beach aquarium and it was AMAZING! I touched sea stars, sea cucumbers, sharks and sting rays in various touch tanks, watched two videos about the Abyss and looked at all of the exhibits. My favorite ocean creatures are sea turtles, the octopus, and sea horses. My favorite animals are dolphins, but for some reason the Aquarium of the Pacific only has a bird exhibit, sea otters and sharks but no dolphins.

I watched the divers feed the fish in the main tank and also in the tropical fish rooms. I learned so much about marine life. Marine life has always really interested me and I ALWAYS go to the aquarium when given the opportunity. This aquarium has a program where you can dial a number and a code on your cell phone and it gives you an audio tour with loads of information.

The coolest thing there was an exhibits about baby sharks. Some sharks lay eggs and you can actually cut the otter layer of the egg off and see inside without hurting the baby shark! Shark eggs are rectangular and they are about three inches long. The baby sharks inside start off transparent and eventually get their color. They just swim around in the egg developing. They are about an inch and a half long. I had never seen anything like it and it was really cool.