Tuesday, February 19, 2008

Aquarium in Newport

No this is not a picture of a picture. This is a real Jellyfish at the aquarium in Newport. It was quite the impressive sight, a giant tank filled with these beautiful creatures.

We took a day trip to visit this great place and saw some amazing things. I think this was a really big highlight for the kiddos.

You can't really tell from this picture but Cam was very excited to see the shark tank. It was actually a huge exhibit that you walked through like a tunnel, filled with sharks. It was quite a sight to see...
We didn't get a picture of it but at the bottom of the tank two scubba divers were working. Well, one diver was working and the other diver's main job from what we could tell was to wave a giant poll wrapped in tape stripes to deture the sharks from the first diver. This shark in particular was the problem. He kept swimming around them to see what they were doing.
This was a "to scale" model of a prehistoric shark mouth...enough said.

1 comment:

Matthews said...

I agree. Jellyfish are amazing!