SSC & WAC - Aquarium

Art's graduation present from my family was a trip for the two of us to the GA Aquarium, followed by lunch - WITHOUT Zach.

We attempted to get to the aquarium when it opened at 9am and were close - 9:30am. It was great because no one was there. We were able to see all 5 of the areas with much traffic at all. It is an amazing Aquarium and we really enjoyed it. Some of our favorite things were shown in these pictures - the penguins, the jellyfish, and the sea dragon (related to the sea horse). Our favorite jellyfish is one that reflects light, but looks like it is producing running lights. Very neat! They were very tiny though. I would love to be surrounded by them while scuba diving. I loved the sea horses because they are so darn cute, but then I saw the sea dragons, which are just cool. The penguins have this very cool habitat that allows humans to crawl under it and pop up in the middle of the habitat surrounded by plexiglass, so we can get an up-close view of the penguins. Very fun.

They had a lot of exhibits where you can touch the animals which is fun. We got to 'pet' stingrays, sea urchins, shrimp, and a few other things. Art freaked out the museum volunteer when he asked if he could eat the shrimp, and just pop their heads off. She said 'wow, that's violent', and Art followed up with 'those professional shrimpers are able to pop their heads off with one hand'. She looked EXTREMELY uncomfortable.

It was a great present, and wonderful that I got to partake as well.