On Wednesday the aquarium had a special homeschool day. Natale, her mom, and I went together and had a fishtastic time. They had a short class for the students introducing them to underwater camouflage techniques. After the class we were directed to the touching pools and left to explore the remainer of the exhibits on our own.
Natale wanted, but didn't want, to put her hands in the water and hold a starfish. I ended up to my elbow in seawater before her fingertips got wet but eventually she was able to touch the unique little sea stars and even asked to revisit the petting pools before we left.
Natale and her mom spot a ray buried in the sand.
We happened to be close by when the keepers took a newly acquired sea turtle out to put medicine on it's shell. The turtle had been injured by a boat (young turtles sleep at the surface of the water). As a result of the accident the turtle is now blind.
We walked through a glass tunnel while sharks and rays and a large sea turtle swam over and under, played "Find the ____" using the signage next to each tank, giggled at the sea horses swimming tail in tail, and marveled as the jelly fish dance a graceful ballet.
The one disappointing part of our day occurred when my batteries, and my back up batteries gave out shortly after we started our explorations.
Once again, Jay's hat collection comes in handy!
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