The first area we walked through was all about the fish and other aquatic animals of Utah and how to help keep them alive. There was a lot about conservation of the water.
They had a really cool boat video set up. The kids could feel like they were driving a boat and learn all about several different parts of the Great Salt Lake! Luke thought it was really neat!
Then, we went through the ocean area. It started with jelly fish. (I know this pic is blurry, but it makes them look kind of ghostly and I thought it was a neat effect.)
There were also jelly fish that were mostly clear, and turned different colors when a light was shined on them. It was weird!
There was also an octopus, but that was when I saw the sign about no flash photography and my camera wasn't doing well without it.
Toward the end of the ocean exhibit, there was an area where you could touch stingrays, sea cucumbers, horseshoe crabs and various other creatures. It was really neat, although stingrays feel really gross!! They are soft, spongy and slimy! Ewww! We even got Belle to touch it, but she didn't like it. It was really neat the way the stingrays would come right up to the edge and kind of wave their fins. They seemed to want to be touched!
There were lots of rocks and fake coral for the kids to play in! They had a blast. The rocks had aquariums in them, so it was like the kids were playing under the ocean!
There was also a "ship wreck" that had games and puzzles and a large aquarium.
Belle especially loved that tank.
There was also a shark tank, and one of them would come right past us over and over again!
It was a blast!! And, it was nicer than being out in the sun at the zoo!!
3 comments:
Wow, the jellyfish pic almost looks like a watercolor. Lovely.
That looks like fun! IS that the one in Sandy?
Yes, it's in Sandy.
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