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2020/01/26 Dallas World Aquarium or Zooquarium

π 2020-01-26 01:01 in Aquariums

Dallas "World Aquarium" might not be a world aquarium, in some ways it's barely an aquarium at all given how many non aquarium animals they have, it's probably more a Zooquarium than an Aquarium, but that said, it's the best Zooquarium I've ever seen :)

a burrowing owl, that was exciting since we're supposed to have them at home, but I had never seen one

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2019/09/12 Alaska Sealife Center in Seward

π 2019-09-12 01:01 in Ak2019, Aquariums

We used our monsoon day to go visit the sealife center. It was quite decent, and they nicely offered $75 animal interaction options, first feeding puffins, and then feeding and touching giant octopuses. That did add up to over $350 with the two of us and 2 interactions (1H each).

wolf eel, had never seen one of those, they're huge

After going through the center, it was time for our puffin encounter. We got a briefing on them and their family:

After the puffins, it was time for our even more exciting giant octopus encounters:

that one was small

pretty though

feeding time

it made friends with us, tasting us with its tentacles

here's a claim for you, enjoy :)

That sure was loads of fun:

Great way to spend a most of day, especially a rainy one.

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2018/11/30 Waikiki Aquarium

π 2018-11-30 01:01 in Aquariums

Ok, the Waikiki Aquarium does not warrant a special trip to go visit, but if you are already in the area and have 60 to 90mn to kill, it's still a fun visit. A few pictures below:

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2018/11/28 Ohahu's Sea Life Park

π 2018-11-28 01:01 in Aquariums

After diving nearby, it made sense to go check out Sea Life Park. It's a fairly small Sea World, but still fun to visit for 2 to 3h depending on how many shows/talks you go to. The actual aquarium bit is kind of small, though. The birds added some good amusement.

nice background

There were a couple of shows, one with Sea Lions and one with dolpins:

This is the 2nd aquarium we go to that has a nice little birdie collection. Those were very friendly and hungry :)

first one

then more :)

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2018/10/18 Denver Aquarium

π 2018-10-18 01:01 in Aquariums

While in Denver, I had a look at the aquarium that is open late in the evening, and it was a decent size, worth almost 2H:

They had a beautiful octopus that was quite active when I visited:

so sad I didn't get to touch its suckers :)

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2018/09/24 Spain Day 01: Night Visit to Barcelona's Aquarium

π 2018-09-24 01:01 in Aquariums, Spain2018

During a national holiday in Barcelona, we saw the museums we could and by end of day, everything was pretty much closed, except the Aquarium that was still open until 21:30, so we headed there (nearby was also meant to be a viewing spot for the fireworks that night).

Back to the Aquarium, it was an average city aquarium, not amongst the best we've seen, but not terrible either :)

shark eggs

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2018/05/26 Manila Ocean Park

π 2018-05-26 01:01 in Aquariums, Philippines

Ocean Park was 5mn from our hotel, so we went to check it out. It was fun to spend a few hours there in given we had extra time:

they had little birdies and they were hungry :)

weirdest flat turtle I had ever seen

foot spa

To ened td the evening, they had a light show:

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2017/10/30 Sealife Sunshine Coast

π 2017-10-30 01:01 in Aquariums, Australia

While visiting the Sunshine Coast, we did a quick stop at Sealife there. I didn't expect much, and we were through it in just around 1H, but it was still worth a quick visit:

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2017/01/03 Paris Aquarium

π 2017-01-03 01:01 in Aquariums

While in Paris, just a few minutes from the Eiffel tower, there is now an aquarium. Actually it's been around for 10 years now, but honestly I had never heard of it. It's been dug into the ground where there was nothing before, so honestly I didn't expect much, and to be honest it wasn't much, but eh, it's still an aquarium, worth about 1h or so.
The highlight was actually the touch pool at the end with big carps that were happy to come brush towards your hands, I even had several that tasted my hand with their mouth. Funny how curious they were, maybe they were hoping for food.

small sharks

slipper lobster

leopard shark?

shark egg

and the carps at the end (no, they weren't magikarp, but they were friendly :)

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2016/08/25 Toronto's Ripley's Aquarium of Canada

π 2016-08-25 01:01 in Aquariums

While in Torronto, and as a torrential rain had started to fall, it was a good time to end our day after museums had closed anyway, in the Ripley Aquarium that was open extended hours.

While it's by no means a world top aquarium, it's actually fairly good, and it was nice go when it wasn't crowded: