Aquarium Trip Response

A few days ago, our unit went on a trip to the Adventure Aquarium for our science classes. The trip was meaningful and a wonderful experience.

I’ve never been to the Adventure Aquarium before so this field trip really interested me, and I’ve always liked studying and reading about marine mammals. Some of my favorites are the West Indian Manatee, sea otters, Californian sea lions, and penguins. Even before the trip, I was looking forward to seeing these animals and much more.

The first animals my group and I saw were these species of fish that I didn’t know. They were colorful and swimming so fast that I couldn’t even get a picture of them!

There was a type of interesting fish I saw that really intrigued me. It was long and silver with a pointed mouth. It swam really fast too. In its tank were also these flat fishes that stuck to the bottom. They stayed still which was why their pictures came out the best.

Our group then went to one of the exhibits that allowed us to touch sharks.

I was reluctant to stick my hand (and then my whole arm) into a tank of man eating monsters. Scenes from the movie Jaws replayed over and over until my friends showed me how small these sharks were. They were like baby sharks and thus deemed harmless (I did not believe it).

It was then when I saw an albino shark lying on the bottom of the tank did I try to stroke its back (I had though albino sharks were blind and thus, to me, were harmless). The skin felt amazingly weird. Like a crossover of leader and plastic which I don’t know how that is possible. It was the strangest feeling and the memory I would never forget.

After visiting the shark tank (and a huge tortoise), we went to the exhibits that were held outside of the aquarium. And that’s where I met the love of my life.

I have always been infatuated by penguins so when I saw a group of African penguins were taking a shower and chilling out, I couldn’t help but uncharacteristically oogle at them. I had no idea Africa had penguins!

And of course I took many pictures of them (twenty-two in total).

They were the best part of the field trip, and unfortunately I never got to see the exhibits the hippos or starfishes that my other classmates saw. And I never got to see the animals I was looking forward to the most. But in general, it was a decent trip.