Thursday, January 15, 2009

my trip to the aquarium


Yesterday, 鄭少 and I went to the Vancouver Aquarium and saw some real cool sea creatures. I was particularly amazed at how the sea turtle (as seen above) can coexist with at least five sharks, a few sting rays AND a few smaller fishies in the same tank (I was amazed by that last time I went too). How come they don't eat each other or chase each other around? The fish in my dad's fish tank at home ALWAYS chase each other and bite at each other's fins. Amongst the thousands of various fish, mammals, reptiles, etc that we saw, i think the sea otter (who was constantly cleaning/rubbing/scrubbing/flipping himself in the most hilarious manner) shares a striking resemblance with Dude.

According to the information sign thing at the aquarium, sea otters spend hours daily to clean their fur because only clean fur can trap air bubbles which in turn, keeps them warm from the cold sea water (the water they live in at the aquarium aren't heated - just like how it would be in the wild). One thing Dude really needs to learn from the Sea Otter is hygiene.



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