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bunrabWe went to the aquarium Tuesday, and had a wonderful time. The puffins were being adorable. A slight disappointment was the giant octopus - he was taking a nap, and if his spiracles hadn't been opening and closing, we would have had to suspect a stuffed dummy. Even not moving, he was pretty cool. The little mandarinfish with really fast rippling little fins was pretty and cute at the same time. The rays and sharks are always cool, of course.
One of the rays we saw was a polka-dot ray. There's a picture of one on this website:
http://www.seapics.com/picture_gallery/rays/index.html
The picture doesn't quite do justice to how large the one we saw was, and how velvety the black part is and how startling the dots.
So, having said that, here are the christmas ornaments I bought in the gift shop:
The dots are little crystals, and the eyes are dark crystals, too.
One of the rays we saw was a polka-dot ray. There's a picture of one on this website:
http://www.seapics.com/picture_gallery/rays/index.html
The picture doesn't quite do justice to how large the one we saw was, and how velvety the black part is and how startling the dots.
So, having said that, here are the christmas ornaments I bought in the gift shop:
The dots are little crystals, and the eyes are dark crystals, too.
