Tennessee Aquarium in Chattanooga, TN
Last week, I had a little time off and had scheduled a nice weekend getaway. During the course of said rendezvous, I made a few new friends.
I thoroughly enjoyed the petting pool, where I was able to caress Bamboo Sharks, some Rays (not sure if they were Sting, Manta, or otherwise) and a Guitar Fish ?!? In fact the little fellows in the tank were quite happy to be rubbed. There was one Ray in particular who returned every few seconds for a gentle caress. And I think the Bamboo Shark loved me as much as I loved him.
Overall, I was not pleased with the Tennessee Aquarium, often boasting to be the best Southern Aquarium. I beg to differ. While the main Ocean Tank was very nice, there was very little variety as a whole. And the River Tank, held even more salt water aquatic life....Hmmm??
I think I still prefer the Georgia Aquarium with it's many diversified inhabitants.
But it was a treat to play with the sharks in the petting pool. Now, I would pay just to do that again. And just for the record, did you know Rays are related to Sharks? Yep, I think I made some new friends......
5 comments:
Well, you got to enjoy some time off. Too bad you didn't like the Tennessee Aquarium.
In Long Beach, CA. there's an aquarium called "Aquarium Of The Pacific" where it's a two-story building full of enclosed water tanks filled with all kinds of fish and sea creatures. I saw these Japanese sea crabs that their bodies about the size of a watermelon and their legs are two feet long. (Talk about sci-fi!)
Going to aquariums parks you'd be surprised what's out there in the ocean.
Did you smash your thumb nail or is that nail polish. Or some weird camera anomaly.
I used to pet a goldfish i had. People thought i was nuts when i told them but it would swim between my fingers over and over.
No, I think that's nail poish. Maybe black or blue.
(Yeah, I wish I was that Ray. I'm jealous of him. HA!HA!HA!)
Something fishy is going on..... Hey one of your trucks passed me last night in PA. They were in a hurry.
Aaron, that was polish...Black nail, white tip, silver stripe..Kind of like a black tie affair polish.
Doomy, was it a short loud mouthed bald man?? I know exactly who that was!!
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