Today was our last day of driving. We woke up to the news saying everything around us was flooded. Luckily, we had no problem making it to the
Georgia Aquarium. We got there just as it was opening. T
he first thing we went to was a tank where you could touch rays and sharks. The shark was not nearly as rough as I expected it to be. Then we moved on to the Georgia Explorer exhibit where we got to touch star fish, spiny sea urchins, horse shoe crabs, and more rays. They also had a tank filled with lion fish and a tank with fish from Georgia. We were there in time to see them feed the crabs
and rays. The most impressive part was their massive tank that holds 6.2 million gallons of water and is designed to hold 6 adult whale sharks. They currently have four whale sharks that are mid-sized as well as a large variety of smaller fish, stingrays, manta rays, hammerhead sharks, guitar fish, and
goliath grouper. There is a 100 foot acrylic tunnel that lets you travel under all of the fish and also a gig
antic viewing window (23 feet tall, 61 feet wide, and 2 feet thick). The whale sharks are
soooo huge and absolutely beautiful. My favorite animals were the sea dragons and whale sharks. We stayed to see the whale shark feeding; they have people in boats trail buckets of krill in front of the whale shark's mouth and it skims the top of the water. I was sad to leave the aquarium but we (and by we I mean Devin) had a lot of driving to do. We picked up Grant from Wendy's house on the way home and got in around midnight. Then it was straight to bed because I had to be at
Gymboree early the next morning.
and rays. The most impressive part was their massive tank that holds 6.2 million gallons of water and is designed to hold 6 adult whale sharks. They currently have four whale sharks that are mid-sized as well as a large variety of smaller fish, stingrays, manta rays, hammerhead sharks, guitar fish, and goliath grouper. There is a 100 foot acrylic tunnel that lets you travel under all of the fish and also a gig
antic viewing window (23 feet tall, 61 feet wide, and 2 feet thick). The whale sharks are soooo huge and absolutely beautiful. My favorite animals were the sea dragons and whale sharks. We stayed to see the whale shark feeding; they have people in boats trail buckets of krill in front of the whale shark's mouth and it skims the top of the water. I was sad to leave the aquarium but we (and by we I mean Devin) had a lot of driving to do. We picked up Grant from Wendy's house on the way home and got in around midnight. Then it was straight to bed because I had to be at Gymboree early the next morning.
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