Presenting: The adventures of Ben and Bryanne at the Monterey Bay Aquarium!!
Although I didn't know it would be part of the weekend plans, ever since I had become aware of Monterey's aquarium I wanted to go there. I may not be the biggest fan of seafood, but I *love* going to aquariums. When initially discussing potential things to do when I went to visit Mr. Dundee, the aquarium was one of the first things that came up.
The Monterey Bay Aquarium certainly lived up to my expectations and exceeded them. I've been to aquariums before that deal primarily with local wildlife and it was nice to see that here. (Even though I really would have liked to see some clownfish! I will have you know I was a fan pre-finding Nemo. :) )
Ben had his new camera to use, and I was ready to take lots of pictures, so over the course of a day and a half, we took a ton of pictures. Here are some of my favorites - undoubtably this will become a series of entries. There just too much fishy goodness to cram into one.
The giant kelp forest tank was getting a nice scrub down from some friendly scuba dudes.
My favorite anemone - the cute pink strawberry variety.
Starfish - up close and personal.
I had no idea sand dollars looked like this!
Ben's favorite anemones look like something out a dr. suess book.
As does this engaging little critter.
Perch tank wonderland
Up next - Starfish bonanza! They were all members of a touch pool posse, so I gave each of them a little tickle after taking their photos. I figured it was only proper.
This little guy is called a bat star. I have no idea why. Although if he took off flying around to save gotham I certainly wouldn't complain. In fact, that would be pretty awesome.
A whole blurry pile of these blue spotty guys
The colors of this one were particularly striking
Look! They have people at the aquarium too!
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You got such great starfish pictures :)
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