It was actually opening its mouth wide enough to catch the ball, and then flicking its head up to toss the ball in the air about 6-8 feet, and then catching it again and repeating the whole process. It was really impressive for a critter with no hands!
There's something quite primeval about them, the way they move, that frightened the living daylights out of me despite the knowledge that there was a considerable amount of glass between us and that if the glass failed, I'd be in considerable trouble anyway.
Michael put Colin up on the windowledge, and a sand shark with a mouthful of extremely impressive teeth swam by a few inches away, on the other side of the glass. It was actually QUITE different from the dolphin, which was in a swimming pool in the middle of an amphitheater.
I saw a shark in one of those tunnel things and it came at me, and I nearly wet my pants (for serious). I was about twenty five at the time! Colin is right. A shark scary!
Oh, I've ment to tell you before, but I couldn't find anywhere to shoehorn this else where, but when I was in Winnipeg for New Years I was at an insufferable concert (Did you know there are no wars in Canada?) with the only relief being a little boy who looked just like Colin.
Our aquarium has an absolutely enormous tank full of huge rays. You can watch from above (this is where Colin saw a diver feeding the giant turtle who shares the tank) and then, later in your tour, via an underwater window. They are breathtaking.
I've seen a similar tank at Townsville, I think. It is indeed breathtaking! I scuba dive, but although both sharks and rays are somewhat social animals, you don't get that density of them in the wild!
(See here (http://hoydenabouttown.com/20110109.9283/endangered-sunday-grey-nurse-shark/) for more on diving with non-deadly sharks, although perhaps Colin would rather not!)
I absolutely *Love* your aquarium. I think it is the coolest place on earth. You can see into the water from above and from below. That's just too cool for words.
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Date: 2011-01-26 03:49 am (UTC)Does he do accompanying hand gestures, too?
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Date: 2011-01-26 08:48 am (UTC)There's something quite primeval about them, the way they move, that frightened the living daylights out of me despite the knowledge that there was a considerable amount of glass between us and that if the glass failed, I'd be in considerable trouble anyway.
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Date: 2011-01-26 04:07 am (UTC)Oh, I've ment to tell you before, but I couldn't find anywhere to shoehorn this else where, but when I was in Winnipeg for New Years I was at an insufferable concert (Did you know there are no wars in Canada?) with the only relief being a little boy who looked just like Colin.
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Date: 2011-01-26 08:51 pm (UTC)(See here (http://hoydenabouttown.com/20110109.9283/endangered-sunday-grey-nurse-shark/) for more on diving with non-deadly sharks, although perhaps Colin would rather not!)
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