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Dolphin jump in the air and catch ball, and catch ball, and catch ball.

I see a turtle. Girl feed turtle lettuce. Girl touch turtle's back.

I see a rays. Rays swimming in the water.

A shark scary. Daddy hold me.

Date: 2011-01-26 03:41 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] wcg.livejournal.com
That dolphin really impressed him.

Date: 2011-01-26 04:36 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rivka.livejournal.com
Apparently it was sort of bouncing the ball on its nose, which accounts for the "and catch ball, and catch ball, and catch ball" part.

Date: 2011-01-27 02:47 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] curiousangel.livejournal.com
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!

Date: 2011-01-26 03:49 am (UTC)
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From: [personal profile] kate_nepveu
Awesome.

Does he do accompanying hand gestures, too?

Date: 2011-01-26 03:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] txanne.livejournal.com
:-D He's *how* old?

Date: 2011-01-26 07:50 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rivka.livejournal.com
He'll be two in two weeks!

Date: 2011-01-26 07:57 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] txanne.livejournal.com
Your children are going to rule the world.

Date: 2011-01-26 04:02 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nelc.livejournal.com
I wonder how he knew the shark was scary? It's not much different from the dolphin, really.

Date: 2011-01-26 08:48 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] green-knight.livejournal.com
Have you ever seen a shark swimming at you?

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.

Date: 2011-01-26 12:22 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] nelc.livejournal.com
That's what I mean. It's an interesting instinct to have. Does it date from when our distant ancestors crawled out of the water? Or is it more recent?

Date: 2011-01-26 07:49 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rivka.livejournal.com
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.

Date: 2011-01-27 02:40 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] vom-marlowe.livejournal.com
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!

Date: 2011-01-26 04:07 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] huladavid.livejournal.com
He's a poet.

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.

Date: 2011-01-26 08:14 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] puzzlement.livejournal.com
Dear Colin, I am jealous that you saw a ray.

Date: 2011-01-26 07:47 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] rivka.livejournal.com
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.

Date: 2011-01-26 08:51 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] puzzlement.livejournal.com
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!)

Date: 2011-01-26 08:58 pm (UTC)
From: [identity profile] puzzlement.livejournal.com
And I'm specifically jealous about the rays because we don't have big ones as far south as Sydney so I haven't seen a big one for ages.

Date: 2011-01-28 02:56 am (UTC)
From: [identity profile] lizzibabe.livejournal.com
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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