On Sunday I went to the Melbourne Aquarium.
I had been to this aquarium before, and loved it. The displays are gorgeous, especially the jellies.
moon jellies
stinging brown nettle
But, this time, there was a new exhibit which drew me back to the aquarium. A giant monster from the deep, a giant squid!!! Augh!!! GIANT SQUID!!!!
Apparently the aquarium aquired the body of a giant squid found by a fishing vessel, encased it in ice, and put it on display for the world to see!! As you can see, I was very excited about the GIANT SQUID.
Amazing!! It's 7 metres long*!!!
I've heard that the eye is fake, that it had to be replaced because of decomposition issues during freezing.
After gazing in awe at the giant squid, I made my way to the walk-through aquarium area. And, as luck would have it, it was feeding time!
The fish were swarming around the diver who was giving then their snacks. There was much tension in the tank, like something was about to go down. I could smell revolution through the glass.
It was then that the ray decided to make his move!!
It's people!! The fish snacks are made of people!!! Augh!!!!
Unfortuneatly, the fish coup was unsuccessful.
Vive le resistance poisson!
For more aquarium pics, click here.
*actually, I kind of expected it to be bigger. I think because I have seen too many sci-fi movies in my day, but still that's the biggest damn squid I'll ever see!
1 comment:
COOL! I was in FL when the aquarium I was at was setting up their mollusk hall complete with the US' first giant squid! They are amazing animals!! Nice fishy pics too =)
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