Edward took me to the local aquarium near the orchid shop, where he used to work a while ago
lots of little little fishies
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the diver feeding the fish from inside of the kelp forest tank
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a simulation of conditions in the Elkorn Slough, but with real birds ... i couldnt figure out why the birds wouldnt just fly since there was no cage or case holding them down
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octopus ... ooohhh ...
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coral ... looking really neat and colorful ... thats what i liked about this aquarium - everything was unnaturally vivid so that visitors could see stuff clearly
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penguins ... which at first looked like they were stuffed until one or two twitched :)
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sea otters - i think ... they werent being too cooperative so were just lounging around
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"the sea is as near as we get to another world" ... wow ... talk about philosophy :)
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lots of jelly-like thingamajigs
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and the grand finale - straight out of the X-files ...