We walked around for quite a while before we got to the belugas. This little girl walked right up on the glass, and the (somewhat camera-hog of a) beluga came up to the glass to say 'hi'. She was delighted.
I love all things cephlapod I'm obsessed with squid and cuttlefish and I think that octopi are just about the coolest sea creature EVER. So I was INCREDIBLY happy to see that the north pacific octopus was out and about (strange for the nocturnal predator). His name is, as are all octopi to me, Alfred. Fred for short
Ah, The whale sharks. The GA aquarium is home to 4 of them, and they are, without a doubt, absolutely stunning. They are completely magestic, and glide throught the water with very little effort. Apparently, the aquarium has two girls and two boys.
The GA aquarium is also the only aquarium in America with a manta ray. She's nine years old, but you and rather small so far for a Manta. Their wing span can reach upwards of 20 feet, amazingly. I have named her Jodi.
Obligatory Jellyfish picture. I'm fascinated by jellyfish. They actually sleep- they rest on the bottom and dont move and then wake back up. This is fairly uncommon with water creatures. Most sleep on half of their brain, and their body keeps moving to keep water, and therefore oxygen, moving across their gills.
Goby. He seemed to be checking me out.. this is also the tank were a mental giant of a girl told her friend she was really into the ocean but didn't want to do it as a career because she didn't want to be "one of those marine aquarius people".
Outside of the museum were lots and lots of pretty flowers, IE- reasons for me to play with the micro lens.
Standing out front of the World of Coke!
We ended up touring the World of Coke, which was pretty interesting, despite being gimmicky and a bit more bubbly (pun intended) than Kitty and I really thought was needed. The soda tasting center stood apart for me, and was very interesting In one room, coca-cola collects a sampling of sodas from all over the world that they produce so you can try them and give your own verdict. there were a few standouts for us- The watermelon Smart soda from China was good, while the Mint soda from Djibouti was just weird. The most disgusting soda in the entire place was Italy's Beverly. I swear to you, this stuff tasted like Ass and Hangover mouth. Disgustinggrosseww. We recieved a free (pshh We paid 15$ to get in. Shit wasn't free.) bottle of coke on our way out, and took a short stroll through the store and surprisingly walked out empty handed.
On day 6, we go to the zoo, the king tut exhibit, and the terra cotta warrior exhibit!
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