While Chad was back in Georgia, we had a family day and went to the Georgia Aquarium. We've wanted to go for a while, but we rarely have time to do "touristy" things while we are in GA. We enjoyed it and Addison had a great time. The only downside was all the Field Trips!! I wish that attractions had a field trip free day each week so that families could have a chance to enjoy things without lines and lines of little kids walking around and uninterested junior high students running over the little ones to get the answers on their study sheets! Moving on...
Right from the beginning Addison loved standing as close to the fish as she could.
Addison did not like the tunnel where you could see the fish swimming above you. She was ready to move on!
The main attraction is the world's largest single aquarium - the Ocean Voyager. The main viewing area window was very impressive!! This was a Manta Sting Ray - the biggest sting ray I've ever seen!!!
The Grouper were bigger than Addison!
The main viewing window
The Georgia Aquarium is known for the Whale Sharks...which are not actual shark, but the largest species of fish.
They had several areas to touch things in the water - sting rays, shrimp, and here she was touching starfish and sea urchins.
Little Miss Mya was so good just hanging out enjoying the ride!
I am the type of person that loves to read all the information in museums, aquariums, etc... Addison doesn't really allow me time to read everything, but I did have the chance to read about these lion fish. They are naturally only found in the Philippines, but in the past few years have been found in the Atlantic. They were apparently introduced by someone releasing them into the wild from a home aquarium. They have no natural predators in the Atlantic Ocean and are running rampant and endangering native fish. Interesting...to me at least. :)
Toward the end of the day, Addison was getting restless...more than normal! She was more interested in climbing on the exhibits than looking at the fish.
Watching the river otters at feeding time...Addison looks more interested than she really was!
One of the guides to us that the Piranhas were going to be fed soon, so we hung around to see it. More interesting facts....piranhas only eat dead things. So theoretically if you were in a river with a school of piranhas, they wouldn't bother you! To feed them, they drop a fish in and let the fish tear it up. It wasn't quite like a cartoon, but interesting nonetheless.
Overall we really enjoyed the Aquarium. We had heard a lot of mixed reviews, but for us it was a great family outing!
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