Vale a pena visitar o Aquário de Monterey Bay?

O Aquário da Baía de Monterey é agora um dos meus locais favoritos e certamente vale bem a pena a viagem. Eu posso ser um pouco gringoso sobre potenciais "armadilhas turísticas", mas isto facilmente limpou o meu bar muito alto - eu tive uma experiência incrível e posso'não esperar para voltar num futuro próximo.

My trip to the aquarium

(Note: all photos and videos are my own)

Jellyfish

The jellyfish put me into a trance — they're so mesmerizing and have a surreal quality to them:

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Moon jellyfish:

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Tiny jellyfish (not sure of the official name):

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Fish

It's a sad sign of our largely artificial world that I was somewhat suspicious that these fish were even real. They're just so uncannily bright:

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More bright fish:

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I think these might be squid:

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This was my favorite fish at the aquarium. He'é um misantropo e tanto - muito rude e não para multidões. Yes I know I'm projecting that onto him:

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Schools of fish

The schools of fish were also beautiful; they embarrassingly reminded me of those Windows 95/98 screensavers. If you're attracted to patterns and geometry you'll like these:

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I was also surprised at how fast the schools can move. I usually think of fish as slow but I was clearly wrong:

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More fast fish:

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Here are some anchovies swimming:

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Corals and aquatic plants

The “still life” at the aquarium would have been worth seeing even without the animals. É tão raro ver todas essas cores juntas na vida real, e tão perfeitamente juntas:

Non-fish creatures

The sea otters were really cute — the feeding was way too crowded though, and adults had to stand pretty far away, so if you're not with kids you're probably better off coming back after the feeding when there are fewer people around:

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I was surprisingly iffy on the penguins; they didn't do much. Here you can see them doing their thing:

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The aquarium had a special exhibit showing the intersection of wet and dry animals and plants. This tortoise was cool, if antisocial:

They also had an Albatross feeding — here you can see the Albatross spread its wings:

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All in all, the aquarium was awesome! Se você planeja ir, eu'teria algumas coisas em mente:

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• O restaurante é muito ruim e superfaturado. Eles deixam-te sair do local e voltar, para que possas comer numa das muitas opções ao longo da Cannery Row se a qualidade for importante para ti.
• li>I fui no final de Dezembro no início da tarde, e a multidão estava horrível (daí o barulho de fundo nestes vídeos!). Cuidado com os alimentos, pois eles'são os mais lotados. Fica muito quente por dentro também, então use algo leve debaixo da sua camada exterior.>li>Dê a si mesmo muito tempo! Você poderia facilmente passar várias horas lá; lá's tanto para ver.<