Fishy Things

 

A couple of days ago we went to the Dallas Aquarium right downtown. It's older and from the outside looks just like another building in the middle of the city. In a small footprint of real estate they have packed a lot in. The down side is that the place can only handle smaller crowds so best viewed during the week.

 

The organization is really cool though. The whole place is structured as if you are in a Mayan jungle setting and you work from the upper forest and then walk along trails down to the lowest subterranean level. At the upper levels there are monkeys and many birds and a couple of waterfalls like this one.

 

 

 Then as you get to the forest floor you see the river creatures including crocks and pythons ... one even being fed ... yeow.  And below is Ev totally enthralled with the playful and entertaining otters.

At the ground or river level they even had a display of penguins that live in more temperate climates.

And as we progressed lower we got into the marine part of the Yucatan. Again here is the grandson looking at the brightly colored tropical fish and his mom, Leighanne, on the other side of this tank taking in a bit different view of the scenery.

Then down to the lowest level where we got to see the sharks and other creatures of the very deep waters swimming above, below, and around us.

This is a great educational experience that should be done at a leisurely pace at each of the many terrain levels, preferable with less people, so that you could enjoy all of the well constructed venues from top to bottom. Neat facility and a lot packed into a small space in the center of downtown Dallas.