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dancing_moonToday was so hot!! Feeling like I wanted to escape the heath, yet do something fun the day before school starts I decided to visit the aquarium by Berlin Zoo.
It partly failed, because the aquarium was also very hot and humid, but on the other hand it was very exciting.
Many beautiful tropical fish and some species I haven't seen in aquariums before. I was especially impressed by their selection of amphibians and the insectarium! They had red weaver ants - those critters make one VERY impressive nest - that were not behind glass. I think they were kept in captivity by the pool of water that surrounded them, since it was smoking from (I assume) frozen oxygen = too cold for ants to "swim" over. A few adventurous ants had escaped anyway and were climbing the wall ~to freedom~ or something... Or maybe they were lost?
They also had several salamanders (the Chinese Giant Salamander isn't about to win any beauty contests, is it?) and jelly-fish, which I rarely see in aquariums. Especially liked the little white-and-purple bellshaped jelly fish, they looked like adorable aliens bobbing up and down in the water ^^
I filmed quite a lot, but since the light (and noise, oh children -_-) levels were as they were, I think I'd better cut away some stuff before I youtube it. This little clip of an arapaima, the world's largest sweetwater fish, hailing from the Amazon, was decent enough on its own :)
I absolutely recommend it to aquarium fans, I spent about four hours there today. Er, but do avoid the uppermost floor if you find bugs unpleasant, there was a bit of a crawling sensation down my back from time to time ^^;
It partly failed, because the aquarium was also very hot and humid, but on the other hand it was very exciting.
Many beautiful tropical fish and some species I haven't seen in aquariums before. I was especially impressed by their selection of amphibians and the insectarium! They had red weaver ants - those critters make one VERY impressive nest - that were not behind glass. I think they were kept in captivity by the pool of water that surrounded them, since it was smoking from (I assume) frozen oxygen = too cold for ants to "swim" over. A few adventurous ants had escaped anyway and were climbing the wall ~to freedom~ or something... Or maybe they were lost?
They also had several salamanders (the Chinese Giant Salamander isn't about to win any beauty contests, is it?) and jelly-fish, which I rarely see in aquariums. Especially liked the little white-and-purple bellshaped jelly fish, they looked like adorable aliens bobbing up and down in the water ^^
I filmed quite a lot, but since the light (and noise, oh children -_-) levels were as they were, I think I'd better cut away some stuff before I youtube it. This little clip of an arapaima, the world's largest sweetwater fish, hailing from the Amazon, was decent enough on its own :)
I absolutely recommend it to aquarium fans, I spent about four hours there today. Er, but do avoid the uppermost floor if you find bugs unpleasant, there was a bit of a crawling sensation down my back from time to time ^^;
