National Aquarium Rainforest

As mentioned in a previous post the Rainforest was my favorite area of the National Aquarium. I seemed to have as much trouble focusing the camera here as I did anywhere else. It was difficult for me to think about manual focusing with everything else that was going on so I stuck with autofocus. Hopefully, one day, I will have a second chance.

Beautiful flowers
Beautiful birds & waterfalls

Beautiful plants

Nice to see our houseplants in a native setting, not Walmart!

Delightful bird calls

Would I like to visit a rainforest along the equator? Snakes (big ones), bugs (more big ones), heat & humidity. I got enough of a peep to know a rainforest has to be beautiful, but that's a great big NO! I' ll stick with the controlled (safe) environment offered at the National Aquarium.

Dolphins

When we chose our seats for the dolphin show we sat in the splash area. I really should have suspected something was up when staff reminded several times that those seats "just may get splashed". We didn't move. Dolphins performed, we didn't get wet, show continued, we were still dry. A trainer came our way, the dolphin followed & proceeded to splash his tail, not once but several times. We got WET.

I think dolphins are special creatures. One of the interesting facts given was that dolphins recognize themselves in a mirror, something not done by most other animals, not even the domestic ones we have in our homes. To think they can be trained to present a program such as this is amazing.

SPLASH!!

Levi wasn't happy about the salt water bath.

Still wet. The monkey doesn't look happy either.