What ho! Pepys...
Now and then it's lovely to escape the amazing heat here and visit somewhere with air conditioning.
Underwater world is just such a place.
But it's not all underwater as you can see from the following pics - some of it is above water:
Some of the animals are so lovely - it just makes you want to run over and give them a big hug!
But it's easy to overlook stuff as there is so much to see.
This little beauty is only about an inch long!
And I found it impossible to capture the majestic gracefulness of the manta rays 'in flight'.
One of the exhibitions reminded me of a kind of 'SteamPunk Fishtank'
And then we were outside again, past waterfalls that led to a Koi garden.
These next creatures are named after exactly what they appear to be - 'Upside down Jellyfish'
On this next pic you can just see the mouth - which looks like an eye - and it was moving out and in like the bulging pupil of a one eyed prickly monster.
Lady J thought these clownfish looked as though they'd been badly painted with tippex. They are the only fish that can withstand the stings of this anemone because of the slimy coating all over their body. In return the anemone provides the fish with food and they even suck the stings from time to time too.
This was my favourite though. Right at the end of the exhibition are amazingly alien-like jellyfish which have existed for 32 billion years in the same form. They move around gracefully with the most delicate of soft netting and strands hanging from their pulsing body and yet they have no brain!...and no nervous system or blood supply either! WTF?
A great way to cool down - well designed and laid out and good value too.
Tallyho!
Best Wishes - Lord Noel
But it's not all underwater as you can see from the following pics - some of it is above water:
Some of the animals are so lovely - it just makes you want to run over and give them a big hug!
This little beauty is only about an inch long!
And I found it impossible to capture the majestic gracefulness of the manta rays 'in flight'.
And then we were outside again, past waterfalls that led to a Koi garden.
These next creatures are named after exactly what they appear to be - 'Upside down Jellyfish'
On this next pic you can just see the mouth - which looks like an eye - and it was moving out and in like the bulging pupil of a one eyed prickly monster.
Lady J thought these clownfish looked as though they'd been badly painted with tippex. They are the only fish that can withstand the stings of this anemone because of the slimy coating all over their body. In return the anemone provides the fish with food and they even suck the stings from time to time too.
This was my favourite though. Right at the end of the exhibition are amazingly alien-like jellyfish which have existed for 32 billion years in the same form. They move around gracefully with the most delicate of soft netting and strands hanging from their pulsing body and yet they have no brain!...and no nervous system or blood supply either! WTF?
A great way to cool down - well designed and laid out and good value too.
Tallyho!
Best Wishes - Lord Noel
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