May 11th we went to the Dallas World Aquarium. After a little research I discovered that mornings, holidays and weekends are super busy at the aquarium, but if you come after 2pm on a weekday it's pretty mellow- and as a bonus if you homeschool and schedule ahead you get a significant savings on your ticket. Super Bonus! This is a beautiful facility with much more to offer than a simple aquarium. In one area there is a huge waterfall that goes down three stories into a giant aquarium. You move down level by level enjoying different animals in each level. At the top there are birds and monkeys, in the middle sloths, snakes, lizards, frogs, etc. At the bottom there are otters, alligators, and other animals. Then you can go below and see the tank through a big glass viewing area. Here there are giant fish, turtle, rays, and even manatees.
Most of the animals are free roaming (at least the birds, monkeys, sloths, etc) so the kids could get really close. Here they discovered a Kookabura eating some fish.
The aquarium displays were so fun. They had them arranged by country so you could see what a coral reef in the ocean near that country would look like. They were beautiful, it makes me want to go snorkeling again. There were some cool seahorses and a tank of jellyfish that were fun to watch. My favorite part was the shark tunnel. I'm not much of a video person, but I'll post a clip I took from inside. This was taken while they were feeding the sharks so we could watch them eat. What a fun experience! This is a picture of the kids in the tunnel after the "feeding" crowd left.
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