GaliWalker
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Post by GaliWalker on Sept 7, 2015 19:28:49 GMT -8
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Post by Deleted on Sept 8, 2015 7:37:29 GMT -8
Nice collection of photos. That's a rather mysterious world to some of us inland folks. If my family had not gotten National Geographic when I was a kid, I would probably have never been exposed to such creatures. Your photos bring back memories of sorts.
Perhaps I'm rather typical in liking dolphins the best. Thanks for the photos.
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Post by rebeccad on Sept 8, 2015 9:50:40 GMT -8
I love the jellies. They make for some amazing photos. That's always where we head when we visit the Monterey Bay Aquarium.
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Post by amaruq on Sept 8, 2015 10:49:45 GMT -8
There is something about jellyfish. Such a simple life form, yet most mesmerizing in form and motion.
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Post by GaliWalker on Sept 8, 2015 11:21:40 GMT -8
While we visited all three wings of the aquarium, I only ended up posting photos from a single one; the others were pretty low quality, so I refrained. It so happened that this comprised of the dolphins' and jellies' exhibits. So, on the one hand you had the smartest animal on Earth (after humans) and on the other you had a brainless one!
I had never photographed any of these creatures before (in other aquariums) and found both to be extremely photogenic. In fact, we returned to them after zipping through the other two wings. My favorite moment happened in the dolphins' tank: There were three dolphins which were zooming around the tank. Near one end of the pool they would gracefully arc out of the water and then splash down. It was a pretty rigid circuit. My youngest son wanted to get splashed so he stood as close as he could to the tank, near the end where the dolphins would make their jumps. Sure enough he got splashed, so he whooped and lifted his arms high. And this is where the amazing thing happened: one of the dolphins must have seen this, since he/she quickly broke his/her circuit and came right towards us and did a solo jump:
Dolphins are incredible: graceful, smart, emphatic and extremely lovable.
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Post by ecocentric on Sept 8, 2015 16:32:32 GMT -8
I love aquariums, but I have ethical problems with keeping cetaceans in captivity. When you know about their rich perceptual senses, you have to understand that smooth hard surfaces are very much their equivalent of a "rubber room." When they "look" at one another with echolocation, they know a great deal about one another's physiology and emotional state. They don't have to announce to one another that they are pregnant, they can "see" it. I don't have that problem with jelly fish. I would like to know more about what goes on in the mind of an octopus.
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