Shark Enthusiasts - Beyond Tiki

L laney Member orange county CA Joined: May 20, 2002 Posts: 631	L laney Posted posted on Tue, Sep 28, 2004 10:00 AM Well we made the treck to see the Great White. We were up 36 hours for a trip that should have been a weekender. The shark is very cute. She looks like my sons favorite stuffed shark he has had since he was a baby. She is doing well. Her swimming patterns are healthy and she is quite a ham. She spends most of her time in front of the tank. She could go to the back and not be seen. Past captive Great Whites have swam irratically, thrashed, and bumped into walls. The most annoying thing was all the people taking flash pictures. There is always someone talking on a mic about the shark and other fish in the tank. About every 15 seconds they announce "no flash photography" as they don't want to cause any extra stress. There are also signs. Then here come the flashes. What idiots. It was a great trip. We had lunch at a place with a view of the bay where we saw sealions, otters, what we thought were whales, and even a fight between an otter and a seagull. The otter had something to eat and kept swimming away from the pushy seagull. He would dive and come back up and the bird even landed on his stomach to try to snatch his food. At the aquarium there is also a special shark exibit with ceremonial carvings and tapa from the Pacific Islands and other cultures. See a hula dance here http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/efc_smm/smm_gallery_pi.asp She was worth the trip up there. I hope she continues to thrive. There were a lot of people there and they had many exibits on conservation of shark species. I even got a tiki mug from Cory at a nearby shop. While we were there my sis (in Mass) called to tell us about a 1 ton Great White who has been swimming in very shallow waters off the cape for days. People are swarming there in boats to see her. She said her dorsel fin sticks out of the water 3 feet! Scientists don't know what has brought her to such shallow waters. I've only seen a blip of this on the news here. I'm guessing it's biger news in New England. Looks like we visited Cape Cod a month too early.

Well we made the treck to see the Great White. We were up 36 hours for a trip that should have been a weekender.

The shark is very cute. She looks like my sons favorite stuffed shark he has had since he was a baby.

She is doing well. Her swimming patterns are healthy and she is quite a ham. She spends most of her time in front of the tank. She could go to the back and not be seen. Past captive Great Whites have swam irratically, thrashed, and bumped into walls.

The most annoying thing was all the people taking flash pictures. There is always someone talking on a mic about the shark and other fish in the tank. About every 15 seconds they announce "no flash photography" as they don't want to cause any extra stress. There are also signs. Then here come the flashes. What idiots.

It was a great trip. We had lunch at a place with a view of the bay where we saw sealions, otters, what we thought were whales, and even a fight between an otter and a seagull. The otter had something to eat and kept swimming away from the pushy seagull. He would dive and come back up and the bird even landed on his stomach to try to snatch his food.

At the aquarium there is also a special shark exibit with ceremonial carvings and tapa from the Pacific Islands and other cultures. See a hula dance here
http://www.mbayaq.org/efc/efc_smm/smm_gallery_pi.asp

She was worth the trip up there. I hope she continues to thrive. There were a lot of people there and they had many exibits on conservation of shark species. I even got a tiki mug from Cory at a nearby shop.

While we were there my sis (in Mass) called to tell us about a 1 ton Great White who has been swimming in very shallow waters off the cape for days. People are swarming there in boats to see her. She said her dorsel fin sticks out of the water 3 feet! Scientists don't know what has brought her to such shallow waters. I've only seen a blip of this on the news here. I'm guessing it's biger news in New England. Looks like we visited Cape Cod a month too early.

Post #116817 by laney on Tue, Sep 28, 2004 10:00 AM