Aquarium-Lynn Vu
I’ve been to the Seattle Aquarium a couple times as a kid and once during the summer with a friend.
Last time I was here, the octopus they had was named Jellybean. At the time, I didn’t know that they went down the alphabet for the names of the octopi they catch and release. Since the octopus we saw was Switch, that means there had been 8 other octopi that have been there since my last visit that I haven’t seen! I wasn’t able to get very good images of Switch, but I do still have pictures of Jellybean.
When I walked in and saw the large display for the fish in the recreation of the ocean rocks and ecosystem out in the front, I had no idea that these were the organisms we had out in our own ocean. I can only imagine coming across a wolf eel while out at the beach. As much as I always knew about the diversity of life in the ocean, it never really crossed my mind that it included our local waters as well.
I guess my question would be… Why do fish have different flesh colors? Tuna can be red and pink, while cod and tilapia are white.
Before this visit to the aquarium I don't think I ever imagined any fish in the Puget sound other than Salmon and Trout. I was surprised to here that the Wolf Eel lives in the Pacific Northwest; at first I thought I heard wrong lol.
ReplyDeleteOh you just cleared one of my questions. I didn't know if they really kept the octopus until he dies, which would have been pretty cruel. It is comforting to know they often change their catch. Why Jellybean is whiter on your last picture? And concerning the color of the fishes, does it depend of their environment's colors?
ReplyDeleteNice post. I should have talked a little about fish color in class but it mostly has to do with muscle proteins- particularly myoglobin. These proteins can differ based on the activities of the fish, for example if they are long distance swimmers vs local swimmers.
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