In Newport there's this really cool aquarium. It's where "Free Willy" was for a long time. His real name is Keko but most people don't know that I've found out. I remember going there when he was there and loved it. It's kinda spendy but there's so much cool stuff there. The kids liked it and it was nice to go when it's not tourist season because it's not super busy but the downside is they are working on some stuff right now.
They have turned the whale tank into a shark tank. It's filled with all sorts of sharks. You walk through a glass tunnel so it's super cool to see them swimming under you and over you. They don't have any hammerheads or anything like that but it's still super cool. When we were there the amateur divers were cleaning the tanks which was cool. In the larger shark tank we got to see professional divers repairing the glass. They have on the really cool fancy oxygen helmets. I should have taken a picture. The lady that was in there said that the sharks like to rub there teeth along the rubber parts that attach the sections of glass and tear it apart so they were in there repairing it so it doesn't leak. The kids though it was super cool and they waved to us. There hands were super pruny from being in there for so long. Normally you would wear gloves but since they were repairing something they couldn't
The tide pool. It's full of sea urchins, eneminies, and star fish
The kids wouldn't tough anything.
The largest crabs in the world. They are super ugly. They find them in Japan or somewhere like that.
Cool Jellyfish. We see Jellyfish all the time wash up on shore but they are never alive obviously. Its usually just pieces of them.
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