After our white-water rafting trip at the end of August, Matthew and I stopped at the Tennessee Aquarium along with our friends Jamie and Edward. Although they did have some great exhibits, overall I was not very impressed by this aquarium. Here are a few photos of the animals and of us.
Button polyps in the coral exhibit.
An anthias fish in the coral exhibit, I used to have one of these in my tank.
A type of sea nettle jellyfish.
Matthew and I by the giant ocean tank.
Touching a sturgeon.
The following weekend we were back in Tennessee for Matthew's grandmother's funeral so we decided to make a weekend trip of it and stop in Gatlinburg to visit the Aquarium of the Smokies. This aquarium is part of the Ripley's Believe it or Not series so I was a bit skeptical of how educational it would be. As it turned out, this is a wonderful aquarium with great exhibits and lots of interesting information. It was also laid out in a way that made sense and flowed nicely.
A look at the tropical fish tank.
Matthew in the tunnel under the ocean tank.
A leafy sea dragon (a type of seahorse).
A cuttlefish (related to squid and octopus).
Matthew checking out the sea nettle jellyfish exhibit.
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