Penguins!

As promised you can all see the photos I took of penguins and other aquatic animals at the New England Aquarium on Sunday. Above is a picture of some Rockhopper penguins enjoying the sprinklers on their rocks.



This is one penguin enjoying the sprinkler. They use the sprinklers to clean off the "rocks" (they're fiberglass) periodically. Apparently the penguins enjoy standing in the spray. I can relate...I enjoy taking showers as well.



These are African penguins. Aren't they cute!



This is a Little Blue penguin swimming around. They apparently only go up on their rocks early in the mornings and at dusk. During the day they spend all their time in the water. This prevented me from getting as good of a picture of a Little Blue as the others because we were there in the middle of the day.



This is Myrtle. She is a Giant Green Sea Turtle, is about 70 years old, and weighs around 600 lbs. There are a few other turtles in the Giant Ocean Tank (as well as about 600 fish and four or five sharks), but they're a different variety and nowhere near as big.

Here are some more interesting creatures of the deep.

Tropical fish tank.


Mandarin Fish


Scuttlefish


Starfish and Sea Anemone


Lion Fish


Sea Dragon (from the back)

Well, I hope you all enjoy the photos! I have some more, but these are by far the best. Only 1 more day left at work and 8 days until I leave!