Aquarium

I recently took a trip to the Camden Aquarium with my sisters and my niece and we had the BEST TIME!!!!!! That place is so awesome!!!! We saw and did so much. I touched a shark, jelly fish, sea cucumber and a sting ray! It was very exciting or 'freaky' as Tay kept saying.
It was a really fun day! The whole weekend was great! But the aquarium might have been the best part!

This was one of the coolest things that we saw. It is a jaw of the extinct Megalodon shark. If it were alive today it would have been able to eat a great white shark whole!!! Experts estimate this prehistoric creature to have been as long as a school bus (that's like 40-50 feet). The oldest remains of this species is 18 million years old and it is believed to have been extinct for 1.5 million years. It is possibly the largest shark to have ever lived.

This is my sister and my niece before we went into the aquarium. This place would be really nice when the weather is nicer. I'm new to this philly/south jersey thing so I am getting to know all the fun things to do!
FYI - That's center city in the background.





This is a real shark. I snapped this pic in the shark tunnel as it swam over my head. The shark tunnel was amazing. The sharks are on you left and your right and above you.






Tay & Ma'Kenzie touching a jellyfish.
They are a lot more solid then I thought they would be. But they
do feel just like jelly (go figure!)






Tay in the shark tunnel!
See all of them swimming behind her?
Oh! And get this, you can swim with the sharks!!!!
Tay & I said we would give this a try!
Exciting!!!!








I touched a shark!

She touched a starfish!

Tay thought this bad boy right here was fake. (silly rabbit)

I love these lil' guys right here. They're Moon Jellyfish! They're beautiful.

If you live in the philly/jersey area I recommend you take a trip to this wonderland. There is so much to do and see. Don't think it's just a place for kids b/c I think my sister and I had more fun than my niece! lol.
But really this place is great. It would be a nice for a date (think outside the box people. taking your other half to the movies and red lobster is so high school!).
I think its important to go out and experience new things. Show your children there are other things than playing in the neighborhood park.
Educate yourself people!!!