Shed Aquarium 4/22/10 ~PICS!

Took my boy to the aquarium today. I think I enjoied it more than he did. I tried to get alot of pictures but some didnt come out so well. I was messing with my camera settings but the fugi doesnt take goot shots of anything moving.

My absolute favorite was the dragon fish. I have always loved those guys and watch shows about them whenever I can. The huge plecos put my foot long pleco in my home aquarium to shame. I loved the rays, the hawks, and especially the water monitors (kind?). I got pics of the big and beautiful anaconda but shes in shed and her eyes were completely white. I was laughing to myself at all the people around me saying she wasnt real. Im kicking myself in the butt for not getting pics of the baby sharks still in their egg cases. You could see them swimming in circles inside due to a light behind the egg cases. I cant remember the names of everything so I put titles above the ones that have always been my favorites. I try to stay away from the city as much as possible but its fun to visit places like this. Enjoy :)

~Chicago skyline & the back of the Shed Aquarium~
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~Do I even need to say what this is??~
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~What type is this?~
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~Duck & Turtle~
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~Dart frogs~
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~Arowana~
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~Electric Eels~
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~Huge Plecostomus~
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~Hammerhead Shark~
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~Diver feeding the Rays~
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~DRAGON FISH!~
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~Beluga Whale~
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~Pacific White Sided Dolphin~
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~Redtail Hawk~
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~Rock Lobster~
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~Sea Horses & little NEMOS! Clown Fish~
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~Moonfish Jellyfish~
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~I forget what these are called~
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~Various Rays~
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~This one has a perfect "S" on it~
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~See ya later Chicago!~
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Niice.

Duude you should have hit me up! I live like 10 minutes from the shedd aquarium :)

I believe that is an Arapaima as opposed to an arowana.

Those dragon fish are beautiful, and I have never seen a rock lobster before. Neat-o.

Great pictures, looks like it was a lot of fun.

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Originally Posted by Kaorte

Niice.

Duude you should have hit me up! I live like 10 minutes from the shedd aquarium :)

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Well darn steffe! I didnt even think about that. I'll be sure n get ahold of you when we go to the museum tho.

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Originally Posted by mr. s

I believe that is an Arapaima as opposed to an arowana.

Those dragon fish are beautiful, and I have never seen a rock lobster before. Neat-o.

Great pictures, looks like it was a lot of fun.

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You may be right. They had quite a few arowana and I thought I was getting a pic of one but I was just snapping away. It was moving so fast I caught the back of it swimming by so I wasnt sure.

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Originally Posted by mr. s

I believe that is an Arapaima as opposed to an arowana.

Those dragon fish are beautiful, and I have never seen a rock lobster before. Neat-o.

Great pictures, looks like it was a lot of fun.

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He is correct!
they did have a nice tank of some big arowana when I went there a few years ago though, IMO you did a pretty decent job taking pictures through aquarium glass. Lord knows I dont have any evidence of my trip. Thanks for bringing back some fond memories :).

wow that is awesome!! Thank you for sharing....cannot wait until my son wakes up to share these with him. He loves this stuff!!

That's a caiman lizard.

Cool pics!

Nice pics :gj:

Very nice :) My girls and I are heading there in another 2 weeks. They will be really excited to see these pics.