Baltimore Aquarium

Last weekend was cold and a little snowy, so we, of course, thought it would be the perfect chance to go to the Baltimore Aquarium. We got there just after the aquarium opened, and, just as we had hoped, the snow kept many people at home.

Here's a look at a snowy Inner Harbor.

The Baltimore Aquarium is the National Aquarium, and it is pretty impressive. My pictures are not going to do it justice at all. We saw lots of sharks, sting rays, some turtles, puffins, sea anemone, and lots of lots of fish.

Beckett loved the aquarium.

We all loved the dolphin show. Beckett loved when the dolphins jumped out of the water. He threw his arms up in the air and cheered. He kept asking us when they were going to jump again.

The aquarium has a South American and an Australian exhibit. The Australian exhibit is particularly impressive. I snagged some pictures of these reptile relatives.

 The dwarf caiman lives in the Amazon.

And this is the Australian freshwater crocodile.

I really like taking photos of jellyfish. Here are a few from Baltimore's exhibit.

This is a spotted lagoon jelly from the South Pacific.

We seem to see the moon jelly at a lot of aquariums.

We also saw the pacific sea nettle in Monterey.

As if those other jellys weren't wild enough, here's the upside-down jelly. Instead of swimming it hangs out on the floor of shallow seas.

We might have to go back on another snowy day.