Tuesday, May 5, 2020

Strange Sightings

This life sized model of a fish hangs overhead in the Water Gallery. It is a curious sight, called a Mola.


Another view of the blue whale skeleton.


Yet another oddity finds itself on this panel, which reminds us in the words of a quirky chaos theorist that life finds a way.


Water is not just about the sea, of course, and the Water Gallery focuses on freshwater too, including a large aquarium with a number of fish.


A terrareum here includes spotted turtles.

22 comments:

  1. I see why they call them spotted turtles!

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  2. Gosh the Mola and the glow in the dark fish are amazing for different reasons. It's the first time I've heard of a fish that enjoys sunbathing 😊

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  3. ...a sunbathing fish, now that's a new one for me! Water is so simple and so complex and so important.

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  4. Hello

    I have never heard of a Mola, the spotted turtle is cute. Enjoy your day!

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  5. A sunbathing fish?!!! Oh, LOL. Never heard of that.

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  6. Fish hanging overhead, it's a curious sight indeed :-)

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  7. So much HUGE life out there long ago.

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  8. I love it and search for it va Google (Wikipedia). It is interesting

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  9. There are lots of fish in the sea!

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  10. I never heard of that fish before. Very interesting!

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  11. We remain curious about life underwater. We have limited access to see what's going on.

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  12. That blue whale skeleton is an incredible sight.

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  13. @Linda: good name for them.

    @Francisco: thank you.

    @Grace: they're both unusual.

    @Tom: definitely.

    @Eileen: thanks!

    @Iris: quite odd.

    @Tamago: indeed.

    @Maywyn: I agree.

    @Sandi: definitely.

    @Aritha: very much so.

    @Sharon: indeed.

    @DJan: thank you.

    @RedPat: indeed.

    @Red: true.

    @Marie: I agree.

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  14. The spotted turtle is new to me.

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  15. Mola? Spotted turtle? Two new ones for me.

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  16. Informative post and neat photography ~ ^_^

    Be Well,
    A ShutterBug Explores,
    aka (A Creative Harbor)

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  17. I like the spotted turtle …

    All the best Jan

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  18. @Marleen: they're fascinating.

    @Bill: not so much to me.

    @Kay: so seems the common opinion.

    @Carol: thank you.

    @Jan: me too.

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