Here's the first thing you see once you've paid. It's a fun little tunnel where you walk under the sea creatures. You'll notice that it was quite crowded in the aquarium during my visit.

Here's a Sloth being toyed with by an attendant inside the enclosure. I'm not sure why a tree-climbing mammal would be shown in an aquarium but apparently they're good swimmers. Fun trivia fact: the Japanese call these creatures namakemono which translates to "lazy person."

An Iguana enjoys itself under the hot lights. I'm noticing that most of these pictures look blurry and I think it's an effect of the thick material used in the enclosures. I'm not that jumpy a photographer, frankly.

That's not an alligator, it's a caiman. Same family though.

Feeding time in the penguin exhibit! I wished I was on the other side of that glass. It looked wonderfully chill in there!

The ones with the yellow faces are King Penguins. I don't remember what kind the others were.

Those are dolphins and it's not easy to get them to hold still for a photo.

That's better! Drink up, you brilliant bastard.

This is the main tank which features the aquarium's larger creatures. There are several different species of rays in there, many of which would come right up to the edge to look at us.

When I say "large," here's what I'm talking about. That's a whale shark with a very big manta ray to the left. Those two sort of hung out together in the tank. They are both enormous creatures that made me nervous, although I've been told that neither creature is known to harm humans.

Arts & Crafts time! These are made entirely out of paper. Pretty cute.

I was lucky that I got to see this as it was fun to watch. When it's time to feed the rays, these two guys jump in there with scuba gear and hand out the treats.

The rays were pretty agressive in going after that food. He had to shove them away once they got their share. I also noticed that neither diver went near the giant manta ray.

They did find time to perform some maintenance inside the tank though.

What's he up to? Did he drop his keys?

Spider crabs, yeesh! These things freaked me out. They're bottom dwellers so they keep the tank very dark to accomodate them. I'll bet they're delicious with those long legs.

A very pretty red jellyfish. I don't think that was a lighting effect, either.

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