Under the sea

Feb 23rd

Butterflies are scarier than they look

Sydney Aquarium and Wildlife World! Me and Michele got a double deal for both. It ended up costing about 20 for each one.

Wildlife World is no Taronga Zoo, but it is still quite impressive for an exhibit on Darling Harbour. It is mostly Australian animals, but that's what makes it exciting. Over 80% of Australian wildlife is endemic, so I have never seen many of the creatures at any zoo before.

Rex

Did you know that the world's deadliest spider is the Sydney Funnel Web Spider. Guess where it is found? Wildlife world also has the largest crocodile in captivity within New South Wales. This crocodile, called rex, is about 15 feet long, and has a nasty habit of eating other crocodiles if they live in the same exhibit as him.

At the end of the Wildlife World was a butterfly sanctuary where we could be right with the butterflies.
Sydney Aquarium is the coolest aquarium I've ever been to. It's got a lot of native Australian water creatures, like the platypus and dugong. I got to go inside and below the water in glass enclosures to see friendly dugongs and vicious sharks. It was quite magical.

Dugong, inspiration for the mermaid

Keep it level!


Jono De Costa

Shark above me in the enclosure