MAY THE EYES THROUGH WHICH YOU SEE NOT BE THE EYES OF A FISH

Sometimes it can very illuminating to experience something with which you are familiar, through the eyes of another. The eyes in this case were not in fact fish eyes but they did indeed gaze upon the eyes of fish

Let me explain

This weekend we once again visited the Ripley's Aquarium in downtown Toronto. Collette and I have visited several times and it's one of favorite attractions in the city

This time we went with my sister Marianna and her daughter Tegan. It was fun to watch Tegan experience the Aquarium for the first time. The Aquarium seemed to reward her enthusiasm, I have never seen the octopus so active. Usually in his tank he just seems like a big dark lump. Huh, damn, that rock has arms. Lots of arms

It was also fun to discover all the things one can do with a child at the aquarium.You can put them to work preparing for tunneling the proposed Aquarium Subway extension ...

... or you could put them to work cleaning out the latest and greatest underwater condo units ...

... and if they still need allowance money you could always have them milk the horseshoe crabs

And it's perfectly acceptable to have them shave the stingrays ...

... just don't feed them to the sharks...

... unless of course it's these sharks.

Or you could just watch the video


A Saturday Wtih Some Soggy Friends from Victor Kellar on Vimeo.