The original plan was to go to the famous Singapore Zoo on Saturday morning. However, it was raining that morning. We decided to instead head to the aquarium in Resort World. Resort World is an Asian hotel/casino/entertainment place chain. Think Disney World without all of the beloved characters.
We arrive via taxi and the place is practically deserted. There is no one there except the people at the ticket counter and the guy with a phone cover stand. When you enter, the first exhibit is touching things like stingrays and other largish fish. There is also a little fish food dispenser and tanks that you can stick your hands into and let fish nibble at your fingertips. The next room, I thought was the neatest in a scientific kind of way. It had species of fish and water dwelling creatures who were not themselves millions of years old, but their species was. For example, there was a kind of pig-nosed turtle, there were man-sized fish with scales the size of my palm, there were a couple trilobites, and some giant stingray predecessors. There was a small side room highlighting a small arctic jellyfish. It's a tiny little thing that only lives in below freezing water. It's photoluminescent and is one of those animals that switches genders.
The next room was full of crabs and octopi. They had giant Japanese Spider crabs in their exhibit. Definitely the creepiest crab I have ever seen. When they say giant, they mean giant. Those things were at least a few feet big, hairy, with legs the length of my forearm, at least. Another highlight of the aquarium was the tunnel with a slow moving travelator. It was one of the stereotypical, tunnel made of glass, under a giant fish tank. There were sharks and very large groupers and one fish and two fish and red fish and blue fish and as many fish as you like.
Finally, the last thing we did was see a pink dolphin/sea lion show. Yes, I said it. Pink dolphins. They are much more like manatees than dolphins. They look like dolphins with almost complete vitiligo (the Michael Jackson disease). It was your average jump through the hoop and hit the ball show. One of the interesting things was all over the area, there were female peacocks on the rooftops or walking around. You can tell that they are female because they don't have the plumage that you would associate with a peacock.
The next room was full of crabs and octopi. They had giant Japanese Spider crabs in their exhibit. Definitely the creepiest crab I have ever seen. When they say giant, they mean giant. Those things were at least a few feet big, hairy, with legs the length of my forearm, at least. Another highlight of the aquarium was the tunnel with a slow moving travelator. It was one of the stereotypical, tunnel made of glass, under a giant fish tank. There were sharks and very large groupers and one fish and two fish and red fish and blue fish and as many fish as you like.
Finally, the last thing we did was see a pink dolphin/sea lion show. Yes, I said it. Pink dolphins. They are much more like manatees than dolphins. They look like dolphins with almost complete vitiligo (the Michael Jackson disease). It was your average jump through the hoop and hit the ball show. One of the interesting things was all over the area, there were female peacocks on the rooftops or walking around. You can tell that they are female because they don't have the plumage that you would associate with a peacock.
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