The Aquarium, posted by Ismaïl and Ghislaine

10th October 2013 at Boston.

   After the Duck tour and the lunch, we all went to the Aquarium. For that, we had to take two different subway lines. We arrived there at 1:30 pm and were welcomed by a man who worked there. At the outside of the building, we were able to see some very cute seals, and than we entered into the aquarium. The presenters took a picture of us, and then we really entered. It wasn't a guided tour, so everybody could see what he wanted. At first, we went to the rays, and we were allowed to touch them : their skin is very sticky, but it wasn't so unpleasant. In the entry, there were auks and penguins who were swimming. There was also a very high aquarium with a lot o kinds of fishes and turtles, and also anemones, and we could go up around this cylindrical aquarium means of a way which went up all around in spiral. At the end of the visit, we had the right in a show, in which some divers were given food to the fishes and the turtles.
   At 2:50 pm, we met together in front of the aquarium to go to the IMax 3D movie theatre to see a movie about the fishes and the ocean. The screen was very big, and the 3D effects very well done, so that the movie was great and very interesting. That's also because it was told by Johnny Depp ! It lasted 45min, and at the end we took the subway again to go to BLS to meet the correspondents. Now it's 8 pm and we all are in the families.
   Return tomorrow for a new article, and don't forget to read the interview about the aquarium !

Here is the link of their website, if you want to glance at it :

http://www.neaq.org/index.php

Ismaïl MAJJAD.

Interview

We interviewed a lady, Mandy, who took care of the rays :

-Why do you do this job ?

-Because I like educating people about rays and ocean animals. So I like it very much.

-And what is so special about rays ?

-Contrary of what people think, they are not aggressive animals. Their bodies is completely made out of cartilage and eat small fishes, but don't have a lot of ennemis.

-How many type does the aquarium have?

-It has got eight or nine type of rays.

-And why have they different colors ?

-So, the grey rays are dark or light, it's in their genetic. But the other ones is because of the environment.

Ghislaine DEUTSCH