This was probably my favorite moment from my trip's last day - the ray pool at the Aquarium of the Pacific in Long Beach. Everyone flocks to the shark touching pool, but the rays flock to the humans at the edge of their tank.
Yeah, a version of these guys did in The Crocodile Hunter, but when exposed to people regularly, they're not too far away from dogs begging for more head scratches.
While the slimy leather of the rays' skin is a far cry from man's best friend, they served as an interesting marine surrogate.
Several surged out of the water in quest of a quick rub, from the scarred brown bat ray who couldn't get enough to the shy shovelnosed guitarfish (who named this animal?). They vigorously splashed at observers if ignored for more than a few seconds.
I spent about 20 minutes just watching them skim the surface for gentle hands.
2 comments:
Did they have any sicklenosed ukelelefish? How about the spadefaced banjofish? No rakebacked bizouki hurdygurdyfish?
You left out claw-finned mandolinfish.
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