Ocean in the city
One, two, three, four, five once I caught a fish alive...
six, seven, eight , nine, ten then I let it go again...
Why did you let it go?
Because it bit my finger so....
Well , my menino (little boy ) suggested why dont we visit the aquarium? Hmmm.. 'Aquarium would be nice' , I thought as there will be no risk of a fish biting me...
On a Sunny Saturday morning we decided to spend the day as per the wishes of our little prince. So we headed to the aquarium. A very simple building from out side--Kinda disappointing ..Believe me you won't be able to judge the kind of magical fun that awaits you.
Can you imagine that along with us there are two POLAR BEARS living in Sao Paulo city ??
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| The Polar bears at the Aquarium ! |
Our happinesss after seeing a polar bear for the first time in our lives can not be put into words ..however our kind little boy was happy and on the other hand very sad for the two Polar bears--
Kavim-- they must be feeling so suffocated here
Me- hmmm
Kavim--They must be missing their family and the ice...there is no snow here.
Me- I do agree with you but the people here take good care of them. They have put lots of air conditioners so that they bears dont feel hot.
Kavim- But look the bears dont look happy.There are no seals and fish for them to eat
Me- Really kind of you to think so much about the bears but I'm sure their caretakers give them good food....
And while we were talking the mumma bear jumped into the water while the baby bear was enjoying his siesta....What a sight it was! We have never seen a beautiful swimmer than the Polar bear. so Magnificient and elegant even while swimming....They are such powerful swimmers.
Kavim was really enjoying his day at the aquarium.It was fun spending our day together while listening to our little boy's chatter about the charecterstics of different sea animals as he spotted and identified them.
Kavim has a special love for animals , especially sea creatures. As a toddler he would watch 'octonauts' then we would read about those animals...thats how this love affair happened!
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| "My passion for surfing was more than my fear of sharks." Bethany Hamilton |
Kavim is surely a water baby. He wanted to befriend the shark .
Spot on! As soon as we saw Mr. Anaconda we remembered our trip to amazon. 'They like to be in or near water , and they are excellent swimmers. It can kill its prey by coiling its muscular body around the creature and squeezing until the animal could no longer breathe.
It swallows its prey whole. ' --Kavim reminded us of the fact but we were relieved as there was a glass wall between us and the Mr Anaconda.
ON our trip to amazon we saw a picture where a man was swallowed by an anaconda. Later when the body of the anaconda was cut open the body of the man was found!
BY THE WAY who can forget the iconic movie - ANACONDA ??
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| Amazon fun when we actually got to wrap the Anaconda around our neck. |
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| Kavim remembered his trip to the amazing amazon! |
At the aquarium we saw Boa constrictor as well.
Sao Paulo museum is really a pearl in the ocean. They have such beautiful collection of exotic fish.
This Aquarium has the absolute biggest Moray Eel we've ever seen!
Have a look at this beautiful Sting Ray we spotted there.
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| Kavim mentioned that his mom has a dress like that--I told him even designers take inspiration from nature |
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| My Shark uuuu with his loving dad! |
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My love and respect for this beautiful creature called Sea horse- He who shares equal responsibilities.
When it comes to family life,
Its as simple as can be ,
Mumma lays her eggs in papa's pouch and he has the family.
Then mumma just sits back and laughs,
She has it pretty nifty,
While papa tails and tends his 'colts of atleast two hundered and fifty.'
We have so much to learn from these creatures at this fantabulous aquarium.
It claims to be the single thematic aquarium in South America. You'll surely feel immersed in the environment that has approximately 3000 specimen of about 300 species of animals.
There is a beautiful pretend airport and you are transported to different places like Africa, Indonesia, Australia and even to South pole and North pole .
After seeing the Marine life we went to Africa. It was simply amazing. All the animals were so playful however our personal favorite was the MEERKAT. The pups were super cute. Kavim wanted to spend the whole afternoon watching and interacting with them. 'Momma they are so adorable ' he quipped.
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| On my way to Africa |
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| He was reminded of Madagascar |
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| look at the beautiful Meerkats |
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| He loves to interact with animals
We were then taken to Indonesia where we met the flying foxes. Honestly they were too big to be called bats and they scared the life out of us!
As if this was not enough Kavim spotted a reticulated Python from Indonesia. We thought its better to run away from this place..
Ahaaaaa we were now in Australia---We were pinching ourselves...we were pinching each other because we couldnt believe what we saw--lots and lots of kangaroos hopping here and there . It was simply incredible!
They had few other animals but what really got us excited was the fact that a Koala is on its way to Sao Paulo. We'll be going soon to meet Mr. Koala!
The Sao Paulo Aquarium (Aquario de Sao Paulo) is situated in the Ipiranga neighborhood of Sao Paulo, Brazil. The aquarium in Sao Paulo exhibits a variety of interesting animals such as Two-toed Sloth, Subantarctic Fur Seal, Magellanic Penguin, Flying Fox, South American Fur Seal, Pantanal Alligator, Neotropical Otter, and Amazonian Manatee. Some of the fish at the aquarium are Blue Tang, Yellow Tang, White-blotched River Stingray, Spotted sorubim, Red belly piranha, Electric eel, Green Moray, Piracanjuba, Dogface Puffer, Dusky Grouper, Southern Stingray, and Clownfish. The reptiles at the aquarium are Boa, Green Anaconda, Burmese Python, and Reticulated Python. There are various species of sharks at the aquarium, including, Sand Tiger Shark, Nurse Shark, and Cat Shark.
We even took a ride and entered the Prehistoric age.. A mammoth was there to have fun with us.
The place wsas much better than we expected! I love these family outings. We were about to sit and have our lunch but what we saw even our eyes could not believe. We saw a mermaid..yes a mermaid.
What do you do when yo see a MERMAID?? MERMAID --at the aquarium you just run and run towards it. I felt like a little girl when I saw that beautiful mermaid...all the fairytales and the fairies and the mermaids came dancing to my mind...I was on cloud nine...
Me-Kavim look there is a Mermaid.
Kavim- hmmmm
Me--lets go and meet her...she is sooo pretty.
Kavim- Mom mermaids are not real. She is a normal girl swimming in the water wearing a mermaid costume!
Me--come on Kavim ...they do exist ! She is real!
Kavim--You are joking right ?
Me-Darling life is magical and mermaids spread the magic!
Till then we were near the mermaid and believe me she was really spreading her magic...she was so pretty..
What a beautiful day we had at the aquarium. We are already planning to go for the night presentation. they make you go around the aquarium in the night while telling you about the night habitats of various animals . The biggest attraction is going to be the campfire! Oh we are so excited!
These day trips are so much fun!
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