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Last part of the Aquarium trilogy.

Lion Fish

Close-up on a sea dragon.

I call it the minesweeper crab – it digs up the sand around it to find food.

Leafy Sea Dragon


This toad is so fat!


I hope you have enjoyed this series from the Aquarium!

Continuing from Part I of the photo series taken from the New England Aquarium, this time onto different animal types.

I was able to join the trainings sessions for the Atlantic Harbor Seals.

The trainer performing a visual inspection.

*Shame*

Tea-time at 3pm. They were so coorperative when hungry!

High five with a child. She was startled that the seal could leap so high out of the water!


Greeting the visitors.

A small eel-like animal that I stumbled upon.

This fish has suction cups on its belly and can stick to the glass vertically.

Starfish in the wave pool.

Whale watching with Captain Debb, perfect conditions with blue skies and calm sea conditions.

Passenger spotted a whale in the distance.

Close encounter with a Minke Whale, breaking the surface for fresh air.

A couple weeks ago I visited Boston for a few days and spent some time in the Aquarium.

This time I was primarily working with the seal trainers and focusing on the lesser known animals in the Aquarium.

Myrtle, the green sea turtle, swimming in the Giant Ocean Tank. She is at least 70 years old and weights over 500lbs.

The Sand Tiger Shark, never in a hurry.

A Cow Nose Ray swimming by.

This is a very strange looking fish. Apparently poisionous.

Small shark.

An amphibious fish living with the green Anaconda.

It is so slimey…

A shrimp in the Pacific Reef tank.

This was a really neat jellyfish, it is about the size of your finger nail but has little lights moving in its bloodstream.

Norther Fur Seals in the new Marine Mammal Center.

Seal scratching himself.

A child picked from the audience to interact with the seals.

More to come next week!

Time flies when you are having fun. I spent some time wandering around Boston in the wee hours and it had a very different feel compared, the street performers and crowd has disappeared, leaving the historic buildings behind.

Quincy Market, I got in trouble for ‘wandering’ in while they were cleaning…I didn’t know any better :P

The Rosebud Diner near Davis Square, Somerville. You can only get away with the intense pink neon lights with such a classic setup.

Running into a war veteran and chatting with him. Inside, the war has never really ended for him and substance abuse is one way for him to get away.

I didn’t expect to do much at the Aquarium initially but turned out there was a little of different stuff going on. It was really neat working alongside the biologist and trainers that oversee the well-being of the animals.


I spent a morning with the group that maintains the large area for the penguin exhibit. Here they are feeding them fish and logging them so they don’t get overweight.

Rockhopper Penguin

African penguin moulting (changing fur)

Me in a wetsuit for the morning. The penguins knew I was new so were poking at me curiously.

There are always lots happening the Giant Ocean Tank…

This cownose ray is fast swimming bugger!

In the Animal Medical Center they were doing a check-up on recovering stranded sea turtles.


Whale watching, this time we spotted 2 humpback whales logging near the surface. The size of these animals are just baffling!


Tomorrow I will be starting a 2-week roadtrip with Anthony, John, and Ludwik. Just putting us in a van would be an experience by itself, with insults flying everywhere. We have started a blog, Engineering East Coast Expedition, for updates along the way, see you there!