Audubon Aquarium of the Americas in New Orleans LA

[Natasha]

These pictures were taken in August of 2005, just days before Hurricane Katrina hit.



I think these birds were having some foreplay...right there in front of everyone!!!







Rainforest exhibit.



Puffer fish...I call him my "ugly little old man fish" b/c he reminds me of, well, an ugly little old man.



Stingray...looks like it's smiling at me. *shrugs*



Can't see that well through the glass...but that's a huge ass snake in there.



I always liked this picture...I like the colors in it. Would be better, though, had I not gotten part of the enclosure in the picture. *shrugs*

 

[Natasha]

I think these are called scorpion fish...can't remember. They're poisonous, though...I remember that. And I think it's the same kinda fish that gets blended up in Deuce Bigalow. LOL





Weedy Seadragon.



Pregnant seahorses...seawhores!!!



Definitely my fave photo!!! By the way, this was obviously BEFORE I figured out how to work w/o a flash on my camera. LOL



Best I could do w/ the woman right next to it standing in my way. GRR!!!



Starfishies!!! There was a "touch tank" close by...we pet a starfish and a baby nurse shark.



FROGS!!! Yay!!!



Buck...cutest sea otter in the whole world. I wanted to take him home w/ me!!!

 

[Natasha]

Big ugly frog...don't remember what it was called.



More of Buck. It was feeding time and, as a treat, he gets an ice cube w/ a shrimp inside. He was slamming the ice cube against the glass to get the shrimp out.

 

[Natasha]

Upside down jelly fish.



Makes me think of Finding Nemo.



Spots, the white alligator (NOT an albino alligator...he has some type of nifty genetic mutation that makes him white).



Another frog.




Treefrog.



Penguins!!! These had to be shipped off to Texas (I think) after Hurricane Katrina. They're now back in New Orleans, from what I understand.



Arghhhhhhhhhhhhhhh, shark!!!



Jellyfish.

 

[Natasha]

I had oooooooooooone pic too many. More of the penguins.



And that is all of my pictures from the Audubon Aquarium of the Americas.

 

[pinkporridge]

is the ice cube thing with the otter to show how they would get into muscles/clam/oister type shellfish?

 

[skyblue]

i just love the macaws nat

 

[Stella]

Turtles are always my favorite. Turtles rock.

I want some for pets one day.

Squirt in Nemo iz teh cuentness

 

[SouthOfHeaven]

such pretty colours!

 

[pinkporridge]

Turtles are always my favorite. Turtles rock.

I want some for pets one day.

do u have a big ass tank to keep it in?... speaking of wich. i got stuck watchin day time tv yesterday.. n it was an episode of britains best home.. bg of shit but neway! this guy actully transformed what was supposed ot be his conservitory inot a big ass aquarium.. was pretty cool.. id have that in my room.. hmm what if it leaked tho..

 

[Stella]

Even if I just get like a lil mini baby one I'll be content. Well no, if I do that I want more than one. Iono a 10-gallon would hold 2 baby tiny ones I'd think. Then you'd have 1/2 rigged with water so they can swim. Awww I really want a turtle or 2 now. They're so cool.

 

[Natasha]

is the ice cube thing with the otter to show how they would get into muscles/clam/oister type shellfish?

Actually, they DID mention that. They give them the ice cubes w/ the shrimp inside as a treat if they do well that day...and then the otters chip away the ice to get to the shrimp so they can eat it. It's really really cute.

i just love the macaws nat

They're beautiful birds, aren't they???

 

[Godsloveapples]

Spots, the white alligator (NOT an albino alligator...he has some type of nifty genetic mutation that makes him white).

Oh my goodness! i've never seen an alligator like that.

 

[Natasha]

He's really pretty...and BIG (LOL). Here's what their website says about him.

White Alligator

One of the most unusual residents of the Aquarium lives in the Mississippi River Gallery—"Spots" the white alligator. One of just 18 rare white alligators found in a Louisiana swamp in 1987, Spots is white but he is not albino. He is LEUCISTIC; a gene mutation gives him his white color and steely blue eyes.

Spots and his siblings (all male, by the way) probably wouldn’t have lived long in the wild since their white coloring wouldn’t camouflage them from other animals anxious to dine on the tiny hatchings. As goodwill ambassadors from Louisiana, Spots and his brothers are celebrities the world over! They’ve appeared on many news and entertainment programs including the Tonight Show, CNN, Today Show, Nashville Network, and CBS Morning News.

 

[Godsloveapples]

wow, that alligator is so cool, much prettier than the green one.