Guess what I did last weekend?
I went to the aquarium! We're into the summer rainy season now and Busan has a lovely aquarium, right on the beach. Can't go swimming? You can watch other things enjoy the water!
Sandra and I made sure to arrive early to see the shark feeding show. A brave diver sinks down to the bottom of the tank with fish tucked under his armpits and another diver stands at a distance with a long stick to fend off the man-eating sharks! All the fish swarm him, and the sting rays flap past, back and forth, nosing in on the scraps.
Everyone braces themselves for the sharks' arrival. Finally one approaches.... she's closing in... the diver holds out the fish... and the shark sniffs it and swims away.
I have to say, as hyped up and terrifying as sharks are supposed to be, these lethargic nurse sharks seemed pretty content to glide slowly around the tank half asleep. I guess I would too if I were getting fed dead fish every day at regularly scheduled intervals.
The Giant Grouper and the sting rays were the most fun to watch... and I also enjoyed the deadly Lionfish, because I'd recently read a funny
article on Slate about how we should be
eating them.
It's supposed to be raining again this weekend. I'm going to have to make a list of rainy day activities. This was the best so far!
