I was in Boston a week ago. I got to check some things off my "to do" list like go to the New England Aquarium and I discovered some new and cool places to eat/drink in Boston and Salem. Otherwise, it was a chill weekend. I binge-watched the first season of Banshee (Cinemax) - 10 episodes - with my friends in Salem, and that was enjoyable.
New England AquariumThe New England Aquarium is quite a bit larger than the one at the Pittsburgh Zoo. They have a very large penguin pool, segregated into three different types of penguins: African, rockhoppers, and little blue penguins. They are all so adorable.
![Rockhoppers](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/bnifj39otflfqj6/rockhopper-penguins.jpg)
![Sea turtle](https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/s/8euienvtpze1qmk/2013-11-08%2014.51.25.jpg)
They have several different kinds of sea turtles, and they do sea turtle rescue.
The neat thing about the big ocean tank - it is several stories tall and surrounded by a winding ramp. The tank is open at the top and there are a couple of big projection screens where they do an interactive Q&A with the audience and human divers in the tank. That was very interesting. I learned that predators are lazy. They keep all the predators in the big ocean tank very well-fed, so the predators don't go after the prey animals.
No sharks. I am told that they had sharks in the big tank, but I didn't see any while I was there.
I also got to pet the rays in the touch tank. They were so soft and smooth!
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