happy happy seal dance

[alonewiththemoon]

I have given myself this trainer for an afternoon program at the New England Aquarium for my birthday next month :-)  I'm super super excited.  I've wanted to do the pet the seals and give them fish program for a while, and decided as long as I was going to do it, I might as well do it all and say to heck with expense.  Basically you shadow a trainer for two hours, learning about their daily routine, and of course, you get to interact with seals!  I've been fascinated by seals since the time I spent in Alaska; they were so curious about us, swimming up to our Zodiac or sometimes even up to the shallows of beaches just to see what these odd upright creatures were doing.  You could talk to them, and they'd just tilt their heads quizzically and watch you all the more.  I think they are one of the most beautiful creatures on the planet, maybe not so much on land but definitely in the water.  And they are on the same general evolutionary branch as ferrets, so of course I'm interested in them from that standpoint.  Maybe I'll get to spend a little time with the otters, too--seeing the other creatures at the Aquarium close up would be cool too.  But seals!!!  I get to hang out with seals!!!  :-))))))))))

Comments

[firefly124.livejournal.com]

Oh, that's so cool! Yay for hanging out with seals!

[gobetween.livejournal.com]

That's awesome! I hope you can take a picture or two :)

[alonewiththemoon]

They told me to be sure to bring my camera :)

[ellyssian.livejournal.com]

Coolness!

I'll have to tell patrixa (my mom, although that's probably guessable from the name) about that program. She'd probably sign aequitaslevitas (my eldest son, which isn't guessable from the name, and I'm pretty sure you've never met him?) up for that. His plans, last I heard, were to head in the direction of becoming a marine biologist.

[panzerkunst.livejournal.com]

Seal of approval!!