Scarborough Sea Life and Marine Sanctuary

[sunflower]

Well, I cant really find anywhere more suitable to post these pics but I really wanted to share them with you. They're not my fish (I wish!) but they are fish and other sea creatures that I saw at the Sea Life and Marine Sanctuary in Scarborough yesterday.

Lake Malawi Cichlids

Axylotyls. There guys have external gills and apparently if you expose them to iodine they turn into salamanders!!

Volitans Lion Fish

Fuzzy Dwarf Lionfish

Moray?

Horseshoe Crab (not a great pic, sorry)

Red Bellied Piranhas

Jellyfish

Rays

Penguins

Seals

Batfish

Marine Fishies

Not very clear but here are the huuuuuuge turtles

 

[lady_tanksalot]

aaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhh cool photos sun

cant believe ya went without me though

 

[Paul_MTS]

awesome pics, nice one

 

[DannyBoy17]

Does anyone else think Penguins are the coolest animals in the world? I love em.

Nice Volitans and RBP's too. Is that Scarborough - Toronto?

DB

 

[jflowers]

Awesome pics! I have been to the skegness and G Yarmouth ones, the G yarmouth one being the best IMO, the shark tank takes your breath away. They also have some rare sea horses (searches for pics to post in edit LOL). Have also been to one at st ives in cornwall, not sure if its a sea life center, but its right on the sea shore and very cool.

Jon

 

[sunflower]

that Scarborough - Toronto?

Nope, Scarborough on the North East coast of the UK.

 

[Jen]

I was thinking the same thing Danny - 'how on earth have I not heard of this place???' - then I saw Sunflower is from the UK.

I would love to see those jellyfish though. They have very recently become fascinating to me

 

[jflowers]

I would love to see those jellyfish though. They have very recently become fascinating to me

I was stung by one when swimming in the med, I hate jellyfish

Jon

 

[Jen]

I have never seen one in real life... my mom was stung on their honeymoon... i hear it's not pleasant.

 

[sunflower]

I have never seen one in real life... my mom was stung on their honeymoon... i hear it's not pleasant.

I hear that urine counteracts the sting.

Not sure how true that is though. Doesnt sound very pleasant but I'm sure if I was in that much pain, I wouldnt care about the method as long as it stopped hurting

 

[Discomafia]

I have never seen one in real life... my mom was stung on their honeymoon... i hear it's not pleasant.

I hear that urine counteracts the sting.

Not sure how true that is though. Doesnt sound very pleasant but I'm sure if I was in that much pain, I wouldnt care about the method as long as it stopped hurting

Yep, my uncle was waterskiing off Malaysia years ago and he fell off his waterski and got stung on his leg. They had to bring him to the shore, and one of his friends pissed on his leg, and after a while an ambulance arrived. Apparently, the ammonia in urine counter-reacts with the poison in the jellyfish. They even had an episode on "Friends" where Joey had to piss on Monica, because she got stung by a jellyfish.

 

[jflowers]

I have never seen one in real life... my mom was stung on their honeymoon... i hear it's not pleasant.

My sting was on my honeymoon, and no it was not pleasant, my arm was dead for two days.

Jon

 

[SarahBravo]

Hey Sun, cool pics!! Looks like you had a good time! I love seals, I just wanna snuggle 'em whenever i see 'em. Would probably get a wet flipper in the face and a lungful of fish-breath, but I still dream..... Your photos are always excellent, is that the same camera from London? It's brill, what is it?

Sarah

 

[silver]

What cutie little seals!!!!!

And some really cool fish!!!!

 

[Joel]

woooooooooooow. I want those fish ok I need to stop drooling and get back to reality im glad you had fun