New England Aquarium

    On march 31st, our Marine Biology class went to the New England aquarium in Boston. There was a lot of interesting and cool sea animals there.

    The Animals that were at the aquarium all behaved in different ways. I bet they would act different in nature but this was probably as close as it gets to how they act in the wild. The people working there try to keep it as real as possible for the animals there. The Penguins were rather calm and they just swam around or relaxed on the rocks. The only different thing that happened is when two Penguins began to mate on the rocks. It was pretty amusing. The fish in the aquarium acted just like how they would in a fish take. They just swam around and ate what the employees gave them.

   In Marine Biology and at the Aquarium, I learned about how important Marine conservation is. It is sad that buildings an homes are made on top of where fish use to hide and since we build things along beaches, we are killing many species of marine life. Mangroves are roots and vines that small fish hide in  when they feel they are being attacked or frightened and they are key for a fish survival. Small fish use them because a big fish cannot swim through the congested  space the mangroves make. Coral are also important to leave in the ocean because they work like mangroves. They are good for small fish to hide in.


http://www.neaq.org/animals_and_exhibits/index.php













This field trip enhanced my learning because I didn't just hear about the wild life, I saw it all happen in front of me and watched the sea animals in their environment.