It may come as a shock to most but I am a huge animal lover, so today when we learned we were venturing to an aquarium I was ecstatic. They told us it was a smaller aquarium than the official Crete Aquarium which was disappointing at first, but once we got there I realized size really didn’t matter. The aquarium was much more intimate than most because of the close quarters. We were able to see a live octopus feeding and learned that they are much smarter than they look. The octopus was able to open a jar and grab its food all by itself! Then, we watched a live feeding of a blind sea turtle who was taken in by the aquarium to be cared for. After looking at all the fish we were led outside to the reptile garden where iguanas and turtles roamed around freely! Previously, I had thought turtles were boring and slow but we met a turtle named Blondie who never stopped moving the whole time we were there and had a great personality. I wanted to take him home as a pet! The fantastic aquarium owner first let us hold smaller snakes which was terrifying but not as bad as expected. Then, he let us hold a 60 lb boa constrictor! The smaller snakes were a great warm up to the boa because you already knew what to do and what not to do. It was interesting to see how snakes were different compared to our previous notions. I had thought the snakes would be slimy and constrict around me until I choked but I was so wrong. In reality, they’re not slimy at all and they would constrict around you only because they needed something to hold on to. The owner of the aquarium and his wife were such great, memorable people and they were so passionate about what they do. I hope to someday visit again! I think the best part about today was being able to e-mail my dad the pictures of me holding the snakes. Snakes are his worst fear!
-Sydney Anderson
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