The Oklahoma Aquarium

Day two in Tulsa was a whirlwind of activity! We wanted to see everything we could possibly see while we were there *laughs* We got up nice and early and went downstairs to enjoy breakfast. I was laughing later on in the day that every meal I ate involved bacon, yum!

To start our day off we headed straight to the Oklahoma Aquarium. My family has been a couple times, but somehow I was never along on the trip, so I was oh so very excited to see this place!
We were super impressed. So many different fish tanks and unique species, and all the tanks look extra clean and the fish looked healthy and happy. That really makes a difference in our enjoyment of a place, that the animals are happy and well taken care of.

I couldn't believe all that they had here, around the first turn we were completely mesmerized by these elegant jellyfish.

Japanese shamisen music was playing and it just looked like they were performing some intricate water dance....so beautiful *grins* We also got to see these cute guys...
They look like blue mushrooms swirling around in a washing machine *laughs* but I assure you they are jelly fish too! There were clown fish (like Nemo)

Lion fish (can you see both of them?)

and even an Eel

The gigantic "Caribbean" tank really intrigued us, we sat in front of it for quite a while reminiscing about our honeymoon and pointing out a lot of the fish we saw while snorkeling in St. Thomas.

The touch tanks were really amazing too! We got to reach our hands right in and pet sharks and stink rays, horse shoe crabs, starfish and shrimp!
The sharks feel rough, just like fine grit sandpaper. They weren't shy like I expected them to be. The light ones especially would swim right towards your hand and run their body through your fingers. Kenny mentioned that they probably like it, they have so many sensors on their body.
The stingrays would rustle up against the edge of the tank and splash water all over any waiting victims *laughs* They were soft and slimy smooth.
These little shrimp were so funny, they'd cautiously crawl up into your hand and explore all over and between your fingers with their little feelers, oooo it tickled! Here is Kenny feeling out those horse shoe crabs...

speaking of horses, look at these cute little sea horses. They are so funny and unique, unlike any other creature *grins* Isn't God so creative! How did he come up with all these different things!?!

Oh man we had such a fun time! It's a definite must see if you're ever in the Tulsa area!