New England Aquarium

My usual effusive natural history information may be lacking in this post, because when I took these pictures, I was in a dark place crowded with children, trying to keep track of my father (who is a great man, but also half blind and half deaf), my brother (brush_rat), his two small children, and my step-daughter. I didn't read the exhibit interpretation too closely.

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Wild Moon Jellies

Yes, visitors to the Boston waterfront need only look down into the Harbor to see marine wildlife. When we recently visted, not only did we see many moon jellies, but also a three foot long fish of some kind (dunno what kind). I don't have a picture of the fish (which made the mallards up on the Harbor surface quite nervous) but I do have these shots of our urban jellies.



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