After seeing the Walrus, we went on to see the Sea Lion Show in the Aqua-theater, which is pretty famous. The view from the stands was breathtaking.
California Sea Lion - They are excellent water athletes, which was visible in the acrobatic show by one of them. The trainer clapped her hands, pointed towards some direction and Sea Lion followed it so diligently, it seemed like as if he understood everything like any other human being. It rotated on its belly, lifted its tail, dived in and out of water, kissed and patted one of the trainers, ate fish all the time and came too close to the stands where we were sitting. It was splendid and this was undoubtedly, the best part of our visit to the Aquarium.
Another interesting fact, we got to know was that there's a very slight difference between Sea Lion and Seal, and the difference is that Sea Lions have tiny flaps over their ears unlike Seals. They are almost 6 to 8 feet in length and can weigh up to 800 pounds. It was so delightful to watch the Sea Lion do all those gymnastic moves.
Black Footed Penguins - After the show, we went to the Penguin enclosure. There were 6 or 7 seven of them near the keeper, who was putting one fish at a time in their mouths. They were gulping the fish and walking away from the keeper. And when all of them were done with eating, they all left ,walking in the most cutest way possible. Because of their webbed feet, they tend to walk like a small baby, who could fall on one side any moment (so cute). There was one penguin who didn't come for the food, so the keeper was trying to persuade it to come where she was sitting.
Little Penguins
Finally, it jumped into the water, swam and came to the other side. And then, he got his food, done with that, he dived back into the water and went to the other side. These Penguins are usually 27 inches tall and weigh up to 10 pounds. By far they are the cutest Birds (yes, they are categorized as birds)..... I have ever seen.
Tomato Frog - These frogs are of dull orange color and look very small, almost 4 inches. They can stay still for a long time, as we were looking at them, we didn't see them moving at all (as if they were stuck to the ground). Being orange in color, they looked very different from the usual green frogs we are used to seeing.
Giant Pacific Octopus - It is usually 16 feet long and has 8 arms. When we were there, it was completely coiled up in its enclosure and they had kept it very dark inside. So we could only see its arms coiled, but it looked dangerous for sure. We got to know some interesting facts about octopus; they can taste sweet, sour or bitter and even have problem solving skills and live up to just 3 to 5 years. They spend most of their lives as loners and hunt mostly in the night. And their young ones are the size of a rice grain....(Surprising!!).