On Tuesday the 27th of April rm 13 and 14 of St Clair school embarked on an adventure to the Portobello marine aquarium as part of our coast to coast inquiry.
Firstly we scrambled off the Otago Road Service bus and jogged down the wet and windy path ignoring the don't run sign. We then were ushered into the Portebello marine aquarium conference room to settle down to some morning tea.
Secondly we split into our groups and followed our marine biologist and marched down to the touch tanks and looked at the funny and horrendous looking fish. I learnt that there was a fish called a pigfish it carefully blended with it's sounding in the kelp.
Then we went to the lab where Laura showed us some zoo plankton and she told us that 70% of our air comes from zoo plankton. Then we had a look threw some microscopes at some weird but amazing creatures. The sea cucumber looked like a long slinky in a bowl. The Duck Billed limpet looked like a Paua removed from its shell.
Next we observed the large holding tanks. One was the shark tank with loads of baby dog fish in it and the other was full of Blue Moki, Blue Cod and Trumpeter. Hanging above the shark tank was a life size model of a Colossal squid.
To Conclude we returned to the conference room and Max thanked the aquarium staff and parent helpers. On our way out I caught sight of the jaws from a Great White Shark and i wondered what it would be like if one decided to bite you. I turned and glanced back at the picturesque aquarium, i loved it and I can't wait until the next time I come to visit.
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