Coral World
Beez Neez now Chy Whella
Big Bear and Pepe Millard
Sat 6 Mar 2010 22:08
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Coral
World
  The second day
with the hire car Bear said he would take me to Coral World to swim with a sea
lion, as a treat for being patient with the AAA fiasco. We drove on this very
dull day to the north coast headed for Coki Beach and found the place. Sadly, no
swim as the price was ninety four dollars, couldn't justify that so we just paid
the entry fee. The adverts we had seen lead us to believe the "Sea World" was on
Disney proportions but no, still we try to support local zoos and parks as
tourists - so in we went.
 The Touch Pool had the usual suspects,
starfish, sea cucumber etc
  We passed these synchro swimmers en route to the Observatory Tower. A couple who had escaped from a cruise
ship
 Fifteen feet below the surface we
watched a diver feed the resident wild Jacks. We saw
him later sporting a wound on his foot where one had taken a nip
  Bear wandering
past the mangrove tank en route to the aquariums. A
sail fish
  A wonderfully
disguised seahorse. A glow in the dark coral.
  A couple of
varieties of anemone.
  Busy
Blennies.
  A couple of
fish.
  A nice tank and a
chap just hanging around.
  A regular in
our world was sitting on the edge of the shark tank catchin' rays
mon
  Bear laughed at the
gaggle of nurse sharks. We listened to a talk about the
residents
  Then we got to stroke a shark called Kelp, not sure what's
next when he outgrows the bowl he sits in to have it done
   Next it was feeding
time at stingray lagoon. People were encouraged to feed these lovely creatures,
one made a splash when the person wasn't
quick enough.
  We went around the small Nature Trail and saw a duck sharing his swim with a red legged tortoise.
 Bear showed his prowess as a duck
whisperer so well this whistling duck could be heard
snoring.
  We had to go into
Marine Gardens to see Omar the sea lion who poked his tongue
out at the suggestion he was a seal. He demonstrated how they swim by flapping
their tails
  Showed how he could stand right up, something a seal cannot do. Sniffed his armpit to order.
  and enjoyed the displays with his
keeper.
  Coral World seen from the Observatory
Tower and nearby Coki Beach. It was just about
to pour with rain so we headed back to Charlotte Amalie, ice cream in
hand
ALL IN ALL A FUN DAY
OUT
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