The Fun Club Goes to the Aquarium

The Fun Club Goes to the Aquarium

Miss Dimple wanted to take the Fun Club to the beach, but it was too cold and wet. " I have an idea, " Miss Dimple said, " Let's go to the aquarium. " . " Is an aquarium a place to see fish?" Rich asked. " You'll see fish, " Miss dimple said, " and a lot more! "

The first animals they saw were harbor seals. Some of the seals were swimming and diving. Other seals lay on rocks. “ Seals aren't fish, ” Dana said. “ They are mammals. I can see their hair! ” “ Look at their flippers, ” Rich said. “ They look like my swim fins. ” “ Those flippers are like swim fins, ” Miss Dimple said. “ They help seals swim. ”

They stopped next at a big tank. Keb read the label. “ Sea Jellies. ’They do look like jelly! ” he said. “ They are just blobs with long tails, ” Rich said. “ They don't even have bones! ” “ Those tails are called tentacles, ” Miss Dimple said. “ Tentacles help jellies catch food. And some tentacles can sting. The sting helps keep jellies safe. ”

The next tanks had sea dragons in them. “ First we see jellies, and now dragons! Where are the fish?” Rich asked. Dana read the label. “ Sea dragons are a kind of fish! ” she said. Keb watched the animals wave in the water. “ They look more like seaweed than fish! ” he said.

Next, Miss Dimple led them to a very big tank. It was three stories tall! They saw sharks and sea turtles and eels. Small fish darted in and out of caves in a reef at the bottom of the tank.