Sometimes a trip is just what you need and today was a
pretty perfect day. We ended up out in Seaside, OR with our company at the
Seaside Aquarium. Of course my being a
non-native Oregonian I had to feed the seals with baby because they looked so
cute and this would be an awesome bonding experience. What I expected was
something a long the lines of feeding the goats at the zoo. You know some dry
pellets and delicate nibbles from out hands.
What we got instead were raw chopped sardines. I know these
are seals I should of at least expected fish. However just when I was
questioning the wisdom of the enterprise, is when the awesome occurred. These
were not passive goats in an enclosure that were going to prance up and snack
out of our hands. These were adorable seals that would pander and perform for
delicious (I’m presuming, no sardines were eaten by this mommy) sardine treats.
We got to interact with them from behind a safe space and watch them splish and
splash, flip, ponder, and play for the fishy morsels.
By the time we finished we all smelled a bit fishy but we
also had smiles and memories of seal shenanigans. Definitely worth a five
dollar investment and getting over the aversion of throwing raw fishes.
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