Spitty Fish

After a very long absence we went back to the Long Beach Aquarium yesterday for a great visit. Matilda's buddy Misha and her mom came along for double the fun and it was unusually quiet there so we had good views of all the animals.

Matilda watched closely as the rays & sharks in the touch tank got fed some squid. (She claimed she wanted to eat some too.)The girls practiced very nice "two-finger touch" technique on these sea stars. M was still fairly hesitant with the lorikeets and was quite happy to let me do all the nectar feeding (under close supervision of course). The highlight of the day seemed to be the rock spitting fish you can see in the video below. Sadly, I have already forgotten what type of fish it really is and we are referring to him as the rock spitter. The girls watched, totally captivated, for a really long time as he worked tirelessly to excavate his burrow.