These are a few of the residents at the shark aquarium at Mandalay Bay Hotel. I love sharks! Teddy ate local basking shark with Vietnamese sauce at our wedding lunch in Wales. Before I set off for the Grand Canyon, I had an afternoon to visit this aquarium. It was good, not the best I have been to, but gave some respite to the chaos of Vegas.
I had my new camera with me and I am so impatient that I didn’t read the instructions. It took me a while to figure out how to turn the flash off. Once I did, the photographs were great quality through glass. Wouldn’t this lioness’ costume inspire a lovely dress?
These rays had the most beautiful outfits on. The black one looked like velvet.
Catfish are my favorite type of fish, probably because of their whiskers. They taste quite nice too, especially blackened.
Starfish just make me feel happy – they look like little hands waving at you. I loved the delicate brocade on her seams.
Until this moment, I have never seen rays flapping their fins. So graceful and elegant.
The last photograph of jelly fish is my favorite – it looks like some alien world. Beautifully different and somehow alluring.
My long hot walk along the Strip to get to the Mandalay Bay Hotel was worth it just to see these wonderful creatures and I didn’t gamble a cent.
Postcards from Kerry 
Wow…No gambling in Vegas!!! You certainly have will power!!
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Just not one of my many vices! Wine and chocolates, however…
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Such beautiful pictures -the deep sea is sure home to some amazing-looking creatures, the whole place looks like an alien world! 🙂 Looks like a very relaxing visit.
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Thank you, MB.
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That new camera is a honey. Great shots.
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Thank you, Peggy. I still don’t really know how to use it…😁
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Looks like you do.
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Great photos kerry
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Thank you!
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The Mandalay Bay Hotel also has the strip’s best buffet breakfast. David and I petted and fed wild rays that had been habituated to humans in Grand Turk. Fantastic.
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All these buffets in Vegas are wasted on someone who eats like a mouse! The children were really enjoying petting the rays.
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Mentioning you love sharks in one line then your hubby eating shark in the next line is sickly brilliant…
If you look at the pic of the lion fish really fast, it looks like an American flag. Really, it does!
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Thank you, Evil! I love cows, lambs and baby rabbits, too….
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Beautiful shots, Kerry! The lion fish looks spectacular and the jellies definitely eerie and otherworldly. Just went this Monday to our aquarium too, always such fun! 😄
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Thank you so much, Sarah. I particularly like rehabilitation aquariums.
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The ocean has so many beautiful sites to behold. We have a public aquarium nearby and it’s always a wonderful take while visiting the city. Beautiful photos, Kerry!
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Thank you so much, Rob. I usually prefer rehab or teaching aquariums but you have to be on the coast for them.
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I truly understand. I interned at a conservation zoo – a relic with a new mission.
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I understand.
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Lovely photos!
Gambling isn’t my thing either. ☺
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Thank you, Margarisa. I can’t bear to waste my money like that.
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De nada, mi amiga. 🙂
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Lovely aquarium photos Kerry.
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Thank you so much. Liben.
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Hello dear Friend! Thanks for sharing these lovely photos from the shark aquarium at Mandalay Bay Hotel ❤
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You are most welcome, Luis!
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