Korea Page 1 Korea Page 2 Well.....my heart sank when we saw the very small building that housed the aquarium's entrance. The aquarium was all underground with escalators carrying visitors down to three different levels. At that point, I didn't know for sure that we'd find fish dungeons down there but, the sick feeling I had as we purchased our tickets warned me that I might be very distressed at what lay below. Then I chastised myself for being so pessimistic...maybe with advanced fibre optics it would be like true daylight down there, with happy frolicking sea creatures swimming in ecstasy. |
"Fish Studies" (right) Some parts ended up being okay. However, I'd say the bad outweighted the good overall. Some sea creatures were given spacious tanks while others had atrociously small tanks that prevented them from having any kind of decent life whatsoever. I could only do drawings of the fish that seemed to have enough room to swim around comfortably. I had a hard time believing that any of the creatures were content with living in a basement. Because, as anyone who has lived in a basement knows, there comes a point when, no matter what kind of fancy electric light you might have down there, you start craving real sunlight with every cell of your being. |
"Busan Aquarium" (left) The aquarium boasted of 250 kinds of fish. The huge majority of people going through |
"Sea Horses" (right) I just didn't get the feeling that the owners of the I felt the aquarium was just a fantastic moneymaking Needless to say, I left this place far from happy.
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