In the Manatee Pool

At the Columbus Zoo, Florida manatees live in the manatee pool during their rehabilitations, 

but other animals live there, too.

Lookdown fish are silvery and very thin. Do you see its spine?

When this one turns, you can see how narrow it is:

 

Brown pelican

I think the residents should be trained to clean the glass:

Maybe this southern stingray is trying to clean the glass, but it needs to work above the waterline.

 

Buddy is a hawksbill sea turtle. (Her story)

 

The manatees eat lettuce, and this leaf was positively glowing. I don't know how to capture that in an image, though.

All photos and videos are from January 14.

Columbus October 31

I visited the Columbus Zoo October 31 and stayed inside.

eastern box turtle

Mertens' water monitor

Buddy, a hawksbill sea turtle. She lives with manatees.

Buddy (Facebook)

A pelican, also with the manatees. I didn't note the species.

Red Sea sailfin tang

Razorfish. Lousy picture but interesting fish. They hang out nose-down.

Marine life

As with reptiles, I had not been particularly interested in marine life, but a warm aquarium is nice to visit in winter. In many cases, the lighting is rather dim, and I have a hard time getting a good image unless the animal is close to the glass. An exception is the well-lighted Pacific sea nettle.

Pacific sea nettle (Toledo Zoo)

Red Sea sailfin tang (Columbus Zoo)

sailfin tang (Toledo Zoo)

Buddy, a female hawksbill sea turtle, and a Florida manatee (Columbus Zoo)

Tink, a green sea turtle (Toledo Zoo)

clownfish and their anemones (Toledo Zoo)

Pacific sea nettles (Toledo Zoo)