The London Aquarium

So, having mentioned how this place would be a better spending of time than the Natural History Museum and the Science Museum I decided I should probably check it out.

Initially, there are two major problems to mention about the Aquarium; one is the price, the second is the hideous amounts of families that go to such places on bank holiday weekends. Children should be gathered up at the entrance and thrown in the shark tank; any that make it out alive should next be tested in the piranha tank. If they defeat this challenge then I guess I will have to accept them as being Super-Children so they shall be allowed to enjoy the fish and if not then the entertainment value of watching children eaten by sharks and piranha is off the scale!

Moving on from the petty annoyance that often comes with public displays I shall inform you of the positive side the Aquarium has to offer; it’s brilliant.

This place is in the middle of London and it has sharks, fucking sharks, big massive fuck off sharks. Well, maybe not that big, but it’s still amazing to see such creatures swimming around in perhaps a tank that is too small for them to be held in comfortably. I was particularly in awe at the beauty and elegance of the Zebra Shark, and with the general “Wow, it’s a shark” feeling I get in situations. To put it blankly, sharks are fucking cool. This is a solid fact, one that children should not agree with because they get in the way, all of the time.
Apart from the sharks you have to give credit to the other fish, particularly the tropical fresh water fish, they give a good show of being brightly coloured and are nice to watch float around in their tanks.

All in all, the Aquarium is a pretty good show, because it’s not big enough to be classed as anything else. It takes approximately an hour and a half to slowly waltz around the whole place, that is too close to not long enough for my liking, especially considering I had to pay to get it. Fortunately the place is awesome and it recovers from the setbacks it faces every day.

So if you’re in London, have a spare £10, head over to the Jubilee Gardens for a show that definitely beats the Museums. This place is a solid 4/5.

Sharks man, sharks!

Pyrhus

~ by pyrhus on May 9, 2008.