Las Vegas - Day 3: Shark Reef (12/27)

You wouldn't expect to find ocean fish in the middle of the desert but in Las Vegas everything is possible. The Mandalay Bay has an attraction called the Shark Reef. Its like a medium sized aquarium. We visited it on Wednesday around dinner and had a great time. Its a little pricey but definitely worth it.

I thought that one of the nice touches of the attraction was that they gave you a audio tour wand with your paid admission. As you walked thru the exhibits you were prompted to key up audio on the animals you were looking at. It was really fun, I just wish they would have taught us how to switch off of Japanese.

The exhibits were really nice too. The reef had sharks (as its name implies) but also had hundreds of other fish and even a few crocodilians. The centerpiece was a large tank with a glass tunnel that allowed you to walk thru the reef. It reminded me of the inverse of the New England Aquarium's spiral tank.

My favorite fish: the Zebra Shark. These guys have stripes when they're young but the one at the reef was almost all white with a few black spots. Really cool.