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This is an elephante mask at
the museum of Africa that had the aquarium. It is from Bamileke region.
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Yes they are from New Zealand!
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I also recongnized this one
from Hawaii.
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I found this mask cool cause
of the bird, the snake, and the other little animal from Africa.
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Carved form wood these marine
life carvings are from Africa.
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I found a cool looking fish!
(imagine that) This guy is from south east Asia. The scientific name is
Pterapogon kauderni. After I got to thinking, with all of the fins the
way they are it reminds me of the statues of Buddha with all of the arms/hands.
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I liked the colors on this one,
but I was unable to find the name.
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There were a bunch of small
turtles in a tank. I think they are snapping turtles, but I did not find
a name.
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Meet Periophtalmus! They live
in and out of the water. They are from the mangrves.
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I like the patterns on this
one. From the indoPacific this is Arothron stellatus. There was another
one of these at the aquarium and I think he had a chipped tooth.
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Another one from the Indo Pacific,
Pterois volitans. We know her at the scorpion fish.
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I meet this little cutey at
the aquarium. From the Atlantic this is Ginglymostoma cirratum.
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Gymnothorax Funebris is just
breathing. I remember when we first moved to Hawaii, before we were even
in a house, we were snorkeling. I saw a moray eel and screamed through
my snorkel cause I did not know he was breathing.
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We saw a similar one in New
Zealand. This one is Cichlaoma synspilum from centeral Africa. The French
common name is "tete du feu".
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Crocodile or Aligator I could
not tell, they were too far down for me. There were three or four of them
in a huge area.
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Chiloscyllium griseum is from
the indo Pacific. This is the second shark I have seen here that is small
and has blue-green eyes.
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I picked up a three kings cake
that I found in Paris. Mithril and I ate it, she did not know about it
so it was fun. The bizzare thing was that since this is the "3rd millennium"
it was a waiter with a champain bottle and not a baby Jesus.
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This is what I wore to the opera.
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This is what Mithril wore to
the opera.
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This is our pre opera shot.
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The Queen of the Night visits
the Prince
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This is the birdcatcher and
the girl the Prince is in love with. The Prince and the birdcatcher keep
in touch by using their instruments.
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When the Prince plays the magic
flute all of the animals came out to see him.
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Here is a better shot of the
uniconrn and the eagle. I think most of the animal's costumes were very
well done.
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The peacock was just coming
on stage.
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At intermission we got shots
from the area that we sat in facing the chandelier. Say hi to Mithril.
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This is me at the opera, the
lighting is not so great but thats not a problem.
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At the end of the opera the
birdcatcher got a girl too. I thought their costumes was also well done.
New to them is the owl and the three vailed ladys.
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