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| - Coolest part of this experience was the stingray exhibit where patrons can pet, stroke, and observe the stingrays.
It was pretty neat - minus the couple obnoxious, unsupervised children. Thank goodness for the Shark Reek Aquarium stingray exhibit personnel. She kindly and professionally grabbed the attention of the respective parents / "responsible" adults and reminded them to monitor their own children. (Yes, I spent quite a bit of time in that area observing / petting the stingrays and people-watching. LOL. And why do some parents need to be reminded to watch / supervise their children? ... I am not a parent, so maybe I'm missing something here..?)
Anyway, the stingray lady was really patient. She spoke in a gentle, calm, and professional manner while giving instructions on how to pet and stroke (yes, stroke) the stringrays (and also while sort of scolding some peeps).
I tried to pet each different kind of stingray -- the big ones, the small ones, the bumpy / textured ones, etc. -- and found them all to be pretty different in terms of texture. Some were slimier than others; some were a little bumpy and rough; and some were really silky, soft.
After a while, I kind of got freaked out that I'd contract some sort of disease or whatever (they're safe to touch BTW -- I'm just a paranoid freak), so I stopped petting them.. And washed my hands like 5 times + used hand sanitizer. The kind worker explained that the stingrays were safe and that it was more of a concern that the stingrays would get sick from soiled hands / objects or mishandling.
Everything else was pretty standard aquarium stuff.
The piranhas were kind of neat, though.
Overall, the Shark Reef Aquarium was a great family thing to do while in Vegas. My sister thoroughly enjoyed herself.. And we took some rad souvenir pictures, which we ended up purchasing at the exit of the exhibition.
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