Have you ever seen a Scallop run away from a Sea Star?

Have you ever seen a Sea Scallop run away from a Sea Star?  Well now you have! Did you know the Sea Star (starfish) is the natural predator of the Scallop?  In the oceans the Sea Star will bind itself to the shell of the scallop, slowly prying it open overtime.

The Sea Scallop exerts so much effort to open up & "run" away from the Sea Star, that it can actually take years off its life.  With that, please enjoy the video, but don't try this next time you visit the Aquarium...we'd like those Scallops to live as long as possible.

Keep your eye on the Scallop!

So glad I did

It's about 30 degrees out and Gabriel decides out of the blue this morning that he wanted to go to the Aquarium today, now in fact.

The sun is shining brightly, it's windy and the temperature is below the freezing mark - not the ideal day for a trip to an indoor-outdoor Aquarium along the Peconic River.  Brrr!

I thought about it for a second and said "what the heck"; and I'm so glad I did!  We had a great time building memories.  And sometimes we just need these days.  Days where everything else takes a back seat. After all, these are the moments that we don't get back.