Hello and welcome to another episode of ”On the go with EF”.
I’m still in Brighton, a town known for its night life, art scene and restaurants.
Only the other day, a waiter told me there are 877 restaurants in this town.
But did you know that Brighton started to gain popularity as a health resort among tourists
when sea bathing was seen as a cure for illness?
The sea has always been important for Brighton.
So, today, I thought I’d do one of my favourite childhood activities:
Visiting an aquarium.
But not just any aquarium, the oldest operating aquarium in the world, Sea Life.
We’re finally inside. This is aquatic heaven.
It was built in 1872.
You can really see the old architecture in the roof and the bricks and everything.
What’s this?
This display shows how much we pollute the oceans.
What we have here are anemones. These animals are native to the UK.
They don’t really look like animals. They look more like plants.
They don’t have any blood, heart or brain,
but they still breathe oxygen and reproduce and stuff, so they are actually animals.
We’ve been given permission to touch these.
Oh, that feels really weird. It’s really sticky. That’s how they catch their food.
They can actually move, but they move maybe 1cm a day.
They’re similar to snails, you could say. So, yeah. Anemones!
I always thought that maybe the fish felt big when I was here as a kid because I was small,
but they’re still big!
He’s feeling me out. He’s not sure about me. He’s a big guy. He’s as big as my torso. Honestly.
And this is one of the small ones.
There’s one guy over there who’s probably like … that big.
Oh, look over there. Sea horses! This is such an underrated animal.
It’s almost like they’re not real because they look so peculiar.
Look at the way it curls up its tail like that.
An interesting fact about the seahorse is that the males carry the eggs provided by the females.
And, after 4-8 weeks, they give birth to them.
I’m not an expert. I read that on the wall over there.
These ones look like they might be the pregnant males.
They look a bit bigger than the other ones.
I actually saw on the Discovery Channel, on Nat Geo Wild or something,
when one of these males was giving birth.
They kind of flex their tummy like this and hundreds of baby seahorses just fly out.
It’s mental.
Google “male seahorse giving birth” or something like that and watch the video. It’s life-changing.
This is a massive snake right here. If you have a phobia, look away now.
I don’t know where the head is.
These look like piranhas. They’re known for their razor-sharp teeth.
The word piranha derives from an old Brazilian word for scissors.
That was a great experience.
I saw some massive sea turtles, sting rays and sharks, and also some tiny ones.
If there’s one thing I’ve learned here,
it’s that we’ve really got to take care of our oceans.
They’re really fragile. Don’t take this stuff for granted.
My stay here in Brighton has come to an end.
I had a fantastic day at Sea Life and saw some scary sharks.
Are you scared of any animals?
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See you next time!