Creature Carnival Nightlife @ California Academy of Sciences
Every Thursday after the museum shuts down it re-opens in the evening to transform into an alcoholic science adventure for the 21+ crowd, and especially for couples. Their motto is "Let the wonder begin" so I followed the green guy in and crashed this event with a butterfly beside me.
I kept the butterfly theme going and went straight (well not exactly straight) into the butterfly genome.
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COUPLE #1 (they started trend): Two butterflies sharing an orange in the genome
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| COUPLE #2: Admiring in the fish tunnel |
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COUPLE CAUGHT #3: Burning Man pair with butterfly balloon photobombing it
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COUPLE CAUGHT #4: Couple aboard for the ride
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This 4-story rainforst is enclosed within a spectacular 90-foot diameter glass dome where dripping water sets the
beat for a symphony of croaking frogs and chirping birds. It's the largest spherical rainforest exhibit in the world, and my favorite exhibit in the Cal Academy. With each level representing a distinct rainforest habitat
containing its own special zoological garden, you can then descend in a glass
elevator into the Amazonian flooded forest where an acrylic tunnel
allows you to walk beneath the catfish and arapaima that swim overhead. To learn more about the findings in the Butterfly Genome
http://video.calacademy.org/details/509
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COUPLE CAUGHT #5: A couple of frogs on a date
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This type of raw beauty makes it a perfect place to take a date, and here are eight couples I caught on camera that evening: 1) Two butterflies sharing an orange 2) Admiring in the fish tunnel 3) The Burning Man pair 4) Just aboard for the ride 5) Frog couple 6) Trying to drive away on a snail 7) Possibly a gay couple 8) Diverse underwater couple 9) The two that looked like they had the most fun.
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| Couple #6: Trying to drive away on a snail |
As you can see this event through the eyes of a pair, the Velocity Circus took over the museum that night as the fun was inspired by the Academy's marvelous menagerie of creatures. With jugglers, gymnasts and animal themed Burning
Man sculptures including Dusty Rhino, I ran into a peacock that made me a butterfly out of balloons.
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| COUPLE CAUGHT #7: Possibly a gay couple |
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| COUPLE CAUGHT #8: The diverse underwater couple |
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| COUPLE CAUGHT #9: Couple of fun people |
The California Academy is full of fun surprises, as it's also starting to offer the adult version of "Penguins + Pajamas" which would essentially be a grownup sleepover in the Museum -this secures the California
Academy of Science as the #1 place to take a date. Some rules that I found out for this event though is that cell phones are not allowed and you can not use the tanks as a writing surface nor bring a tent. They did say I could wear my slippers though (as long as they are soled). My strategy suggestion: Forget
about trying to sell me another branded t-shirt, make a nightmask that has
penguins in pajamas on it and I'd buy that.
CRASHED IT -to the couples of Cal Academy!
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