Beautiful Sunday – Marine Museum of Margarita

Today, my beautiful Sunday, will be to show you my visit to the marine museum located on the island where I live, specifically in Boca del Río (Venezuela). This place makes me very proud because of how beautiful it is and how well preserved it is.

In this opportunity, I show the photographs of an occasion in which I visited him with my nephew and his classmates. This museum has an educational program so that all the schools can take the children for free, the accompanying persons, parents and teachers pay a special rate. In this way children can enjoy a guided tour with properly trained staff and talks on issues related to marine life, its resources, its rational exploitation and conservation.

The first animals we saw were corals. They told us about details that we did not know and the children were surprised to discover that they are animals. Among the species that we could appreciate, we found: Colpophyllia natans, Montastraea cavernosa, Montastrea annularis.

Other animals that we could see were crustaceans and also many sea shells.

My favorite animal is the sea turtle. So I liked seeing this section, I could learn a little more about them and curious facts that I did not know. There were also ponds with some turtles and aquariums with different species of fish.

In the first photograph you can see a skeleton of a "sardinera" whale (Balaneoptera edeni) and it is known by this name because it feeds on schools of sardines. The skeleton corresponds to a specimen beached whale the coast of Cubagua, in July 1994, and was assembled by the taxidermist maestro Pablo Figueroa. It reaches about 15 m long or something more.

This museum is well known in my country and has been visited by more than 1 million people, although it is a bit far from the city, it is worth knowing. It is a few meters from the university where I studied, so it brings back many memories of this visit.