The Waikiki Aquarium 05-24-2025


GENESIS 1

20 And God said, Let the waters bring forth abundantly the moving creature that hath life, and fowl that may fly above the earth in the open firmament of heaven.

21 And God created great whales, and every living creature that moveth, which the waters brought forth abundantly, after their kind, and every winged fowl after his kind: and God saw that it was good.

22 And God blessed them, saying, Be fruitful, and multiply, and fill the waters in the seas, and let fowl multiply in the earth.

23 And the evening and the morning were the fifth day.

 

The EQ & RS combined activity was held on May 24, 2025, at The Waikiki Aquarium, located at 2777 Kalakaua Avenue, Honolulu, Hawaii. It was a most gorgeous day for an outdoor activity. We met at the entrance of the aquarium at 9:00 am and did a self-guided tour of the facility. We were 16 members strong in attendance, which included a potluck luncheon across the street of the aquarium, to Kapiolani Park. Most of us had not visited the aquarium in years and were happy to finally return for another visit. 

 The Waikiki Aquarium was founded in 1904 and has been an institution of the University of Hawaii at Manoa since 1919. The Aquarium is the second oldest still operating public aquarium in the United States, after the New York Aquarium.

FRONT ROW: Gary Mizuuchi, Sharlene Furuto, Loredana Barth, Suzie Otaguro, Linda Dudoit, MaryAnn Gonsalves.
BACK ROW: Caleb Jensen, Susan Morrison, Sunara Ruet, June Ruet, Olena Webster, NicholasWebster, Bahareh Maniey, David Rogers, Paniz Maniey, Jon Otaguro

Everyone's looking at the display of the different living corals. as shown in the following photos.






A starfish
Nicholas Webster, Caleb Jensen, Olena Webster.
David Rogers, Sharlene Furuto.
Sunara Ruet, June Ruet
Clown Fishes

Here's looking at you.
This is my better side.



Never heard of this variety of  jellyfish. It's an upside-down jellyfish.

A type of clam

Unicorn Fish
Jellyfish

A school of Jellyfish


Whitetip shark
Leopard shark and a whitetip shark
A 200 lb Grouper 

Razor fish
A herd of seahorses
The scientific name for seahorses is Hippocampus
An Octopus has nine brains: one central brain and a mini brain in each of its eight arms
Besides nine brains, octopuses have three hearts
A pufferfish
Look closely, this is a black stone fish. See the eye?
The common sea dragon


Olena and Nicholas Webster
Suzie Otaguro
Sunara and June Ruet
Suzie Otaguro
Sea dragons

A specie of an angelfish


Grouper
Susan Morrison and Loredana Barth
Linda Dudoit and MarryAnn Gonsalves
Sharlene Furuto and Suzie Otaguro

Here's  a sad goodbye look from the Grouper
Olena and Nicholas Webster, Sharlene Furuto, David Rogers, Suzie Otaguro, and Caleb Jensen 
The leopard shark



Olena Webster and June Ruet
Sharlene Furuto and Sunara Ruet
A school of mullets

Standing: Sunara and June Ruet, Olena Webster, Bahareh Maniey, Caleb Jensen
Sitting and coloring: MaryAnn Gonsalves, Suzie Otaguro, Nicholas Webster, Paniz Maniey
June Ruet and Olena Webster, new found friends
Sunara and June Ruet, Olena and Nicholas Webster
These are McCully Ward's "INTERNATIONAL STARS"
Nicholas Webster/UNITED STATES, Olena Webster/UKRAINE, 
Paniz and Bahareh Maniey/IRAN, June Ruet/THAILAND, Sunara Ruet/ CAMBODIA
An awesome day for a potluck at Kapiolani Park

Bishop Mannering missed the visit to the aquarium but he did join us for the potluck



A day to lay back and relax. Shalene Furuto, Bishop John Mannering, Linda Dudoit, Jon Otaguro, Suzie Otaguro, MaryAnn Gonsalves

Suzie Otaguro, our History Specialist and David Rogers, our Temple and Family History Leader


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