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Fossils at Ripley's Aquarium

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Couple days ago I went to Ripley's Aquarium og Toronto. It is a pretty good aquarium with some rare species, though a bit on the small side, and it being in one direction means backtracking is difficult. It also has a few fossils in it, might I add. First, is a hanging skeleton of the fish  Xiphactinus , which is cool to see, as is the whale behind it, really shows . And being an aquarium, it make sense to have a fossil fish on full display. Nearby on on the wall is a cast of the mosasaur Clidastes , another Xiph head, and a trilobite in there. The Julian Johnson art from Sea Monsters are a nice touch too, even if presumably it wasn't liscenced. Further down is an exhibit called Dragons, about creatures behind the myth of dragons. It's pretty nice, highlight rarely represented fauna like the Siren (my fiest time seeing one), and even has the chad classic Dragonology in there, but also these model of two certain varanids. It also has both a little Archeopteryx and a Pachy-s...