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 goodbye look from the Grouper
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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