Having bought a very inexpensive annual pass to 5 Montreal civic museums, we made the most of our May 10/11, 2022 visit.
There was nothing particularly new at the Biodome, but we still spent about two and half hours there.
![Golden lion tamarin showing off it's teeth.....](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/5c238bbe-5bf0-4e7c-9627-fa126fa7f29e_rw_1920.jpg?h=5d67312e0fd10d0c0801ffd01ca40e4b)
Golden lion tamarin showing off it's teeth.....
![.....and "smile".](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/6e6420e8-6a33-49e5-a975-8a9f56785d4d_rw_1920.jpg?h=0191191f2c2fb0e94f78f5d147636a0c)
.....and "smile".
![Blood sea star](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/a2a5df72-c3db-49cf-b96e-6d08d6621d8d_rw_1920.jpg?h=1558a807d74244c26e8144497599275c)
Blood sea star
![Anemones](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/db75c6a6-382c-4d88-9d1c-ed68e9bd29ae_rw_1920.jpg?h=79c110913aff24f2a64422d25bf56ad5)
Anemones
![Grape eating fish](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/d13bbb70-46ce-451f-976e-692068a4f4f6_rw_1920.jpg?h=616daddc92ea0a3efe84036027ed4e41)
Grape eating fish
![Puffin](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/5527c964-ca89-43c3-a13d-3e3b6f284a27_rw_1920.jpg?h=1267ddbe2802445b8689265a409514b9)
Puffin
![Common murre](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/5aac056a-241a-4835-b32c-a3643a620e1f_rw_1920.jpg?h=de78b91038ffb1f2e78ff4e6b3f4550e)
Common murre
![black guillemot](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/c7bc2d2a-c1d0-4113-90ea-42b4362eef31_rw_1920.jpg?h=28049759fa9c941843a9d6686dfba2c0)
black guillemot
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/02049309-c007-4e29-bdad-2055f44f6529_rw_1920.jpg?h=2805139cdb973d4d3a32c627f6e67be9)
The raccoons were having an extended play fight.... (more in the video below)
The Insectarium has a brand new facility so we were happy to be able to visit.
They have a small collection of live, foreign insects.
![Walking leaf from Indonesia](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/2192df9b-a0a2-4ef7-afaa-1cb453e40f13_rw_1920.jpg?h=3aea49d7f3a964edc9f10f271b46edd9)
Walking leaf from Indonesia
![Orchid mantis from SE Asia](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/ac96c733-22c1-40fd-bed6-230dca513f87_rw_1920.jpg?h=6855a553053c2c63e755ef9bc248f987)
Orchid mantis from SE Asia
There is an extensive collection of (winged) insects mounted in shadow boxes.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/319e29e9-f9b7-44a8-a693-bba5f20ff909_rw_1920.jpg?h=1f2e9eeaefce40772bda09a6ba0be422)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/2507e232-e82e-4a89-82d5-f43766612fa5_rw_1920.jpg?h=2cf9a2dc963657c9e01a10014ec5518f)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/1dec2172-6bf8-4b0a-adb3-1b042e2b8d01_rw_1920.jpg?h=b5ecbf233e415cac96cf93be62405829)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/43784223-75d3-4798-ad7a-836b4a171cf1_rw_1920.jpg?h=b169febfb0605c71747a445ed625c337)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/f4940f92-6f7f-4b6e-bc71-d28d24422c3d_rw_1920.jpg?h=6bfb0bd76cc39d7dd8feb39f18562277)
Including a startling collection of coleoptera. A.K.A beetles with front wings inside a hardened shell.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/7ac82775-0f65-45fc-997a-977205950b4d_rw_1920.jpg?h=f0452aaadbd571de5a481375ce00efe1)
Butterflies (and moths) fly free in the atrium.
![Madagascan Moon Moth](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/82700763-b82b-440a-a742-54f1e8c77703_rw_1920.jpg?h=774baff58cbc3b983a63d691b60f84a8)
Madagascan Moon Moth
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/b9059fd2-601d-401b-996f-fccad80b8873_rw_1920.jpg?h=9deebed4fc3dd2a59dc30e266587958a)
![Blue Morpho](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/6f088942-22ee-4c8f-b7bb-cd289a8d6368_rw_1920.jpg?h=894eaa76269da1d6a110345a96b15ed6)
Blue Morpho
![Blue Morpho](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/67bd0daf-127a-4e6a-8f88-22b747f4f924_rw_1200.jpg?h=970e04cd83df469cda6dda72d8e3f173)
Blue Morpho
The leaf cutter ant display is very clever.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/7d5aac9a-12a8-4bd6-a7d9-706f52cd2dff_rw_1920.jpg?h=c1d2497ce334c9c015454e0843a6c76a)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/3583c747-f90f-48c7-a09e-fd34e7930a19_rw_1920.jpg?h=26b970cee57fcf11d2f27effc5425443)
The Planetarium has a small collection of Lego space themed models.
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/c8dea1f3-e97d-4785-ac26-cb738c275532_rw_1920.jpg?h=b00e1e05de4d08c8f2c71f60111a20dc)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/59d1ece7-3133-4e59-930d-745718adcb3b_rw_1920.jpg?h=7e66bc03a29cf4e828e52d75be6ecaf8)
![](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/426551ad-9bb7-4066-8dc3-85178950a25a_rw_1920.jpg?h=40cf268fb1b15e898566b1d1793b1bdb)
The Botanical Gardens had lots of spring colour.
![Skunk cabbage](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/f75cb28a-5241-46a1-a4cd-b6913217591e_rw_1920.jpg?h=1be67e4cd96401e892390586d186bb10)
Skunk cabbage
![tulips](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/87885c08-8c57-4d1b-bab5-829fc1f06a97_rw_1920.jpg?h=a5956e48ba63e1bb60a19917784988c8)
tulips
![tulips](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/9afed891-6c00-4118-895d-fb5084ec9867_rw_1920.jpg?h=3164d5211a1268cc8fd964551fa64e0b)
tulips
![Haller's pasque flower,](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/53b4a144-a7d8-48d3-9402-0bc04fbc17c8_rw_1920.jpg?h=30d4ab095e1cb6d49a8df402f39cd6c3)
Haller's pasque flower,
![Columbine](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/c381f692-d243-4c97-aa16-da7234976bed_rw_1920.jpg?h=8378d027cfef3260519e39de7bb9758e)
Columbine
![Magnolia](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/e36a2d72-1484-4469-8ba2-60055465490a_rw_1920.jpg?h=26df90533f8eb5f9dffd233128a2e14c)
Magnolia
![Magnolia](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/4603ec6c-3b5e-47ee-ba28-24d45d326698_rw_1920.jpg?h=c65bb7b08cb0ba180005854459563429)
Magnolia
![Crabapple](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/f8702044-b4a0-43f2-8645-3e25a845472c_rw_1920.jpg?h=f612d8a9c323c49f5c57da17e319b181)
Crabapple
![Crabapple](https://cdn.myportfolio.com/e657e1de-c119-4270-8e63-fcf31c0a4956/06c1a00a-70c6-4d61-a514-7de11cba2d4a_rw_1920.jpg?h=ca84e4110a5bb92b4ca1e55e708abdd0)