Gillsville USA (Unusual Species Aquarium) ©1999 Dave Clegg All rights reserved. By the shores of Briny Bay, there's something most amazing. A building, sixteen stories high, for underwater gazing. They call it Gillsville, USA, and if you're into fishes, There is no better place to go to satisfy your wishes. Sharks and eels and amberjacks and triggers by the score, Puffers, perch and parrot fish, but wait, there's something more! In the crystal waters there, among the common creatures, Live the most bizarre and rare, with most uncommon features. They come from sea to shining sea, Atlantic to Pacific. They come in every shape and size, some cute and some horrific. So, buy yourself a ticket, grab your friends and come inside. We welcome you to Gillsville. Follow me, I'll be your guide.
Now, off the escalator everyone, I'll set the pace. We'll take this ramp that spirals down the middle of the place. The first thing you will notice as we start with our descent, A school of slipper shrimp some lady named "Imelda" sent.
Over to the left, there, from a lake in Montezuma, You'll see the bony little guy we call a skeletuna. That shushing-fin librarian is the first one ever caught. It feeds on books in sunken ships, now hey, there's food for thought! Watch that lobster saddle-up and ride the filly flounder, He's sure to get a nasty kick if he should swim around her. What's that floating near him? What surprise could it conceal? The answer just might shock you-it's a...ZAP!...banana eel.
The Texas chainsaw mackerel is a sight you'll long remember, Don't let him near the boardwalk or you'll soon be yelling "TIMBER!" Now right this way and you will witness something really strange. That penny-pinching octopurse is buying for a change.
The mellow yellow groupie really digs that string ray jammin'. His other fans include the patriotic uncle salmon. A squawking scroddish bagpike tries to interrupt the show. But quickly gets a head-butt from the water buffalo.
Now, when you think of hammerheads, you think of sharks, I'll bet. But I believe the tool shad is the coolest hammer yet! The philliips-head screw-diver has a spiral for a fin. And all the smaller critters like to take him for a spin.
The southern belley-jelly, from the seas near South Bermuda, Has her eyes (and stingers) on the double-barrel cuda. Oh, look! Down on the bottom, over there, right by the starfish. I think I see a taxi crab drag racing with a car fish!
Farther to the right, the jogger-head is jumping hurdles. He stays in better shape, by far, than ordinary turtles. On the other hand, you see that fish-shaped lump of play-dough? He just despises exercise, 'cause he's a conch potato. Well, that concludes our tour but don't forget on your way out, The gift-shop has a sale right now on footwear shaped like trout. So, thank you all for coming, please return, and by the way, Here's your bumper-sticker,
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