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[title]New York City can be rough. It’s a constant struggle to navigate your way through huge crowds, get to your important appointment when every train is down, and even just grab a quick lunch in time to get back to the office. Maybe somedays you find yourself humming the lyrics to “Under the Sea,” just thinking how much easier it would be to be a little clownfish comfortably curled up in a friendly anemone. But ocean creatures have a lot more in common with us than you think!
At National Geographic Encounter, which opens with Ocean Odyssey on October 6 in Times Square, you can take a completely immersive journey through the sea, just like you were one of the majestic seals, dolphin or sharks we learn about with so much wonder. Groundbreaking technology will transport you on an incredible underwater journey through the Pacific Ocean. You’ll walk through with friends and family to interact with, and encounter, the ocean’s greatest wonders and mightiest creatures. Come face-to-face with a humpback whale and great white sharks, get caught in the middle of a battle between two Humboldt squids, and be sure to play with sea lions! Learn more at natgeoencounter.com, and read on to find out why New Yorkers and ocean dwellers aren't so different after all.
Seals: Will risk being eaten by a shark in the hopes of catching a meal
New Yorkers: Will risk their own bodies in the hopes of catching a cab
Bottom dwellers: Won’t go above 30,000 feet
New Yorkers: Won’t go above 14th street
Sharks: Literally sleep while swimming
New Yorkers: Never stop moving, no matter how exhausted they are
Cleaner fish: Will live inside another animal’s mouth just to make sure they’re fed
New Yorkers: Will go to absolutely any event if there’s free food there
Seals: Try to get in and out of the water with a fish before they get attacked by a shark
New Yorkers: Try to get in and out of the office to grab a sandwich before their boss notices
Great White sharks: Can regrow teeth at an alarming rate
New Yorkers: Can recover from hangovers at an alarming rate
Whales: Will travel across oceans every year to give birth and raise their young
New Yorkers: Will travel an entire neighborhood away just to get the perfect bacon egg and cheese on a weekend morning
Lobsters: Mate for life
New Yorkers: Spend life looking for a mate
Fish: Take shelter among the kelp forests of the ocean
New Yorkers: Take shelter among the shaded trees of Central Park
Fish: Travel in schools everywhere, taking over the ocean
New Yorkers: Travel in packs of friends everywhere, taking over the city
