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At work they got us to head out to connect with the ocean. Honestly can’t believe I get to be here
Also not lost on me that this very beach was yet another Chinese settlement that was destroyed by ‘fire’ in 1906
Someone just told me ‘California sheephead transition from female to male, AND conjure a sphere of mucus to protect them when they sleep’
Maybe it shows I spend a lot of time looking at jellyfish but I got in this morning and was like NEW JELLY
Many of my days in Monterey kick off here. It’s the coffee spot near work I tend to have breakfast meetings at, and also the mid point stop on my bike ride there.
View from an office window (and I work in one of the ‘boring’ office buildings, not at the main aquarium). They all have pretty good views I think
The kelp forest exhibit says something like ‘you always know it’s a rockfish when it’s just laying there not moving’
Same
Birds before work (I went through a secret door to find some cormorants)
My wife is in town (very rare!) so we took a nice evening stroll from the aquarium to the Sandbar
Bloody-belly comb jelly. Can’t believe I get to see this at work
https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/bloodybelly-comb-jelly
Black necked stilts at our onsite aviary (which rehabilitates and releases injured birds, and keeps those who can’t be released)
I love this pic I took of the avocet this morning. I went to the aviary this morning before we opened and I had the whole place to myself
I like to take the scenic route to my office (past the kelp forest)
I don’t know if you know how big this tank is
You can also se inside here https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams/kelp-forest-cam
The round blob in the top center is a southern sea otter frolicking by herself
Seen around the office.
1. Sunfish costume (!!)
2. Penguin plushie
@skinnylatte What are the bubbles? Is that like an oxygenation cycle that runs before the exhibit opens?