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Get a wiggle on this Monday with our sand dollars!

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🦦EMERGENSEA OTTER BREAK!🦦

Three chocolatey-brown sea otters float among a sea of golden kelp fronds, while the concrete, glass windows, and back deck of the Aquarium building stand in the background on a busy, summer day.

Looking for some warm and fuzzies on this chilly Friday? Check out our brand new Sea Otter Program Timeline! Dive into 40 years of our research, rescue, rehabilitation, and conservation efforts to save these important—and otterly adorable—animals.

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This jelly is ear-resistable!

A translucent rabbit-ear comb jelly Kiyohimea usagi floats effortlessly in a deep blue sea speckled in white dots of marine snow. Various bits of colored light diffract off along its comb rows like neon lights.

In the lunar calendar, we’ve entered the Year of the Rabbit—a time of hope, peace, and prosperity. If you hop into the ocean looking for some bunny to love, you’re in luck! There are huge algae-eating California sea hares that release magenta ink when they’re disturbed and cute black-and-white sea bunny nudibranchs that feast on sponges.

Our new favorite? The rabbit-ear comb jelly (Kiyohimea usagi), a delicate deep-sea ctenophore that lives in Monterey Bay! Scientists named it usagi—Japanese for “rabbit"—because little projections on its body look like rabbit ears.⁠ Want to learn a hare more about the rabbit-ear comb jelly? Check out this video from @mbari-blog! https://mbayaq.co/3Y4itfJ

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Getting (fish) schooled with animal care specialist Ray

Animated image of a large bait ball of silvery sardines, bathed in light rays, rotating counter-clockwise while a hammerhead shark swims above from left to right

Animated image of a large block-like silvery and shimmery school of fish swims from right to left, while a dark brown pelagic ray gracefully glides underneath the school from left to right

Animated image of a bearded man with a shaved head standing near a large indoor body of water nods,waves, and smiles at the camera

A vertically elongated school of sardines compresses into a potato-like shape while mahi mahi, a shark, and a tuna swim from left to right through light rays against a dark blue background

A massive school of hundred of silvery fish take up the entire screen while swimming from right to left against a dark background

Animated image of a large school of silvery sardines swimming through light rays from left to right against a deep blue background

Take a moment out of your day To meet animal care specialist Ray, And learn what he has to say About fish schooling behavior, okay?

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The Aquarium cafe perched above a restless, turquoise-blue ocean while rays of golden sunlight break through fluffy clouds in the distance.

Thanks to security staffer Samuel for the bay-utiful shot!

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Time for a sea cucumber ✨GLOW UP✨

(Thanks to @mbari-blog for the first two video clips!)

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This is a photo of:
A. A sugar plum fairy
B. New metroid
C. The Voidfish from The Adventure Zone
D. A deep-sea purple-lipped jelly
E. All of the above

A deep-sea purple-lipped jelly swimming in pitch-black water, its thin, long tentacles floating delicately below and to the left of its bell. Inside its translucent body, its pink and red guts almost seem to glow.

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It’s the sea-son of love! When’s a better time than now to learn about fish courtship behavior?

🔸Behold! The bright and beautiful garibaldi! 🔶

A vibrant orange garibaldi hovers in the center of the frame, with a swirl of sparkling silver fish against cerulean sea just out of focus behind it. The garibaldi is facing to the right, and has its wide pectoral fins spread wide, and a face with a teeny mouth and beady black eyes.

Garibaldi courtship includes lots of nest cleaning and gardening by the male to lure a mate, perfectly pruning the perfect patch of algae to prove his potential for parenthood. When a female garibaldi signals her interest by swimming towards the nest with all her fins upright, the male tries to entice her by swimming in loops.

Their dance doesn’t last long though—as soon as the female lays her eggs, the male garibaldi chases her away before fertilizing them. In fact, much of the work of raising eggs is handled by the male.

And since the garibaldi is also the state marine fish of California, that of-fish-ially makes them our valentine! 🧡

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🎵 “Who is that bird I sea, staring straight back at me?” 🎵

A great egret peacefully tilts its head down and slightly lifts one leg while looking at its reflection in the glassy water of the Monterey Bay Aquarium’s Great Tide Pool. The reflection of the egret’s snow white feathers and long orange beak is crystal clear. The egret is walking on the algae-encrusted, tan rocks surrounding the tide pool, as sunlight peaks through from the left side.

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“It’s important to talk about how the ocean protects us, how we protect it, and how we can protect each other.”

Meet Eric Wahl, the newest member of our Naturalist team, and learn about what the Aquarium means to him.

Want to dive a little deeper? Check out our full interview with him here: https://mbayaq.co/3XLSMQY

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See, that’s what the app is perfect for.

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