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Employee perk: being able to see the kelp forest with no people around (before we open!
The northern anchovy ‘yawns’ as it eats because it’s opening its mouth and eating everything
I think I’ll keep updating this thread to share the joy I see whenever I am onsite (which is going to be, often, coz I need this)
I learned that the jellies have circular tanks because.. they get stuck in corners
Sticking my phone through the holes of a fence. And finding a (I think) Brandt’s cormorant colony
Kind of unfair that a random photo out of the railings has birds and otters in it
I get to sea the open sea exhibit before we open! A sure way to know we haven’t opened is there are bubbles in the water
The Monterey bay aquarium stands on the grounds of a former sardine cannery. Due to overfishing, the sardine population collapsed. When I heard about this I thought of the Silicon Valley office parks 50 miles north, engaged in modern extractive exploitation without ever giving back.
The recovery of the bay, the work of the aquarium and the marine national park status has completely changed the environment
Attending a staff-only internal guitar concert in the open sea exhibit this morning
You can watch some live cams here (of the animals, not the concert)
Move over, JK ‘TERFY’ Rowling.
Here’s ’Hairy Otter’, written by (probably) JK Owl
My friends are asking if I’m involved in any of the fun social media and I’m like nope but I love that team and I’m trying to meet all of them
(Monterey Bay is the GOAT: Greatest Ocean of all Time)
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCZ-RrjIwQy/?igsh=MzRlODBiNWFlZA==
Monterey Bay Aquarium on Instagram: "Feeling super amped up that we got Executive Director, Julie Packard, and Chief Conservation and Science Officer, Margaret Spring joining the trend to tell you all about the based things at our Aquarium. They truly were the moment💅✨🌊 #MontereyBayAquarium #TheyDeliveredLikeAQueen #GenZWroteTheScriptMillennialsGoogledTheTerms"
7,381 likes, 111 comments - montereybayaquarium on November 15, 2024: "Feeling super amped up that we got Executive Director, Julie Packard, and Chief Conservation and Science Officer, Margaret Spring joining the trend to tell you all about the based things at our Aquarium. They truly were the moment💅✨🌊 #MontereyBayAquarium #TheyDeliveredLikeAQueen #GenZWroteTheScriptMillennialsGoogledTheTerms".
The otter people didn’t let me take my phone to the behind the scenes otter feeding, but promised to send me photos after so
#Marine #Mammals #Otters #OttersOfMastodon #OttersOfTheFediverse
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
Some photos of the outside
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.
shom 🐧📷🤿🏔️🪚✊🏽@skinnylatte Gorgeous, I AM jelly!
Zsolt@skinnylatte love the composition and the detail in this pic! Thanks for sharing it!
ThomasThey are so 'Not of this World'!
Love them, even if they can sting one to death…
Chon Torres
Artemesiastunt jelly
Scott Francis@skinnylatte (you are!)
Pastor of Muppets@skinnylatte oh I need that
Neon (fandom)@skinnylatte omg I love this! I really like anglerfishes. Did your coworker make this herself or did she get it somewhere?
@geraineon hehe it was a gift so I’m sure you can buy it
Ryan Malabed@skinnylatte I used to go to the aquarium a lot when I was little and this is the room that has left the biggest impression on me by far, I still remember what the fonts on the walls look like
Ronnie@skinnylatte I love these pics. We’ve been there, as a family, five or six times and we love it there. These bring back great memories.
@Ronnie yay! Thanks!
@Ronnie haha the clam is so cool
@Ronnie all happy as clams!
@skinnylatte Nothing happier than clams.
@Ronnie I wonder if the clam is still around! I haven’t seen it
@skinnylatte I don’t know if it is or not. The last time we were there it was. That was 2016.
@Ronnie we have incredible live streams now. Check out the otter feeding at 1.30pm PT daily. all streams on the website! Enjoy!
@skinnylatte I think my favorite exhibits there have always been the jelly fish. They are just amazing.
@Ronnie if you ever come back, I recommend the into the deep exhibit. They have some fantastic deep sea jellies never before seen. Like the bloody belly comb jelly
https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/bloodybelly-comb-jelly
@skinnylatte I was just thinking how this conversation is making me want to go back. That’s a beautiful jellyfish.
@Ronnie you should! Let me know if you do ;) there’s going to be a new marine sanctuary further south, called Chumash, in consultation with the Indigenous folks out there.
@skinnylatte Oh my gosh! Apple Photos must be following this conversation because this just popped up in my memories! This is my daughter as a jelly for Halloween.
@Ronnie amazing!
HumToTable@skinnylatte Yes but did you *shout* "NEW JELLY!"
rednikki@skinnylatte Oh wow!!!!
Julia Evans@skinnylatte I love your posts about your new job so much
GeePawHill@b0rk @skinnylatte Yes. It's just so pleasing to see someone having a great and exciting time right now.
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David@GeePawHill @b0rk @skinnylatte
The photography is accurate and awe inspiring, too. I'm a fan of the skilled image captures. It's such a great thing to see in the post stream.
@skinnylatte Nature knows.
SlatsGrobnik@skinnylatte are you training to be a fish?
@skinnylatte I love how the remnants of the canning industry that nearly destroyed the Bay have now become residences for wildlife.
Adi 🐾 (he/him)@skinnylatte love that the alt text specifically mentions the species. Sign of working with people deeply concerned about non human species?
@ab haha i was into birds before marine mammals
@skinnylatte wow! This job seems to be an ever better match than it already felt ❤️
You're really making many of us jealous
You're really making many of us jealous
SF Bay Tide@skinnylatte Looks like the cormorants are having a meeting of their own. “I called this meeting to talk about the fish.”
Lydia Schoch@skinnylatte @petes_bread_eqn_xls I wonder what those birds were thinking?
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