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Saying hi to Tino the giant pacific octopus (still young)
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Employee perk: being able to see the kelp forest with no people around (before we open!
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Keep your nudibranchs close and your anemones closer

#Marine #Puns

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The northern anchovy ‘yawns’ as it eats because it’s opening its mouth and eating everything
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I got to squish a moon jelly
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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

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Top view of an actual shark tank
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We don’t have corn holes. We have coral hole
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The view on my walk to work when I’m down there
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Sticking my phone through the holes of a fence. And finding a (I think) Brandt’s cormorant colony

#Birding

Show threadAdrianna TanNov 9, 2024
Kind of unfair that a random photo out of the railings has birds and otters in it
Show threadAdrianna TanNov 9, 2024
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
Show threadAdrianna TanNov 9, 2024

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

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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)

https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/live-cams

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Meeting in the kelp forest (we are closed today for a staff only event)
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There really was a guitar concert in front of the sea nettles this morning
Show threadAdrianna TanNov 14, 2024
An exhibit that shows what a ‘whale fall’ looks like
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Slow shutter speed / low light photo of a lump fish
Show threadAdrianna TanNov 14, 2024

Move over, JK ‘TERFY’ Rowling.

Here’s ’Hairy Otter’, written by (probably) JK Owl

Show threadAdrianna TanNov 16, 2024

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".

Instagram
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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

Show threadAdrianna TanNov 20, 2024
I have an octopus scarf!
Show threadAdrianna TanNov 20, 2024

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

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Someone made a whale
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I made a dumpling
Show threadAdrianna TanNov 21, 2024
View from a room where I’m having a 3 day training program
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View from my last day of training
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Someone just told me ‘California sheephead transition from female to male, AND conjure a sphere of mucus to protect them when they sleep’
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Maybe it shows I spend a lot of time looking at jellyfish but I got in this morning and was like NEW JELLY
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Pacific sardines
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Some photos of the outside

https://hachyderm.io/@skinnylatte/113523907297130686

Adrianna Tan (@skinnylatte@hachyderm.io)

Attached: 2 images It’s hard to leave work sometimes! #Photography #Monterey #California

Hachyderm.io
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I went for a walk at lunch

#Monterey #MontereyBayAquarium #Kelp

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I met some of my coworkers
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I love going to see the jellies
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A coworker showed me her anglerfish plush toy
Show threadAdrianna TanDec 11, 2024
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.
Show threadAdrianna TanDec 11, 2024
Some days I feel like I’m in a John Steinbeck novel
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More jelly
Show threadAdrianna TanDec 13, 2024
Can’t believe I get to see penguins while I’m at work
Show threadAdrianna TanDec 18, 2024
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
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Pufffy

#Birds #Puffins

Dec 18, 2024 at 11:58pmWeb
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I get notes with fish on them
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View from my lunch meeting
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The kelp forest exhibit says something like ‘you always know it’s a rockfish when it’s just laying there not moving’

Same

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 9

Birds before work (I went through a secret door to find some cormorants)

#Birds #Monterey #Birding

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I’m obsessed with the egg yolk jellies

#jellyfish #marine #monterey

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My wife is in town (very rare!) so we took a nice evening stroll from the aquarium to the Sandbar
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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

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
Black necked stilts at our onsite aviary (which rehabilitates and releases injured birds, and keeps those who can’t be released)
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The ‘wave crash’ feature at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
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GIANT sea bass
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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

#Birding #Avocet #Shorebirds

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Baby birb (snowy plover)
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I like to take the scenic route to my office (past the kelp forest)
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The back deck when there’s no one there is really cool
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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

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 22
The round blob in the top center is a southern sea otter frolicking by herself
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Lunch with a view

#Birding #Cormorants

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 23

Seen around the office.

1. Sunfish costume (!!)
2. Penguin plushie

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 28
Pacific sardines at the roundabout
Show threadScott FrancisJan 28
@skinnylatte working in that kind of environment all day must be like a continual positive reinforcement of peaceful feelings all the time
Show threadSteve DavidianJan 23

@skinnylatte

Loving the mola mola.
And your aquarium!

Show threadDaveOfTheNuiJan 23
@skinnylatte That poor Penguin is getting the wedgy from hell!
Show threadC64toneJan 24
@skinnylatte huge!
Show threadMatt BlazeJan 22
@skinnylatte Are you trying to make the entire Internet want your job?
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 22
@mattblaze I have to do some hiring soon, so maybe
Show threadStella C 🇨🇦Jan 22
@mattblaze @skinnylatte Well I’m hooked.
Show threadDenis 🌏Jan 22
@skinnylatte And Santa Cruz County across the bay! ❤️
Show threadschrotthaufenJan 22
@skinnylatte If I wasn’t too blind to safely go diving, I’d want to jump in there😅
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 22
@schrotthaufen they do have diver volunteers who clean tanks and feed fish :) and a program to teach scientific diving to kids here
Show threadschrotthaufenJan 22
@skinnylatte I love that y’all teach kids how to dive. Most enjoyable sport in existence, imho. Added bonus: YOU SOUND LIKE DARTH VADER!
Show threadBob MonsourJan 22
@skinnylatte Massive! We were there a few months ago. What an extraordinary place!
Show threadhumanadverbJan 22

@skinnylatte Tank is big.

For a couple years when I was itty bitty my life's ambition was to be the scuba guy in there. Still a daydream of mine...

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 22
@humanadverb there’s a dive volunteer program to clean the tanks, but the line is long
Show threadkimothy siddonJan 14
@skinnylatte monterey bay aquarium is such a nice building, it's been a while since I've been there but i have fond memories
Show threadsb arms & legsJan 10

@skinnylatte
Lookit those getaway sticks!

These guys are awesome!

Show threadScott 🇯🇲 🇺🇸Jan 10
@skinnylatte It’s definitely striking a pose for your camera 😆
Show threadranjitJan 10
@skinnylatte You have the best job!
Show threadDavid McMullinJan 10
@skinnylatte
Feels kinda Fred Astaire somehow.
Show threadMarge吴静玫Jan 10
@skinnylatte Lovely! How many species in the aviary?
Show threadRamiroJan 10
@skinnylatte ooh actually, could you be my person on the inside? I love visiting when there's a giant sunfish / mola mola on display but I know they have difficulty keeping them too long because of how fast they grow
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
@ramiro ooh I will ask someone
Show threadJosh Jan 10
@skinnylatte the photo really does not convey how ridiculously big they are.
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
@josh0 280-500 lbs!
Show threadAmin Hollon 🏳Jan 10

@skinnylatte

Oh, I've gotta visit this some day…

amends bucket list accordingly

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
@amin lemme know! We can go whale watching ;)
Show threadAmin Hollon 🏳Jan 10

@skinnylatte

Oooh, haven't done that since South Africa! And I was a little 'un.

Show threadRebecca WallaceJan 10
@amin It's absolutely wonderful. The best aquarium, hands down, I've ever seen. We used to live in Monterey County and didn't go there enough.
Show threadAmin Hollon 🏳Jan 10

@wallacewords

A ringing endorsement!

Hm, been a long time since I've been to an aquarium, actually. There's one I've been to in California but I don't remember which…

Show threadyelling jackalJan 10
@skinnylatte Oooh I loved that part of the aquarium the most! The person there told us all about one bird that was surrendered by someone, the bird didn't know how to get along with other birds and got bullied so they built it its own lil island section 
Show threadJames B ToyJan 10
@skinnylatte cormorants convene on Cannery component.
Show threadalexa lake Jan 9
@skinnylatte
A photographer's natural affinity for anything near teal-orange 😉
Show threadDavid ThomsonJan 9
@skinnylatte that looks amazing, and also like it is dangerous to the touch…
Show threadLydia SchochJan 9
@skinnylatte @blogdiva Jellyfish are so cool.
Show threadAgas Ramirez 🎙️Jan 10
@skinnylatte I did not know these existed 🤩
Show threadDuchess of UmbrageJan 10
@skinnylatte WHOA
Show threadJoan AlbrightJan 9
@skinnylatte I see they're observing their social distance today
Show threadSindarina, Edge Case DetectiveDec 21, 2024
@skinnylatte Mood, to be honest.
Show threadMichael PotterDec 19, 2024
@skinnylatte Okay, a bit jelly.
Show threadkfDec 19, 2024
@skinnylatte this is giving elementary school teacher aesthetic in the best possible way
Show threadAmanda BeeDec 19, 2024
@skinnylatte I can't really move, definitely don't want to commute, and I like my job just fine. And yet. I did just look up the job listings page (https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/about-us/job-opportunities if you're similarly intrigued)