Adrianna TanThe 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.
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
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 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
I went to hang out with my friend, Ray
(You can watch the live stream too: https://www.youtube.com/live/QXhVdEyLRT0)
Live Open Sea Cam - Monterey Bay Aquarium
Black sea nettles
https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/jellies
My evening commute (I waited till closing time and for all guests to leave, then I went to hang out at the open sea exhibit by myself)
Emma Loves ☕️@skinnylatte I should had made time to go see some puffins when I was in Iceland back in 2018.
@emma I’ve seen a bunch in the Farallon Islands. And the aquarium!
@skinnylatte oh cool! I've been meaning to take one of those tours out to the Farallons, and of course Cyn and I need to make a day trip to the Aquarium.
@emma do the ones with Alvarado adventures. Cheaper than the expedition and tourist boats. It’s a birding boat but it ends up being very similar, and cheaper
Lemme know if you plan a trip to the aquarium. I would suggest staying over a night to break it up. It’s close but not that close.
Kevin Riggle@skinnylatte I am told that the way one gives a penguin an MRI is one puts it in a traffic cone
@skinnylatte (partner works in vet med, with MRIs albeit not with penguins)
@kevinriggle penguin at the vet
Rey The Penguin And Dr. Mike Tour Our Animal Care Center!
@skinnylatte that’s _delightful_ 😍
Going T. Maine
rednikki@skinnylatte I cannot tell you how envious I am.
Yes, *that* dawn person@skinnylatte You have the best job, and you have earned it.
LAURENWell is he your bass or your friend??
@noondlyt the bass friend I’ve ever had
Thank Cod for them.
Phil Stevens 
@skinnylatte How low can he go?
Bram Moreinis@skinnylatte it’s all about the bass.
piku 
minor!@skinnylatte no braine, it's not a bass, it's a bass
choir is rotting my phonetic ability for bass
choir is rotting my phonetic ability for bass
Anders von Hadern 🐦🔥@skinnylatte Is Ray still on X or is there a Ban?
#SCNR the wordplays
GeePawHill@skinnylatte Bad Adrianna, no biscuit!
@GeePawHill it’s actually wearable. I might get in it.
M.S. Bellows, Jr.@skinnylatte @GeePawHill I mean, you are hilarious, but actually I think that's a sunfish.
@skinnylatte @GeePawHill Fuck. I just marinebiosplained. But I LOVE marine science!
@msbellows @GeePawHill edited, and I knew but I couldn’t make a verb with mola mola
@skinnylatte @msbellows Oh! Neo-figure. "Sorry, I'm all mola mola here."
@GeePawHill @skinnylatte Yeah, I would totally pretend it means something cool in another language. Sort of the same way my best friend came back from Hawaii in high school and convinced everyone that "mahalo" was a swear word.
Julia@skinnylatte they’re one of my current obsessions 💘
binchicken@skinnylatte i assumed it was a supremely whimsical art piece. now i know it's a costume i am overjoyed that such a thing exists
@thegarbagebird oh yeah i work at an aquarium and we wear this in our podcasts or to pride
@skinnylatte you have so much self-control. if i had daily access to that i would be banned from using it within a week
Irene Zhang@skinnylatte I’ve seen the one at the Monterey aquarium!! It’s so cool and huge!
Callum Mcleod@skinnylatte reminds me of the one hanging in my home towns museum https://www.odt.co.nz/news/dunedin/otago-museum%E2%80%99s-display-sunfish-just-got-even-more-intriguing
Sarah Oelker@skinnylatte look, you're adorable and so is the fish!
GinevraCat@skinnylatte Too awesome. (Both photo AND caption.)
Siddhesh Poyarekar@skinnylatte That's Canada's finest right there :D
ArtemesiaCanada goose, AKA the flying shitbomb. Unfortunately, not good eating.
FKA Farah 
@skinnylatte Very jealous
Douglas@skinnylatte you've got a view of the worst Mexican restaurant on the peninsula that also has the best view 😅
@douglasvb yepppp
Terry R@skinnylatte @douglasvb Pacifica Taco Bell has entered the conversation…
@Starorstone @douglasvb i would eat the taco bell. i would not eat at el torito haha
@skinnylatte @Starorstone I really want to go to the Pacifica Taco Bell in an unironic way 😅
@douglasvb @Starorstone it’s a long bike ride some of my friends do. Ride from sf to the Pacifica Taco Bell. Have a crunch wrap. In the scheme of awful food, they know what they’re selling, and it’s good awful food
Zee@skinnylatte I used to think my office being on a boat was pretty cool, back when I lived in Cleveland.
But now I am incredibly jealous of your office.
David Michaels@skinnylatte I dunno, there's something fishy about this photo...
humanadverb@skinnylatte What are the bubbles? Is that like an oxygenation cycle that runs before the exhibit opens?