Show threadAdrianna TanDec 18, 2024

Pufffy

#Birds #Puffins

Show threadAdrianna TanDec 19, 2024
I get notes with fish on them
Show threadAdrianna TanDec 19, 2024
View from my lunch meeting
Show threadAdrianna TanDec 21, 2024

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

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 9

I’m obsessed with the egg yolk jellies

#jellyfish #marine #monterey

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
My wife is in town (very rare!) so we took a nice evening stroll from the aquarium to the Sandbar
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10

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)
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
The ‘wave crash’ feature at the Monterey Bay Aquarium
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10
GIANT sea bass
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 10

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

Show threadAdrianna TanJan 11
Baby birb (snowy plover)
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 14
I like to take the scenic route to my office (past the kelp forest)
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 14
The back deck when there’s no one there is really cool
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 22

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
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 22

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 threadAdrianna TanJan 28
I sea you
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 28
Same window, a few seconds apart
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 28
The world feels weird. I’m just going to work by a window
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 29
I love that this penguin waddled over to ‘chat’
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 29
I need to not buy all the things at the store
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 29
Honk.
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 12
I think I am floundering (but actually it’s a mola mola)
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 13

I went to hang out with my friend, Ray

(You can watch the live stream too: https://www.youtube.com/live/QXhVdEyLRT0)

#Marine #Monterey #MontereyBayAquarium

Live Open Sea Cam - Monterey Bay Aquarium

YouTube
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 21
A coworker was waving at me from inside the shark tank.
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 22
I went to see my friend. He’s the bass.
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 22

Black sea nettles

https://www.montereybayaquarium.org/animals/animals-a-to-z/jellies

Show threadAdrianna TanMar 22
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)
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 24

I saw this on a coworker’s desk (she works with the birds)

#Birds #Birding #Puffins

Show threadAdrianna TanMar 24
Room with a view
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 29
Let me kelp you
Show threadAdrianna TanApr 16

I have puffins at my workplace

#Birds #Birding #Puffins #Marine

Show threadAdrianna TanApr 16
I didn’t realize I loved sea nettles and jellyfish so much
Show threadAdrianna TanApr 18
Shark
Show threadAdrianna TanApr 18
Ray of hope
Show threadAdrianna TanApr 18
Sardines
Show threadUNREAL
@skinnylatte This is probably my favorite exhibit at every aquarium but Monterey does it the best.
Apr 18 at 5:40amWeb
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Show threadAdrianna TanJan 11
Baby birb (snowy plover)
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 14
I like to take the scenic route to my office (past the kelp forest)
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 14
The back deck when there’s no one there is really cool
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 22

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
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 22

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 threadAdrianna TanJan 28
I sea you
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 28
Same window, a few seconds apart
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 28
The world feels weird. I’m just going to work by a window
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 29
I love that this penguin waddled over to ‘chat’
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 29
I need to not buy all the things at the store
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 29
Honk.
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 12
I think I am floundering (but actually it’s a mola mola)
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 13

I went to hang out with my friend, Ray

(You can watch the live stream too: https://www.youtube.com/live/QXhVdEyLRT0)

#Marine #Monterey #MontereyBayAquarium

Live Open Sea Cam - Monterey Bay Aquarium

YouTube
Show threadAnders von Hadern 🐦‍🔥Mar 13

@skinnylatte Is Ray still on X or is there a Ban?

#SCNR the wordplays

Show threadGeePawHillMar 12
@skinnylatte Bad Adrianna, no biscuit!
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 12
@GeePawHill it’s actually wearable. I might get in it.
Show threadM.S. Bellows, Jr.Mar 12
@skinnylatte @GeePawHill I mean, you are hilarious, but actually I think that's a sunfish.
Show threadM.S. Bellows, Jr.Mar 12
@skinnylatte @GeePawHill Fuck. I just marinebiosplained. But I LOVE marine science!
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 12
@msbellows @GeePawHill edited, and I knew but I couldn’t make a verb with mola mola
Show threadGeePawHillMar 12
@skinnylatte @msbellows Oh! Neo-figure. "Sorry, I'm all mola mola here."
Show threadJuliaMar 12
@skinnylatte they’re one of my current obsessions 💘
Show threadbinchickenMar 12
@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
Show threadAdrianna TanMar 12
@thegarbagebird oh yeah i work at an aquarium and we wear this in our podcasts or to pride
Show threadbinchickenMar 12
@skinnylatte you have so much self-control. if i had daily access to that i would be banned from using it within a week
Show threadIrene ZhangMar 12
@skinnylatte I’ve seen the one at the Monterey aquarium!! It’s so cool and huge!
Show threadCallum McleodMar 12
@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
Otago Museum's sunfish even more intriguing

If you want to learn a strange secret, take a closer look at the big ocean sunfish specimen on display in the ground floor foyer of the Otago...

Otago Daily Times Online News
Show threadSarah OelkerMar 12
@skinnylatte look, you're adorable and so is the fish!
Show threadGinevraCatMar 12
@skinnylatte Too awesome. (Both photo AND caption.)
Show threadSiddhesh PoyarekarJan 30
@skinnylatte That's Canada's finest right there :D
Show threadArtemesiaJan 30

@skinnylatte

Canada goose, AKA the flying shitbomb. Unfortunately, not good eating.

Show threadCinnamoroll Jan 28
@skinnylatte Very jealous
Show threadDouglasJan 28
@skinnylatte you've got a view of the worst Mexican restaurant on the peninsula that also has the best view 😅
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 28
@douglasvb yepppp
Show threadTerry RJan 28
@skinnylatte @douglasvb Pacifica Taco Bell has entered the conversation…
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 28
@Starorstone @douglasvb i would eat the taco bell. i would not eat at el torito haha
Show threadDouglasJan 28
@skinnylatte @Starorstone I really want to go to the Pacifica Taco Bell in an unironic way 😅
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 28
@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
Show threadZeeJan 28

@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.

Show threadDavid MichaelsJan 28
@skinnylatte I dunno, there's something fishy about this photo...
Show threadhumanadverbJan 28
@skinnylatte What are the bubbles? Is that like an oxygenation cycle that runs before the exhibit opens?
Show threadAdrianna TanJan 28
@humanadverb yep
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