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

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

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

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

#Birds #Birding #Puffins

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Room with a view
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Let me kelp you
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I have puffins at my workplace

#Birds #Birding #Puffins #Marine

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I didn’t realize I loved sea nettles and jellyfish so much
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Shark
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Ray of hope
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Sardines
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Do the black sea nettles know they’re beautiful
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Debut of Opal, our one year old otter that was named by the Internet
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I adore puffins
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Reflections in the tank
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Moon jellies
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I like these little puffin bellies and feet

#Birds

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HI IVY (I misidentified this otter, sorry)

#Otter #Otters #Marine

Show threadAdrianna TanMay 15
Sent my wife this (the joke is, I am kind of face blind and I can’t find her especially at airports)
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Low light photo of a hammerhead shark
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The California sheepshead can change gender. It also sleeps in a cocoon made of mucus, for protection.

I feel like I’m going to spend the wrasse of my life being jealous of it. (It is actually a wrasse)

#Fish #Puns

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I’m in a conference room. I looked out of a window (because lots of people were). Someone says ‘they get all my seals of approval’

#Seals #Pinnepeds

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You can’t tell, but this guy is swimming, burping and yelling and probably farting all at the same time. Impressive work.
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I just love hanging out with them. Honestly I’d rather listen to sea lions barking than some politicians. Or internet sea lions
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Lunch time walk
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Sculpin and sea stars
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Cardinalfish
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Divers taking a giant sea bass to a medical appointment (they weigh 350lbs)
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Brayyyyyy
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Peekabooooo
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Scream
Jun 5 at 6:17amWeb
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Puffin with a branch
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Big boi
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“A tube anemone has a built in escape route. A tube anemone can disappear into its home in the blink of an eye. Its tube can be two feet long and serves as a quick escape route and an anchor in the constantly shifting sand.“

Cool, but can anemone hear me?

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With a little kelp from my fronds
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No matter how busy I am, I always make it a point to spend a lot of time walking through the main aquarium when I am here
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Hi my name is Blenny. And I leap
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Puffin belly
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Snakehead eelpout and Japanese porcupine crab
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Sploooosh
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It’s always nice in the morning before we open. Onsite folks are pottering about feeding animals and doing prep for setup, while I just sit here and think (then work on other things later)

#Monterey #California #Aquarium

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Puffin found a thing, it’s very proud

#Birds #Puffins

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My bass friend
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Jelliessss
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Someone complained that I don’t actually post enough octopus photos despite promising to do so in my bio. So here’s one

Also always a good time to post an octopus video

https://youtu.be/CYBFRu4gkdA

Show threadAdrianna TanJul 22

Brayyyyyy

(Video of them being noisy: https://youtube.com/shorts/mTGrO065ErU)

Show threadPatrick HadfieldJul 15

@skinnylatte what an amazing creature! And the octopus was interesting too!

No, seriously, thanks for sharing the video - that's fascinating!

Show threadMark Connolly 🍻 🚴🏼‍♀️ (he, him, his)Jul 15
@skinnylatte Fun fact: The Beatles movie Help! was originally going to be called Eight Arms To Hold You. 😀🐙🦑
Show threadEmma Loves ☕️Jul 20
@skinnylatte the way Chica reaches up to Rene reminds me of how Json Manystripe will come up to me at my desk, and put his paws on my thigh to demand scritches. She's a lovely critter.
Show threadglasspshrJul 20
@skinnylatte excellent @TidalFlats
Show threadLyle Solla-YatesJul 20
@skinnylatte Thank you for inspiring others to post the octopus the world needs right now
Show threadSaad AzimJul 15
@skinnylatte #obligatory I don't think we're ready for these jellies. :)
Show threadJodieMJul 15
@skinnylatte
I saw one yesterday that was around half a metre wide, in Scotland. So thankful I was in a boat and not in the water.
Show threadAdrianna TanJul 15
@jodiem oooh do you know what kind?
Show threadJodieMJul 15
@skinnylatte one with the bubbly tentacles, not the long stringy ones
Show threadC.B.LeslieJul 20
@skinnylatte I never get tired of the jells.
Show threadIrenes (many)Jul 20

@skinnylatte jellies!

we frequently watch the aquarium's jelly camera. they are extremely relaxing entities.

Show threadRamiroJul 20
@skinnylatte oooh I’ve never seen the egg yolk jellies
Show threadClaire, The Ultimate WorrierJul 14
@skinnylatte did the bass ever get a bath?
Show threadAdrianna TanJul 14
@waitworry eventually
Show threadAmin Hollon 🏳Jul 14

@skinnylatte

Trying to think up a pun between anemone and tympani or something to make a joke about starting a band but I think I'm too tired…

Show threadAdrianna TanJul 14
@amin my bass friend wants do know if there is anemone out there
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@skinnylatte BFF
Show threadMichal Migurski 🍉Jul 14
@skinnylatte Bassties!
Show threadOur OaklandJul 14
@skinnylatte Let me tell you 'bout my bass friend... 🎵
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_eiwpZS3Vqg
Harry Nilsson - Best Friend

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Show threadOur OaklandJul 14

@skinnylatte It was used as the theme song to the TV show "The Courtship of Eddie's Father" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Courtship_of_Eddie%27s_Father_(TV_series)_of_Eddie%27s_Father_(TV_series)
So for those of us of the right age, it immediately brings that to mind

There was an earlier movie with a very young Ron Howard, and both were based on an earlier book
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0056956/

Show threadPamJul 14
@skinnylatte I really love this thread, I used to go to this aquarium all the time and now I live on the other side of the country, so it’s very nostalgic
Show threadChard NelsonJul 15
@skinnylatte they've been my long-term besties at the aquarium for years. When the tourists are running to the otter tank, I'm on my way to see all the black sea bass.
Show threadDeborah Preuss, pcc 🇨🇦Jul 15
@skinnylatte @mayintoronto what a great photo! \o/
Show threadAllan ChowJul 14
@skinnylatte puffin with pride
Show threadMedea Vanamonde🏳️‍⚧️ ♀Jul 20
@skinnylatte @RamenCatholic
She Puffin?
Show threadEmma Loves ☕️Jul 14
@skinnylatte you can see where they found the lines for the mattes in Star Trek 4: The Voyage Home!
Show threadEmma Loves ☕️Jul 14

@skinnylatte sorry, Trek on the brain because I watched "Generations" last night as prep for tomorrow night's Star Trek trivia at Beeryland in Oakland.

I cannot unsee Alan Ruck wearing a Red Wings sweater on the bridge of the Enterprise B.

Show threadEmma Loves ☕️Jul 14
@skinnylatte also, I need to borrow a Red Wings sweater and an early 23rd C. Star Fleet captain's insignia for tomorrow. 
Show threadMadame AronowJun 26
@skinnylatte those little feets 
Show threadDane DeasyJun 25
@skinnylatte it must be calming
Show threadschrotthaufenJun 25
@skinnylatte I wouldn’t get any work done. Ever.
Show threadDave AlvaradoJun 25
@skinnylatte I really want to see that aquarium. My wife says I need to see SF if we head to the bay area. I'm not sure how to convince her that I don't care about cities, I want to see fish, obnoxiously wealthy people, and the wine country.
Show threadrednikkiJun 25
@skinnylatte Best time is January when you will have it to yourself!
Show threadADHDeanJun 24
@skinnylatte *hands you your Dad Card* Welcome to the club.
Show threadJacobRPGJun 6
@skinnylatte so fresh and so clean
Show threadUNREALJun 5

@skinnylatte

What are they going to do with it?

Show threadSir David NielsenJun 5
@skinnylatte it looks so happy, I want to be more like that puffin.
Show threadKate RobertsJun 6
@skinnylatte this entire thread is pure joy 😍
Show threadcachalotJun 6
@skinnylatte Trumpuffin?
Show threadcpmJun 6

@skinnylatte
oh

oh my

gorgeous

thank you

Show threadMikaJun 6
@skinnylatte this photo unopened, on my feed, looked like feet positioned to ‘clap’ 😂
Show threadDeer Witch NyxJul 15
@skinnylatte same besties
Show threadsollatJul 15
@skinnylatte
Are they screaming for ice cream?