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This crab is under construction! Read more on the Aquarium's website. 🦀🦺

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LINEUP ANNOUNCED! 🙌

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2024 Photographers Night Photo Contest Winners

Congratulations to our 2024 Photo Night Winners! The Aquarium’s 15th annual Photographers Night was held in October, and guests were invited to enjoy an evening of workshops, free equipment rentals, and demonstrations. Hope to see you next year! 📸

���Grand Prize Winner: Joshua Gluck's shrimp rave

🥈First Runner-Up: Dominique Vasquez's baby seahorses

🥉Second Runner-Up: Rich Esteban's lumpsucker

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This week on Aquarium of the Podcific, our o-fishal podcast, we are deep diving into the CELP Scholar Program, featuring Animal Care Specialist Leslie Nguyen and Director of STEM Pathways Alie LeBeau.

🎧 Visit pacific.to/podcast or find Aquarium of the Podcific anywhere you listen to podcasts!

Applications for our 2025 CELP Scholar Program are now open, visit pacific.to/celp to learn more. 🌊

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How adorable are our baby California skates? Find them in the White Abalone exhibit inside our Southern California Gallery.

Video by Aquarist Melissa

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hey do you have any crabs I can borrow 🐙

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HAPPY HALLOWEEN! 👻

We’ve got a spooky special episode of Aquarium of the Podcific streaming now featuring GHOST STORIES from our staff.

Find us anywhere you listen to podcasts!

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After nearly four weeks of care at the Aquarium of the Pacific, a rescued green sea turtle has now returned home. Aquarium staff released the sea turtle in Seal Beach, California. 🐢

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The Aquarium 🤝 The Club

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After months of rehabilitation and care at the Aquarium of the Pacific, a loggerhead sea turtle has returned to the ocean.

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Happy World Octopus Day!

Let's give Ghost a pumpkin. 🐙👻🎃

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Photographers Night is October 6th! Visit pacific.to/photonight for tickets. 📷🐙 

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I am wrapping up questions for the day, feel free to submit them for a future Tumblr Tuesday or sometime in between!

Happy Tumblr Tuesday!

Going to spend a bit answering questions, feel free to ask one!

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Which ray species, and which individual ray at the Aquarium are your favourites?

Spotted eagle rays and specifically Elvis the spotted eagle ray. LOOK AT HIM!!! I love him so.

If rays are your thing, we recorded a fun podcast episode about them recently that I think you might enjoy!

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As a followup to the bigfin squid question this is the Silly Guy I meant but the small friend that you had in the post was delightful

Thank you and apologies I love bigfin REEF squid sm I read your message too quick. He seems nice though.

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Do you have a guide for telling apart the otters? I’m pretty sure there’s one for the seals and sea lions outside next to the glass if I’m remembering correctly, but I could be wrong. Or just all their names? Thanks and I can’t wait to go back and visit!!

Truly the only ones I can tell apart are Millie & Chloe, our adults. Juvenile sea otters look so similar that you'd have a hard time telling them apart even if they were side by side.

Millie (left) has silver undertones and Chloe (right) has golden undertones. Millie is larger in size, but Chloe isn't too far behind! It's difficult but once you spot their differences it becomes easier to guess who is who.

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I’ve heard rumors (at member sea otter night) that your resident sea otters can be a little spicy. Can you give us the inside gossip? 🦦

If by spicy you mean the most dangerous animals we have at the Aquarium, well yes!

Cute doesn't begin to describe it, but sea otters are notorious hunters. Look at those chompers!

Check out this podcast episode to learn more about these ferocious creatures.