James and I went to the
Monterey for the last couple of days. One day we went out to the
Monterey Bay Aquarium
because I went as a kid, but I hadn't been in a while. Our camping trip feel through so James said for me to plan up the
Monterey Bay Aquarium trip that he promised a couple months ago.
I was really excited to see the new "
Secret Lives of
Seahorses"
exhibit. (photos for that to come in another blog).
Another
favorite was the Jelly Fish (photos for that to come in another blog).
Here are photos of almost everything else the
Monterey Bay Aquarium has to offer.
Here is one of the three sea otters they had. He was just laying on his/her back while holding a KONG (it's a dog toy -- we have the same ones here at home for our dogs). These otters were so big. We also went to a show about otters. Did you know on one square inch (about the same size as a postage stamp) a sea otter has one million hairs. They need the hair for warmth. The otters also use
their armpits for storage.
Storing its food, tools and much more.
Here's one shot of the kelp forest with a school of sardines swimming near the bottom.
I just thought these were pretty. These are called Tube Anemone.
This is a (great) White Shark. It is the ONLY one in captivity in the entire world at the moment. She is about one-year old and has been at the
Monterey Bay Aquarium for about two weeks. She resides in the Outer Bay Exhibit, where other sharks (
scalloped hammerheads and
Galapagos), Tuna, California Barracuda, Shiner
Surfperch,
Dolphinfish and a few more different fish.
Just another shot of the kelp forest.
These are two of the African Spotted-Necked Otter. These buggers were playing around like crazy. I took a little video of two of them. It was too cute.
The
Monterey Bay Aquarium also has two Asian s
mall-clawed otters, which were sleeping when we came by them.
It I remember right this is an Apple Anemone.
These little guys are called Pharaoh cuttlefish. I loved how the colors of his belly changed. It was like a little glowing light, which went off and on. His eyes made him look so sad though.
Another sea otter laying on his back at the top of his exhibit. He was the most active of the three in the tank. He was moving around on his back, then went for a little swim.
He is a spot prawn. He is the largest shrimp on the West Coast of the United States.
I loved the colors of orange and pinks in the tank. Most of the pinkish photos in this blog are from this same tank. The two pinkish things in the middle on top I believe in more Apple anemone, the rest of don't recall.
It's DORI.
These are the little sardines which were in the
Outer Bay tank with the White Shark.
The whole school of them. reminds me of the
group of fish in the "
Finding Nemo" movie.
He was just standing there waiting for me to take his picture. He is a
Blackfooted penguin.
Can you find the fish
among all the rocks? He is in the family with the
Sanddabs.
More of the pink stuff I don't recall the names to.
It's Patrick. This was in a tank showing how people who
throw stuff in the ocean can make the seafloor a mess for the fish and sea life which lives deep down in the ocean.
These little things were jumping all over the place. Again I don't recall the names.
There was this pool of water above us when we exited the
Outer Bay exhibit, where the fish just swam around over our heads.
These were some sort of green tree frog. It was funny
because we came up tot he tank and I said it was an exhibit for frogs and James said "Yeah if we can see them." The four frogs were sitting right out in the open and so easy to see.
These were so big and white. Its called Moon Jelly.
These were in the biggest tank and maybe my fave of the day. I think it helps the deep dark blue in the back and the bright orange color of the jellies. These ones are called Black Sea Nettle.
These were def. another fave seeing as it has moving glowing neon colors throughout its body.
These little orange guys are called Lion's Mane Jelly and it was very active.
More Moon Jellies.
And another shot of the Black Sea Nettle, which is the same as the shot on top. It is so long.
And a very pretty Jelly. The Purple Striped Jelly.
Moon Jelly. 
Lion's Mane Jelly.
These little orange guys are called Lion's Mane Jelly and it was very active.
More Moon Jellies.
And another shot of the Black Sea Nettle, which is the same as the shot on top. It is so long.
And a very pretty Jelly. The Purple Striped Jelly.
Moon Jelly. 
Lion's Mane Jelly.
