Monterey Bay Aquarium Exhibits

Sardines sea urchin crab and other sea life.

Monterey bay aquarium exhibits. Monterey bay aquarium is a nonprofit public aquarium in monterey california known for its regional focus on the marine habitats of monterey bay it was the first to exhibit a living kelp forest when it opened in october 1984. This gently swaying underwater ecosystem provides food shelter and protection to leopard sharks. Since then she s grown to be one of our biggest otters and weighs about 50 pounds.

At 28 feet high the monterey bay aquarium kelp forest is the world s tallest aquarium exhibit in the world providing visitors with a fish eye view of life on the sea floor. The open sea is the aquarium s largest exhibit a place where tuna speed past sardines swarm in huge glittering schools and sea turtles swim lazily across the 90 foot window. At just 11 weeks old kit was the youngest sea otter pup ever to go on exhibit at the aquarium.

Learn about the tentacles exhibit at the monterey bay aquarium. Discover an underwater forest at 28 feet the kelp forest is one of the tallest aquarium exhibits in the world. Explore our exhibits and meet all the amazing and awe inspiring animals that live in waters from the shore to the open sea.

Journey to a world of undersea magicians masters of disguise and quick change artists. Watch our live web cam of the open sea exhibit at the monterey bay aquarium and view open ocean animals from tuna to turtles sharks and sardines. Learn about the giant pacific octopus exhibit at the monterey bay aquarium.

Its biologists have pioneered the animal husbandry of jellyfish and it was the first to successfully care for and display a great white shark. By continuing to browse the site you are agreeing to our use of cookies. You ll get a diver s eye view of sardines leopard sharks wolf eels and a host of other fishes as they weave through swaying fronds of kelp just like they do in the wild.

The mission of the nonprofit monterey bay aquarium is to inspire conservation of the ocean. The mission of the nonprofit monterey bay aquarium is to inspire conservation of the ocean. This site uses cookies.