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The aquarium exhibits look like a working marine laboratory with exposed seawater pipes and valves. Many of the tanks are laboratory-like, not habitat tanks. Scientists like to keep their animals visible so they can focus on a certain characteristic.
In the "What's in the bay today?" tank you will see animals found in Monterey Bay seasonally or rarely seen in an aquarium. This tank houses squid eggs, juvenile rockfish, sea hares, basket stars, or other remarkable animals.
Come to the Seymour Center and ask some questions. Are anemones plants or animals? What are those strange looking leathery pods that washed up on the beach? How fast do sea stars with up to 24 arms move? Why do these funny little crabs decorate themselves with found objects? Find out at the Seymour Center! Additional aquarium news items in the Aquarium News Archive
About the Center: History | Exhibits | Aquarium | Blue Whale Skeleton | Outdoor Areas | Facilities |
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Animals
featured in the Seymour Center aquarium are chosen because
they elicit questions a scientist might ask. Each of the
animals has eye-catching characteristics-fast movement,
bright color, bizarre look-that inspires the scientist in
all of us. Scientists look at these strange phenomena and
ask the same questions we might. Then they get busy
answering the question.
Visit the seawater table and hold an assortment of sea
creatures in your hand–you can touch sea stars, sea urchins,
hermit crabs, sea anemones, and different kelp. You can even touch a friendly shark in our new shark pool.
See up-close each animal's specialized characteristics in
the aquarium tanks. Sanddabs use camouflage, thornback rays
have short spines for defense, pacific sardines
swim together as a group for defense, and spot prawns'
bright red color actually camouflages them in the deep
waters of the Monterey Bay.
