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Sea otters 🦦 are known as a keystone species. T

Sea otters 🦦 are known as a keystone species. That means that if they are removed from their ecosystem, it will collapse and be destroyed. For example, in the 1800s sea otters were almost hunted to extinction. With no more predators, the sea urchin population exploded. There were so many sea urchins that they started decimating kelp forests, leaving behind urchin barrens. Fortunately, with laws against hunting sea otters, the otter population is coming back, and we are now seeing the numbers of urchins go back to normal.

An estuary is a place where freshwater meets saltw

An estuary is a place where freshwater meets saltwater, usually where a river meets the ocean. The salinity of this brackish water can change due to the tides, or even the amount of rain there is. Animals and plants that live here have adapted to the variable salinity.

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Look at all this trash we found on the beach! When

Look at all this trash we found on the beach! When having a beach day, please remember to clean up after yourselves so we don’t have more trash monsters to deal with.

Migration is when animals travel what is usually a

Migration is when animals travel what is usually a long distance for food, better conditions, or to have babies. This is typically an annual cycle, where the animal will travel back and forth between two places. Animals like whales, sea turtles, salmon, various seabirds and all sorts of plankton will migrate.

Last week we asked a true or false question: Sea

Last week we asked a true or false question:

Sea jellies will sting with electricity.

The answer is FALSE!

Sea jelly tentacles have specialized cells with stingers like bees which will inject venom into their prey.

The tides are changing 🌊!! Starting tomorrow, w

The tides are changing 🌊!! Starting tomorrow, we will be closing at 5PM every day!

Pollution Solution Tip: If you have to use plastic

Pollution Solution Tip:
If you have to use plastic, make sure you use plastic that can be recycled. Only plastic labeled 1 or 2 can actually be recycled, everything else will end up in a landfill.

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Advice from the ocean: Just like waves, life has

Advice from the ocean:

Just like waves, life has its ups and downs. When life gets you down, remember there’s another crest just past the horizon.

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Shoutout 🎉 to our volunteers of the month for J

Shoutout 🎉 to our volunteers of the month for June, July, and August!!

June - Allison Custer
July - Grace Chen
August - Malea Stassi

Thank you so much for all your hard work! 👏

Did you know that a sea star’s favorite food is

Did you know that a sea star’s favorite food is mussels? To eat a mussel, a sea star will use its tube feet to pry the shell open. Then it will throw-up its stomach into the shell, and digest the mussel inside its own shell. Once it's finished it will bring its stomach back into its body. Isn’t that cool?

Tidepool animals have to be very resilient to surv

Tidepool animals have to be very resilient to survive the intertidal. They deal with drastic temperature and water level changes every day. When visiting the tidepools, remember to wear sturdy shoes and watch your step so you don’t accidentally step on something.

Interested in the programs we have here at the Rou

Interested in the programs we have here at the Roundhouse? We offer onsite, off-site, and virtual programs, where we teach students about the ocean and its inhabitants.

Click the link below to learn more and schedule a class:
https://roundhouseaquarium.org/on-site-classes/

Remember all the kelp that washed up on shore last

Remember all the kelp that washed up on shore last week? This was due to the hurricane that landed in Baja California a couple of weeks ago. The hurricane caused the tides to rise which then deposited all that seaweed on the beach when the tides went down. Eventually, it will get washed away again.

Summer ☀️ is officially over!! As we wave 🌊

Summer ☀️ is officially over!! As we wave 🌊 goodbye to summer, we want to reflect on all the fun things we did. Between summer camp and outreaches, we sure were busy! What was your favorite thing you did this summer?

Thank you to everyone who came out for Coastal Cle

Thank you to everyone who came out for Coastal Cleanup Day!! Manhattan Beach is now 70 lbs of trash cleaner! With 103 participants and volunteers, we covered 2 square miles of coastal beach, including walkways and parking lots. We’re so grateful to everyone who helped us keep our beaches clean and healthy 🌎

Special thanks to @lairdapparel, @nclsouthbay, @healthebay, and @americanmartyrschurch for coming out and supporting us!

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#CoastalCleanupDay
#CCD2022

True or False: Sea jellies will sting with electr

True or False:

Sea jellies will sting with electricity.

Put your guesses in the comments!

Interested in being a scientist? You could do rest

Interested in being a scientist? You could do restoration work! As a graduate student, our Aquarium Programs and Operations Director, Marissa, worked to restore oyster and eelgrass beds. She also did abundance and biodiversity surveys in tidepools as well as scuba and trawls for her research.

Restoration work is very important as it helps keep our ecosystems diverse, and helps keep species from going extinct.

Look at what our students drew during the summer e

Look at what our students drew during the summer enrichment classes!! Aren’t they amazing!

Want to take one of our virtual classes? Click the link below to learn more:
https://roundhouseaquarium.org/virtual-learning/

Decorator crabs 🦀 are masters of camouflage. Th

Decorator crabs 🦀 are masters of camouflage. They will take parts of their environment, including algae and even animals like anemones, and place them on their shell to blend in.
Can you spot the decorator crab in this photo?

Did you figure out which statement was the lie fro

Did you figure out which statement was the lie from our two truths and a lie post last week? The lie was that octopuses only have one brain. Technically they have 9! Octopuses have one brain in their head, and then another 8 in each of their tentacles. Isn’t that cool!

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