Animal Updates | Mammals | Whale Watching
Thursday, September 12, 2019
Bryde’s Whale Spotted In SoCal | James S.
Bryde’s whales have been spotted again in Southern California, along with humpbacks, Risso’s dolphins, and a late season blue whale cow/calf pair. Let’s explore Bryde’s whales in this blog entry.
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Thursday, September 05, 2019
2010 Look Back: The Sounds of an Orphan Baby Otter Named Ollie | Hugh
Hugh's Aquarium Views Video Number 86
A look back to the sights and sounds of an orphan baby otter named Ollie in 2010.
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Friday, August 30, 2019
Get Ready For Some Serious Acrobatics | James S.
The past couple weeks have seen some amazing acrobatics and high flying dolphins playing within the wake of the whale watch boats. The dolphins have been very playful, even the Risso’s dolphins were getting playful with the boat.
Animal Updates | Mammals | Whale Watching
Saturday, August 24, 2019
Dolphins, Whales, And A Rare Visit From Sperm Whales! | James S.
As the season starts to turn away from vacations and time off school our whale sightings haven’t caught the message with lots of dolphins, more blue whales, and a rare visit from a couple of sperm whales off of Point Vicente.
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Thursday, August 22, 2019
Ollie Being Ollie | Hugh
Hugh's Aquarium Views Video Number 85
Ollie is the smartest and most entertainingly spontaneous sea otter I’ve ever met. I call her creative behaviors just Ollie being Ollie.
Thursday, August 08, 2019
Timelapse Tour of the Aquarium | Hugh
Hugh's Aquarium Views Video Number 84
Touring the entire aquarium in under 3 minutes via a timelapse video.
Animal Updates | Mammals | Whale Watching
Thursday, August 01, 2019
Beautiful Summer of Whales | James S.
It’s been a beautiful summer of whales! Not only has our first major expansion, Pacific Visions, opened this summer but we have had a great season full of marine life diversity!
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Thursday, July 25, 2019
The Many Faces of Ollie the Sea Otter | Hugh
Hugh's Aquarium Views Video Number 83
Training Ollie the sea otter to take selfies to capture her facial expressions.
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Thursday, July 11, 2019
Avocet Chicks | Hugh
Hugh's Aquarium Views Video Number 82
What looks like an eight-legged shorebird is actually an American Avocet with three chicks underneath her wings. The long legs of the Avocet give an almost spider-like look to the bird when she is sheltering her equally long-legged chicks.
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Thursday, June 27, 2019
Cleaner Wrasse “Clean” a Grouper | Hugh
Hugh's Aquarium Views Video Number 81
In between when I finish preparing the sea otter’s food and the morning staff briefing one of my favorite places to spend that time is in the Tropical Pacific viewing tunnel watching the cleaner wrasse going to work.
