Photos from Cabrillo Marine Aquarium: (click to show the photo)

Lobby area:

A sea lion painting, male (largest, bellowing), female, pup
The schedule for the day bulletin board by info booth This changes daily, visit for info
Killer whale, sharks, dolphins above lobby & colorful squid banner
Whale in lobby: This whale your kids can pat, jump on, take pictures of
'Whale Graveyard' giant bones from whales you can touch
Sea turtle above lobby Probably came in to the beach to lay her eggs.

Inside the museum (live sea critters in aquariums):

New: Several TOUCH TANK photos: If you left your finger on the anemone for a few hours it might digest your finger! Well worth waiting to download, closeups of touch tank live critters!

Abalone, where the beautiful shells come from, also sea urchin & keyhole giant limpet
Crab Display, showing the different types of crabs and how different their shells are
Lobsters and spider type crabs Mmmm, Lobsters
Sea cucumbers and pink anemone in sea grass
SHARK!!!! Sure they're scary but more people are killed by bee stings. This shows jaws.
Starfish: These are giant starfish, several feet wide. 2nd photo: heap o' starfishies
Tide pool aquarium with its own wave making machine. Surf's UP in this photo!
Toothed whales (they eat fish & squid, not krill unlike their cousins the baleen whales)
Top shell and sea urchins at tidepools, top shells can be seen (don't pick 'em up).

More stuff without pictures: sand dollars, live sharks, schooling fish live...

The park outside the museum:

Picnic tables with view of harbor
People playing volleyball or soccer or something, Cabrillo statue in center
Playground for the kids on beach
View ocean side of beach from above

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