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Public exploration center for Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego.
2300 Expedition Way, La Jollaaquarium.ucsd.eduJoined August 2008

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🐟 CA Moray Eel — Unlike most fish, #MorayEels have an extra set of jaws known as “pharyngeal” jaw. This jaw-some fish uses its front jaw to bite into prey, while its back jaw springs forward and drags the prey down the moray’s throat!
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Did you know this Friday, Sept. 16, Birch Aquarium at Scripps celebrates 30 years “on the hill”?! As we look toward this exciting milestone, we want to share a few throwback moments and memories with you all. Follow along the thread below👇
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Congratulations! 🎉💙🔱
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BIG NEWS! UC San Diego ranked third among the nation’s top public colleges, according to @Forbes 2022 America’s Top Colleges list. Overall, #UCSanDiego ranked No. 17 out of 500 four-year private and public colleges in the country. bit.ly/3RB8lc4 #AmericasTopColleges
Aerial view of Geisel Library at UC San Diego with text that says #3 public college, Forbes: America's Top Colleges 2022
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At first glance, you may think that this brilliant blue spot is an eye. But don’t be fooled! This little CA Two-Spot #Octopus tricks predators and prey alike into thinking the glowing blue #eyespot on each side of its head are its actual eyes 👀
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Here’s a fish fact for your Friday 🐟 See those spines? Tiger Rockfish have a series of defensive dorsal spines that run all along the top of their body. Be sure to find this fish on your next visit to #BirchAquarium ... hint it's in the beginning of Hall of Fishes!
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Want to stay up to date on the latest research over at ? Be sure to subscribe to #Scripps very own digital science magazine !
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Come for the science, stay for the sunsets. 🌅 Check out our digital science magazine @Explorations to keep up on the latest research at Scripps, see profiles of our scientists and students, and much more. Subscribe here: scripps.ucsd.edu/explorations 📸: @erikjep
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Have you met our newest (and cutest) residents yet? Stop by Birch Aquarium and meet the world's smallest penguins the next time you visit San Diego!
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.@Scripps_Ocean is now home to penguins that weigh 2-3 pounds and are less than a foot tall. ucsdnews.ucsd.edu/feature/worlds
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#SharkWeek is every week here at Birch Aquarium! Freshen up your fish facts with Dovi Kacev, a marine biologist and assistant teaching professor at 🦈
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Say hello 👋 to Dovi Kacev (@findingdovi), a marine biologist and assistant teaching professor at Scripps who is sharing his shark knowledge with us this #SharkWeek! 🌊🦈 Follow along for answers to some frequently asked questions about these important top predators of the ocean.
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A man in a bright floral-print shirt stands on a research pier near the La Jolla coast.
Five researchers on a small boat observe a Great Hammerhead shark in the Bahamas.
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Thanks to a schoolteacher's discovery, a rare ruby seadragon specimen is the Western Australian Museum's newest addition. The species was first seen alive by Scripps scientists just a few years ago. 🔍 Read more about the recent finding via :
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