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A picture of Perfect Earle to brighten your day💙

#SeaOtters #OregonCoastAquarium #OregonCoast
A brown sea otter sits at the water's edge, holding a chunk of ice in his front paws. In front of the otter is a purple slab of ice topped with orange colored ice rings and purple colored ice hearts. The otter is arguably the cutest otter in history.
February 5, 2025 at 5:47 PM
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A #Preening #Puffin for #JetBlack
At the #OregonCoastAquarium #Photography
September 3, 2025 at 8:56 PM
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Mother #BarnSwallow bringing lunch to her chicks.
#CaughtInMotion #BirdOfTheDay
Taken at the #OregonCoastAquarium
#Photography
January 4, 2026 at 7:34 AM
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#Puffins #Revving 🎧 it up
(sound up) in the #Water
#OregonCoastAquarium for #PuffinDay #March14 #Photography #Nature
April 17, 2025 at 2:17 AM
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Of course we'll be yours, Pip! 💌

📷: Aviculturist Marie

#ValentinesDay #LoveBirds #OregonCoastAquarium
A pelican faces the camera while holding a pink paper Valentine's Day heart in its bill.
February 13, 2025 at 6:43 PM
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🐆🦈

#OregonCoast #OregonSharks #OregonCoastAquarium
A leopard shark with tan skin and brown saddle marks and spots swims through the water.
February 8, 2025 at 11:21 PM
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#Shark at the #OregonCoastAquarium
#SpookTober #SeaMonster #Photography
October 19, 2025 at 4:23 PM
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#BarnSwallows at the #OregonCoastAquarium
#BirdOfTheDay #Juveniles #Photography
They were nested on the exterior wall of the otter display. Mama bird showed up with lunch fir one lucky #Chick while I was watching.
April 11, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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A #Jellyfish for #WorldJellyfishDay
I THINK this was at the #OregonCoastAquarium but may be from the #VancouverAquarium #Photography
November 3, 2025 at 11:12 PM
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#tfw your heart says it's Friday, but reality says it's Thursday.

#SideEye #CaliforniaSeaLion #OregonCoast #OregonCoastAquarium
Rosa the California sea lion side-eyes the camera.
February 20, 2025 at 8:58 PM
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🎧 #Puffin at the #OregonCoastAquarium
#RunningFromTheLaw #BirdOfTheDay #Video
August 10, 2026 at 4:39 PM
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Zoochlorellae, a microalgae, and zooxanthellae, a dinoflagellate, live in the tissues of the giant green anemone. These photosynthetic organisms provide the anemone with food and its green hue, all in exchange for a home. 💚

#Anemones #OregonCoast #OregonCoastAquarium
This image features a close up view of a giant green anemone. Its tentacles have a pale green hue and the texture almost appears velvety.
February 7, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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"We love the Aquarium! Especially the penguins!"

While we don't have penguins here at the #OregonCoastAquarium, it's the thought that counts! 💙 Today's #DidYouKnow features the common murre, a dapperly plumed seabird native to Oregon's rugged coastline.
This image features a picture of a Magellanic penguin on the left and common murres on the right. Text overlay reads "Did you know? The common murre is easily mistaken for a penguin at first glance. Despite their similar looks, these birds have key differences." This picture features a common murre skidding atop the water, wings spread. Text overlay reads "Unlike penguins, the common murre can fly! They use fast, strong wing beats to fly above the waves and reach rocky outcroppings." This picture features a large group of adult and juvenile Emperor penguins. The text overlay reads "Common murres and penguins live in different hemispheres! Penguins are found below the equator while common murres are found above." This image features a picture of a Gentoo penguin on the left and a common murre on the right. The text overlay reads "Penguins and common murres fill similar niches. They prey on small fish, and are in turn preyed upon by marine mammals and sharks."
January 22, 2025 at 5:19 PM
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A Preening #Puffin
#BirdOfTheDay #InMotion
Swimming and sprucing up his feathers at the #OregonCoastAquarium #Photography #PNW
May 7, 2026 at 8:30 PM
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#DidYouKnow the giant Pacific octopus in our Rocky Coast gallery is named Percy? 🐙
#GPO #GiantPacificOctopus #Octopus #OregonCoastAquarium
This picture features an octopus arm outstretched, its suckers facing up towards the camera. The text reads "The giant Pacific octopus has ~200 suckers on each arm!" This picture features a giant Pacific red octopus, its eyes visible above the surface of the water. The text reads "An octopus uses its suckers to sense its surroundings. Each sucker can move, feel, and taste!" This picture features a giant Pacific octopus swimming, its arms stretched out against an acrylic window. The text reads "Each sucker is covered in a thin layer of skin that the octo sheds regularly, so they remain clean and sensitive." The picture features a close up of the suckers of a giant Pacific octopus. The text reads "You can tell male octos from females by their arms. A male octo lacks suckers at the tip of their third arm to the right, which is used for reproduction."
January 16, 2025 at 10:28 PM
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🪪Tessellate moray eel
📍Connected Coasts gallery

#OregonCoast #OregonCoastAquarium #MorayEels #Tubesday
An eel faces the camera, its body halfway hidden in a rocky crevice. The eel has a white body with asymmetrical black honeycomb-shaped spots, its skin reminiscent of lacework.
February 11, 2025 at 11:29 PM
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You know what day it is! (Tubesday!)

#Tubesday #Tubefeet #Echinoderms #SunflowerStar #Pycnopodia #OregonCoast #OregonCoastAquarium
A large sunflower sea star is crawling across an Aquarium tank, its body and arms halfway in frame. The underside is visible, lined by thousands of tiny tendrils called tube feet.
March 18, 2025 at 5:28 PM
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#WolfEel at the #OregonCoastAquarium
#SeaMonster #SpookTober #Photography
October 19, 2025 at 8:13 PM
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🪪: Opalescent nudibranch
📍: Rocky Coast touchpool

#OregonCoastAquarium #OregonCoast #DiscoverNewport #TravelOregon
An opalescent nudibranch sits atop a rock in a touch pool. The nudibranch, also known as a sea slug, has a slug-esque body with a clear-white base. It has clear tendrils on its back tipped with bright orange. It has four tentacles near on its head, two higher and two lower.
March 13, 2025 at 10:37 PM
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Mammalogist Megan (left) and Tazzy 💙

#OregonCoast #NewportOregon #OregonCoastAquarium #HarborSeals
This picture shows a feed and training session. A mammalogist stoops down to face a nearby harbor seal, who is turned to look back at her. The mammalogist is wearing rain gear and a belt that holds a bucket full of fish.
December 18, 2024 at 10:00 PM
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Seal at the Oregon Coast Aquarium in Newport, Oregon.

#seal #seaanimals #OregonCoastAquarium #photography #PNW #Oregon #travel
A seal with a spotted coat is partially submerged in water, with its mouth open and tongue visible. The water surface reflects light, creating a rippling effect around the animal.
October 31, 2024 at 8:17 AM
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Urchins are known for their spines, but they have another special adaptation: tubefeet, the tiny tendrils between the spines. Each “foot” can expand and contract, anchoring the urchin in place, pulling it across the seafloor, and passing food to its mouth.

#Tubesday #OregonCoastAquarium
A red sea urchin is pressed against an Aquarium tank, its spines pointing in all directions. Between the spines are smaller tendrils known as tube feet. The urchin's teeth, which look like five small white triangles in the center of its body, are visible.
March 5, 2025 at 12:02 AM
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Have you ever wondered what it’s like to be a fish? Now you can find out! Today only, you can get a sip of authentic Oregon coast saltwater at the #OregonCoastAquarium!
A cup bearing the logo of the Oregon Coast Aquarium is held up in front of a saltwater habitat known as Orford Reef. Rockfish can be seen swimming in the background.
April 1, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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Name that band 🎶

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A group of fish called gunnels huddle close together, eyes and mouths turned upward as if singing to the sea.
December 19, 2024 at 11:45 PM
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Hazel 😍

📷: photo by OCAq's Jeremy Burke

#fallvibes #spookyszn #ambassadoranimal #americankestrel #oregoncoast #oregoncoastaquarium
An American Kestrel stands atop a jack-o-lantern.
October 27, 2023 at 8:05 PM