A trip to Monterey

We recently renewed our membership at the Monterey Bay Aquarium and went to visit the new seahorse exhibit there. My favorites were the leafy sea dragons (below). Most of my photos did not come out very well, but I took a video with my Flip cam that I'm still working on editing. Anyone have ideas for good underwater-themed music?

After viewing all of our favorite animals inside, we wandered out to the deck to see what we could see in the Monterey Bay. Right under us, we saw two sea otters frolicking in the surf! I think we saw a mother and baby otter, since the mother kept diving down and bringing back crabs. She then ate most of the crab and the baby came over to finish it off. We were close enough to see the crabs as well as hear their shells crunching as the otters ate them!

From August 2009