New employee orientation at Monterey Bay Aquarium
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@skinnylatte very cool. Were you trepidatious? I definitely was the first time I picked up a jellyfish, even after seeing other folks pick them up just fine
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@brendonjustin they explained that this type literally could not sting us. So that helped. In any case, only squished the tops
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@skinnylatte I'm so happy for you and your new job! It seems really awesome.
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@pezmico yes, it’s keeping me afloat right now
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I think I’ll keep updating this thread to share the joy I see whenever I am onsite (which is going to be, often, coz I need this)
I learned that the jellies have circular tanks because.. they get stuck in corners
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@skinnylatte thank you for these in this trying time! I feel like there should be a hashtag like seascrolling or something to go with them! 🥰
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@skinnylatte super cool! What will you be doing there?
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@curiousrobot great idea!
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jjjjeeppyyaanngg 🧝♀️replied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
@skinnylatte @vapaad is it weird that i knew what aquarium this was based on the font used for the sign?
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Hagfish fancier v4.02.01replied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
@[email protected] ahhh yeah that was one of my jobs at cal academy too, we had to chop up moon jellies to feed to other moon jellies, I always felt a little weird about that. the room where they grew them out was very cool though
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@skinnylatte
At the age of 5 or so, my daughter spent a solid 45 minutes petting the moon jellies at the aquarium in Duluth. The staff there were so good with her: teaching her how to touch them without hurting them, encouraging her curiosity. Magic. -
@inthehands wonderful! I love that everyone has a lovely story like this
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Adrianna Tanreplied to Hagfish fancier v4.02.01 last edited by
@pagrus Oooh I did not know that
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@yeri director of product on their web and infra team. They have many services and growing
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Hagfish fancier v4.02.01replied to Adrianna Tan last edited by
@[email protected] well, why were you squishing them up? I assumed that was the goal there, or was it strictly recreational
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Adrianna Tanreplied to Hagfish fancier v4.02.01 last edited by
@pagrus I dunno, it was part of our orientation haha ‘everybody squish a moon jelly’
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@skinnylatte When I worked across the street from the Aquarium I went to the jellies exhibit once a week or so at lunch just to stand there and calm down. (I don’t know if the full jellies exhibit is still there or not.)
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@pagrus we were supposed to describe what it felt like
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@rednikki there are Black Sea nettles now. Those are my fave. And the deep sea bloody jellies that are so new they don’t have names
