MontereyBayAquarium

Part 1: Meet Chica the ink-redible giant Pacific octopus! 🐙 #montereybayaquarium #octopus #aquariumtok #giantpacificoctopus

We always sea stars when we look at shrimps—but which ones SPECIFICALLY?? It’s time for Zodiac signs as shrimp (and other close shrimp-like relatives)! Which shrimp are you? Tell us in the comments and don’t forget to tag your prawnderful friends! Thanks to our fronds @MBARI for the image of the transparent shrimp (which is technically an amphipod but shhhh), and to NOAA for the image of the goblin shrimp! #montereybayaquarium #shrompweek2024 #astrology #zodiacsigns #shrimp

Let’s shellebrate the crustacean sensations of the stage and sea-lver screen with these shrimply sublime parody musical posters. (p.s. If you donate $20 to our Shrimp Week fundraiser, you’ll receive access to high-quality versions of these posters to download and print yourselves. Put them up in your classroom! Dorm! House! Office! Bathroom? Check out the link in our bio!) #montereybayaquarium #musicals #shrimpweek #ocean

A majestic mega raft of mustelids mesmerizingly maneuvering through the meandering kelp maze of murky waters, melding into a magnificent mosaic of motion and merriment. #montereybayaquarium #seaotter #sunset #raft

Replying to @MontereyBayAquarium #montereybayaquarium #octopus #aquariumtok #giantpacificoctopus

It’s time to raise the curtain on Shrimp Week! 🦐 🎉 Critics are already raving about the most prawnderful week of the year! Check out the link in our bio for even more shrimpage along with previous years’ highlights. Let’s get the show started!! #montereybayaquarium #shrompweek2024 #shrimp #broadway #musical #parody

Shellebrate good brine come on! It's Shrimp Week!! 🎉🦐 #montereybayaquarium #shrompweek2024 #mantisshrimp #barrelshirmp #amphipod #branchiopods

Show your appreci-ocean for all shromps, shramps, and shrumps with a shrimp-sized donation to the Aquarium. Your support makes a meaningful shrimpact on our mission to inspire conservation of the ocean—where shrimp live! Whether it’s as small as a fairy shrimp or as large as a giant prawn, your donation will earn you a shrimp-spired gift from us! From digital downloads to membership benefits (to a personalized message from our favorite shell-ebrity personal trainer!), there’s an ocean of options for you to explore. Click the link in our bio to learn more, and check back throughout the week as new rewards are added! #montereybayaquarium #shrompweek2024 #shrimp #fundraiser

Make a great first shrimpression with these shrimpeccable looks. Whether you're shrimply fabulous or krilling it on the runway, these shrimpspired outfits will have you feeling oh-so-shellfishly chic! 🦐✨ #montereybayaquarium #shrompweek2024 #shrimp #stealherlook

GLUMP!! What sound would a predatory tunicate make? Resembling a piranha plant from Super Mario Bros., these transparent invertebrates live anchored along the deep sea canyon walls and seafloor, patiently waiting for unsuspecting prey to wander by or swim into their cavernous hoods. #montereybayaquarium #deepsea #ocean #aquariumtok

From the people who brought you chill Krill Waves Radio comes our new KrillER Waves Radio: one hour of skeleton shrimp and metal music to headbang to! 🤘🎵 Skip the relaxing lofi music and unleash your inner metal enthusiast — it’s all about screaming out and banging our heads with skeleton shrimps as we hold tight to the unpredictable currents that we call life. You’d be a fool to skip this one! Check out the link in our bio!

✨🦐Behold the brilliant blue blasts of barf that best baddies in the black of the bay!🦐✨ 🎥: Shoutout to our fronds @MBARI for the first three shrimpcredible clips! #montereybayaquarium #shrompweek2024 #shrimp #bioluminescence

Peep this deep-sea jelly, pretty in pinks and purples. But don’t be deceived by its petite size — the mauve stinger can pack a punch with stinging cells peppered across its tentacles and bell.#montereybayaquarium #deepsea #jellies #aquariumtok

🚨🦐They are a set. Do not separate.🦐🚨 #montereybayaquarium #cleanershrimp #shrompweek2024

We’re all aflutter over the sea angel—a mesmerizing deep-sea creature. This swimming snail's rhythmic flapping and graceful movements resemble whimsical wings. The flappy bits you see sculling through the water aren’t wings at all—they’re basically a modified, slimy snail foot.  And despite its celestial appearance—the sea angel is a carnivorous hunter. With hidden tentacles tucked away inside its head, it tracks down prey and strikes!#montereybayaquarium #aquariumtok #deepsea