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SANTA BARBARA, CA — They move like living question marks, anchoring themselves with delicate tails while their eyes swivel independently to scan the water around them. They are the only animals on Earth in which the male carries and gives birth to the young. And after a years-long absence, they are back, nine strong, at the Santa Barbara Museum of Natural History Sea Center on Stearns Wharf.
The Sea Center is thrilled to announce the return of live Giant Pacific Seahorses (Hippocampus ingens) to its Dive In: Our Changing Channel exhibit. The species is the largest seahorse in the world and native to California’s own coastline. Visitors can now observe the full group of nine seahorses up close, seven days a week, from 10:00 AM to 5:00 PM.