Located on a coastal bluff overlooking La Jolla Shores beach and Scripps Institution of Oceanography, Birch Aquarium at Scripps is renowned for its ocean views, both inside and out. Visitors from around the world marvel at the dazzling marine life exhibits, from sharks to seahorses to corals.
Make a visit to Birch Aquarium at Scripps soon and enjoy San Diego's "best ocean views." Watch as Scripps divers take the plunge into the aquarium's 70,000-gallon kelp forest tank in a half-hour show about La Jolla's kelp forest habitat. From sleek cruisers of tropical reefs to local leopard sharks lurking in the giant kelp forest tank, we've got sharks! Sharks are amazing survivors among the many fish in the sea.
Sharks are the most feared and admired predators of the sea; the subject of a complex, human fascination for the 370 species that exist worldwide. Tiny coral polyps-close relatives of the anemone-build coral reefs by producing limestone skeletons. Coral reefs are alive and require clear water so that sunlight can penetrate for optimum growth. Corals are found worldwide in waters where constant temperatures are 70 to 86 degrees. Tide pools exist in the rocky basins at the ocean's edge and are home to many hearty animals who survive tremendous changes in moisture, temperature, and salinity.
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