Gallery at a Glance

Here is a glimpse of what visitors can experience in the Oh Baby! exhibit gallery.

  • A shark touch pool with 9- to 12-inch sharks of the Pacific Ocean.
  • Baby marine animals or adults that reproduce, mature and care for their offspring in fascinating ways.
  • A family-friendly look at marine animal courtship behaviors. (Moms and dads, please don’t try these at home!
  • Species of seahorses, pipefish, garden eels and jellyfish that have never before been displayed at Mote.
  • “Who Wants to Be a Sea Star?” — a multi-player, reality TV-style science quiz specially designed for this exhibit — along with many other hands-on elements.
  • A window into the mission of Mote Marine Laboratory & Aquarium—where we raise and breed many marine species for ecosystem restoration, conservation and education. Understanding marine animal life cycles — including how and where they mate and give birth — is vital for conserving populations of keystone marine species and their future generations.

 

A juvenile seahorse
An exhibit about the strange changes in the life cycles of sea jellies
The Oh Baby! exhibit gallery at Mote, where visitors see multiple animal habitats lit up in a darkened space, accompanied by bright and bold signs in a comic book style.
The Oh Baby! exhibit gallery at Mote