Listen to the chorus of chirps and squawks as you watch curlews forage in the dunes and black-necked stilts wade along the edge of the waves.
Bat rays skim along the bottom of our bat ray pool just as they would above the sandy seafloor.
Like many flatfishes, a starry flounder buries itself in the sand and, hidden from predators, waits to ambush prey.
Our birds forage for insects, as they would in the wild. You might spot a curlew using its long beak to poke around for dinner under the mud.
Don't miss these squishy, 10-pound slugs. When threatened by predators, sea hares release a dark purple fluid in defense.
Like their seahorse cousins, pipefish usually swim upright, beating their small fins. When this fish feeds, it gets an inch away from prey and slurps.
Even the most muscular mussel is no match for this bird's strong, red beak, which pries open tasty shellfish.
See beauties of the sandy seafloor such as delicate tube anemones and feathery sea pens. Each sea pen is actually a colony of small individuals working together for the survival of the whole.
Spiny king crabs prowl the deep seafloor for live food, eating other crabs and sea stars. But when they can't find fresh food, they're quick to lunch on scraps or dead animals that fall from above.
