New in Town
May 1987
A pair of orphaned 8-week-old
harbor seals
are found beached along the southern coast and are transported from the Santa Barbara Marine Mammal Center to a holding tank at the Aquarium. The young males, Archy and Cheeky, eat about 6-8 pounds of fish each day to work up a good layer of blubber. The pups are brought to the Aquarium so we can get them eating live fish before releasing them to the wild.
In Good Company
When they are ready for life in the wild, Archy and Cheeky are released into the Aquarium's Great Tide Pool. Max, a seal released from the Aquarium in October 1985, has returned to the Great Tide Pool on several occasions for a free lunch. Aquarium workers are pleased to see that Max brought along a companion—a female—during his last visit.
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