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Exhibit: Kelp Forest

Kelp Forest

The Kelp Forest—perhaps the Aquarium’s most famous exhibit—is so natural you may think you're looking through a window to the bay. It’s 28 feet high and contains more than 340,00 gallons of water that is turned over every couple of hours. Take a tour from a diver’s point of view and watch sardines, leopard sharks, wolf-eels and other fishes weave among the fronds, just as they do in the wild.

Giant kelp influences everything that lives beneath. Within the kelp forest community are smaller neighborhoods, each attracting its own residents. Kelp helps feed the entire ecosystem.

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