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The Discovery Passage Aquarium is starting a brand new citizen science project, involving 2 iconic marine invertebrates found in Discovery Passage: moon snails and black eyed hermit crabs. Ecology The Lewis' Moonsnail is the largest marine snail found along the...
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'Tis the SEAson! The Explorer Lab will be open to the public this weekend as part of the Annual Campbell River Christmas Gift Tour! We will have all of our gift shop favourites from the summer, such as Rickipedia stickers...
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We love any opportunity to talk about local marine animals, especially the fan-favourite Giant Pacific Octopus! In the CTV News video below, you can watch clips of the viral video of an octopus giving diver Andrea Humphreys a hug in...
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Check out this video of Raisin the Giant Pacific Octopus being released back into Discovery Passage at the end of the aquarium season! We do everything we can to make the transition from aquarium life to ocean life as smooth...
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The end of our aquarium season is marked with the release of our animals back into the ocean. We take special care to ensure the animals are returned as close as possible to their original home, and that the transition...
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