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Are the barnacles feeding? Will the hermit crab switch shells yet again? Here you'll learn about all the exciting happenings at our Marine Life Touch Tank in Portsmouth and our Blue Ocean Discovery Center in Hampton Beach, NH!

Locations and Hours:
- Blue Ocean Discovery Center, 170 Ocean Boulevard, Hampton Beach, NH (just north of the Sea Shell stage). Open 10 AM-7 PM daily until early September, and weekends in the fall and spring. Like Us on Facebook

- Marine Life Touch Tank in Portsmouth, Isles of Shoals Steamship Company dock, 315 Market Street, Portsmouth, NH. Open Tuesday-Friday, 9 AM-12 PM until late August. Like Us on Facebook
We'd love to hear your questions and comments! Hope to see you soon!

Thursday, July 8, 2010

A crabby day (in a good way)

This is Evelyn, one of our regular visitors at the Portsmouth touch tank. Today, she took initiative and showed her babysitter the way to the tank!
After checking out our featured creature, the European green crab, Evelyn made a crab masquerade mask. The final product was perfect - it looked just like the crab in the tank!
We'll be making masks like this one all week long as we feature our favorite little green guy. He was a big hit today with Evelyn and our other visitors, so come check him out for yourself! You can ask our knowledgeable staff about what crabs eat, how long they live, how they grow and how they got here in the first place (green crabs are not native to the area).
We'll be open from 11 to 4 Friday and 10 to 4 on Saturday and Sunday. See you then!

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