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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!

Friday, July 26, 2013

Rainy Day Tide Pool Meditation


It's cold and rainy outside but these 4 kids are having an authentic tide pool experience with some of our periwinkles.  Listen and you will hear a hum.  No they are not meditating...maybe they are.  When you hum to a periwinkle they will usually open up and venture out of their shell.  This innocuous little animal suddenly becomes animated and responsive as it slowly opens up and then peeks out of its shell.    The meditation pays off and these kids will never overlook a periwinkle again.

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