Science Sunday: Seal & Sea Lion Superstars | Marine Mammal Center

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CANCELED: Marine Mammal Center Science Sunday | Sausalito

Please note that Marine Mammal Center will be close to the public temporarily, The center will re open on February 23, 2020, and will be available to the public starting February 25, 2020.

Join the Marine Mammal Center for Marine Science Sunday – a free engaging ocean-inspired classroom series for kids and adults from the center’s education experts taking place from 10 am to 5 pm on the second and fourth Sunday of the month.

The center offers educational programs and docent-led tours, plus numerous exhibits and public viewing areas where visitors can see volunteers and staff in action with marine mammal patients.

– Updated 6/4/19 – Event info last checked via website

Sunday, December 8, 2013
Home for the Holidays | CANCELED: Marine Mammal Center Science Sunday | Sausalito

On December 22, 2013, Marine Mammal Center wraps up 2013 with a special Marine Science Sunday highlighting their Seal and Sea Lion Superstars of 2013.

In 2013, The Marine Mammal Center has rescued over 500 animals, ranging from the California sea lion, to the elephant seal, to the threatened fur seal; they will focus on how their team of volunteers and veterinarians have been able to get those animals healthy and back out to their ocean home for the holidays.

Docent-led tours will take you around the hospital showcasing some of the patients they are caring for and how their veterinarians are getting them better. Classroom presentations through interactive activities and multimedia will highlight their most memorable, notable, and to be honest, cutest patients of the year. There is a small fee for the docent-led tour.

Program Summary

• Free Classroom Programs: Seal and Sea Lion Superstars of 2013 at 12 pm and 2 pm (1 hour sessions)
  • With over 500 patients this year alone, there is no shortage of amazing animals and cases. They will highlight an elephant seal pup that had the 2nd ever cataract surgery for their species and had the chance to see for the first time in his life, a threatened Northern fur seal diagnosed with a brain disease never before seen in marine mammals that has been able to recover where he can swim and eat on his own, and how they were able to rescue hundreds of starving California sea lions that were seen down in Southern California early this year.
• Docent-led Tours (small fee applies to benefit the patients) at 11 am, 1 pm, and 3 pm.
  • Learn fascinating facts about seals and sea lions from their education experts while seeing exhibits and patient viewing areas.

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