Chula Vista’s Living Coast Discovery Center’s new seasonal exhibit, SEA the Change, debuted during spring break.
“It will run (through) September 2, Labor Day,” said animal care manager Beth Sabiston.
The center urges the public to “Come imagine a better world with both humans and wildlife positively impacting one another” by discovering the issues local wildlife face daily and “stepping into their shoes” with interactive exhibits.
“Our educational team put it together,” said Lori Coons, director of community engagement. “You see the bottom of the ocean with marine life and how they interact with straws, shopping carts, old computers and keyboards.”
The exhibit will showcase effects of climate change. Within that exhibit a giant Pacific octopus, coral species, giant kelp fish and sea anemone will be displayed.
The exhibit Bycatch and Pollution, which features the trash and pollutants that end up in the ocean, will be introduced.
A turtle lagoon, jellyfish, shark and ray experience wall art, and western toad will be a part of that section.
Lastly, SEA the Change will include a habitat loss section that will address wildfires and urbanization as a threat to many species; it will contain a shorebird aviary, raptor row and desert species exhibits.
New animal ambassadors will include an opossum, emerald tree boa, dart frogs, Solomon Islands skink, upside-down jellyfish and western pond turtle.
