NerdsforNature.org - Nightlife @ the California Academy of Sciences (3.6.14)

Ready to do some fieldwork? The California Academy of Sciences is home to bountiful magnificent plants and animals... many are elusive and rare in the wild. See if you can level up on your scientific observation skills by finding and reporting all of following species.

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African Penguin ¹
Spheniscus demersus

Bat Star ²
Patiria miniata

Brachydanio rerio

California fescue ³
Festuca californica

Caligo memnon ⁴

Centralian Carpet Python
Morelia bredli

Coast Dudleya ⁵
Dudleya caespitosa

Cobalt Blue Tarantula ⁶
Haplopelma lividum

Dart Poison Frog ⁷
Dendrobates auratus

Dwarf Cuttlefish ⁸
Sepia bandensis

Dwarf surfperch
Micrometrus minimus

Giant pacific octopus ⁹
Enteroctopus dofleini

Leafy Seadragon ¹⁰
Phycodurus eques

Lupinus nanus nanus

Orange Cup Coral ¹¹
Balanophyllia elegans

Orange-barred Sulphur ¹²
Phoebis philea

Pacific Sea Nettle ¹³
Chrysaora fuscescens

Saffron Finch ¹⁴
Sicalis flaveola

Scarlet Monkeyflower ¹⁵
Mimulus cardinalis

island alumroot ¹⁶
Heuchera maxima

redtail catfish ¹⁷
Phractocephalus hemioliopterus

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NerdsforNature.org - Nightlife @ the California Academy of Sciences (3.6.14)

African Penguin 1 Spheniscus demersus

Bat Star 2 Patiria miniata

Brachydanio rerio

California fescue 3 Festuca californica

Caligo memnon 4

Centralian Carpet Python Morelia bredli

Coast Dudleya 5 Dudleya caespitosa

Cobalt Blue Tarantula 6 Haplopelma lividum

Dart Poison Frog 7 Dendrobates auratus

Dwarf Cuttlefish 8 Sepia bandensis

Dwarf surfperch Micrometrus minimus

Giant pacific octopus 9 Enteroctopus dofleini

Leafy Seadragon 10 Phycodurus eques