Fund for the Animals
Day Octopus

Great exhibits

begin with incredible animals.

With your help

in April of 2014 we'll open Tentacles: The Astounding Lives of Octopuses, Squid and Cuttlefishes.

Pharaoh cuttlefish (Sepia pharaonis) Eggs; California two-spot octopuses (Octopus bimaculoides).

Tentacles

will test the talents of our aquarists like never before.

Bigfin Reef Squid; Pygmy Squid

A dozen

live exhibits of octopuses and their kin will be featured including the world's largest octopus and one of the world's smallest squid.

Flamboyant cuttlefish; Giant pacific octopus.

Meet these
incredible animals

eye to eye.

Chambered nautilus

Your gift

will help make Tentacles possible. Join us today and help inspire millions of visitors to care for the ocean.

What does my gift do?

It costs $3.5 million to bring this innovative exhibit to the public. Your gift will help us create Tentacles and provide critical support for our work on behalf of ocean animals and ocean conservation. Here are just a few examples of how your support can make an impact.

$5,000

provides six days of field research on threatened animals like sea otters and white sharks.

$2,500

feeds the animals at our Animal Research and Care Center for one month.

$1,000

feeds the animals in the Tentacles exhibit for one week.

$500

feeds our jellies for three weeks.

$250

provides medications and vitamins for all animals for five days.