Sarita Simmons

Jelly Fish are referred to as Jellies ... because they aren't actually fish. They have lived on Earth for at least 500 million years, making them three times as old as dinosaurs. They vary in size, from tiny medusae and comb jellies smaller than a pea to the lion’s mane jelly, which occasionally reaches 6 feet in width with tentacles up to 100 feet long.

Nothing sweeter than babies, including baby seals. La Jolla, CA becomes an amazing seal nursery during the annual five-month pupping season of harbor seals lasting from mid-December to mid-May. Seals and Sea Lions are easy to tell apart. Sea lions are brown, bark loudly, they "walk" on land using their large flippers and have visible ear flaps. Seals have small flippers, wriggle on their bellies on land, and lack visible ear flaps. Oh baby!

Eye ball to eye ball with one of the big boys!

The Blue Unicorn Tang originates from the pristine waters surrounding Hawaii. They are silver as a juvenile, and with age, gradually darken into a beautiful black and blue coloration.

Seahorses are quite beautiful and unique because of their unusual equine shape. Unlike most other fish, they are monogamous and mate for life. Another rare trait ... they are among the only animal species on Earth in which the male bears the unborn young. You go guys!

Scientists have replaced the beloved starfish’s common name with sea star because, well, the starfish is not a fish. It’s an echinoderm ... more closely related to sea urchins and sand dollars. They're still stars in my book!

Hello gorgeous! Did you know...rays are sometimes seen “flying” through the water by flapping their pectoral fins and sometimes even leaping porpoise-like into the air? Tres elegant...but stay out of my boat please!

Did you know that the study of bio-luminescence among deep bottom dwelling creatures of the sea has proven that they tend to glow green instead of the blues emitted by species living higher in the water column. Down on the seabed, apparently the green light carries a bit further.