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Seymour Marine Discovery Center

Seymour Marine Discovery Center

100 Shaffer Rd., Santa Cruz, CA 95060, United States

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Stop by this university laboratory to watch jellyfish, hold starfish, and see the 87-foot-long blue whale skeleton.

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