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Roundhouse Marine Studies Lab & Aquarium

At this compact aquarium at the end of the 928ft-long Manhattan Beach Pier, you can pet a slimy sea cucumber, check out the deep-ocean tank with its anemones, baby sharks and sunflower starfish, and see eels…lots and lots of eels.

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