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              Steller Cove

              Ocean kelp forests are home to sea otters and harbor seals. Steller Cove replicates the Pacific Ocean off the Oregon Coast with its tide pools, blowholes, kelp forests and rocky sea stacks. Tide pool residents include anemones, sea stars, crabs, rockfish and urchins.

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