Good morning from the Great Tide Pool and Happy 121st Birthday to Ed “Doc” Ricketts!
1,795 views · Published 14 May 2018 · 15:53 · Indexed 21 September 2026
Channel: Monterey Bay Aquarium · 2018 · Pets & Animals
121 years ago today, on May 14, 1897, Edward Flanders Robb Ricketts began his trek around the stars and into the tide pools of the Pacific Coast. His magnum opus "Between Pacific Tides" became the intertidal zoologists' Bible for decades to come, and inspired an entire generation of marine scientists—including the founders of the Monterey Bay Aquarium. Enjoy the sights and sounds from the Great Tide Pool in Pacific Grove, where John Steinbeck and Ricketts spent many a day immersed in life between the two worlds of Planet "Earth," and make sure to follow along this week as we dive deeper into the world of Ed Ricketts. "Doc" and the tide pools of life he wrote so fondly about. This is Part 1 of our series of talks around Ed Ricketts, celebrating his birthday week! Part 2 — Ed Ricketts and the Aquarium: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Rcpz5AZPAno Part 3 — Ed Ricketts' Neighborhood: Cannery Row https://youtu.be/OEvxVjdYJMQ Part 4 — The Death and Life of Ed Ricketts: https://youtu.be/0b969WwL-_k ______ Hey there! We hope you liked this video. Subscribe to our channel for more from the Monterey Bay and our mission to inspire conservation of the ocean: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=montereybayaquarium We're on Twitter: https://twitter.com/MontereyAq And Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/montereybayaquarium Also Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/montereybayaquarium Periscope too: www.periscope.tv/montereyaq Ooh, ooh! And Snapchat! https://www.snapchat.com/add/montereyaq