at creature feature.

The following encounters happened at "creature feature," a pool where you can touch sea stars, sea cucumbers, anemones, and other tide pool animals.

"Creature Feature" is closed for its hourly 15-minute break. So you can't touch the animals.
A woman asks if she can still take pictures.
Yes, she can.
She says she doesn't know how to take the flash off, is that okay?
Yes, that's fine.
She says, wait, I can take a flash picture and wake the animals up, but my kids can't touch them?
Again, yes.
This debate continues for 10 minutes.
"Creature Feature's" break ends, and people are once again allowed to touch.
The woman's children don't want to touch them, and they leave.

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Sometimes people mistake the clumps of sea stars for an octopus.

Guy: Look, honey! An Octopotamus!

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Large Man: [looks at sea cucumber, then his wife/girlfriend] Come on, you'll touch my dick but not this?

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"Creature Feature" is about a foot deep, but there is a shallow shelf running around the outside edge of the tank, so it's easier for small children to touch the animals on the shelf.

An employee watches a father roll his daughter's pant legs up, pick her up, and begin lowering her into the exhibit.
Employee: Um, no! This exhibit is for fingers, not bodies!
Father: Oh! We were just sitting her on the bench [points to shelf].

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Old Asian Man With Heavy Accent: This... uh... sea enema?
Employee: What? Oh, no, no. Anemone. Surf Anemone.
Old Man: Oh, yes. Very good.