Tracy M

Review of Birch Aquarium at Scripps

This place is okay but full of super bratty kids a...

This place is okay but full of super bratty kids and germs. Infact, after visiting I got sick after being in their tight tunnel "showcase" area where most of the displays are. Of course I can't fault them for the disgusting people and bratty kids, however I can fault them for letting the bratty kids abuse the marine life in the outdoor tide area. This is the main reason I will never be back or support this place. Watching bratty kids punch sea life and one locked in a clear plastic container while brats clamored to squeeze it hard as a volunteer tried relentlessly to get them to stop was traumatic for me to watch (and I wasn't even the poor animal being man handled). It is super sad to see the state of our country as brainless parents indulge in their bratty children's every whim and this place is swarming with them.