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Funky Fins Marine Biologist with 30+ years in marine science and education. Chris Lener has taught students in the field of marine science for over 25 years.
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Sharing the weird, wild, and wonderful world of marine life through science communication, coastal adventures, and private excursions With an MS in Marine and Environmental Studies, she taught science to students in grades K-12, spent most of her summers working on sea turtle beaches in Florida, Costa Rica, Mexico, and North Carolina, and is excited about making new discoveries with visitors while exploring North Carolina's magnificent coastal ecosystems.

09/27/2026

When your office has no walls, your coworkers have claws, and “business casual” means a mask and snorkel.🦈🦀🪼🐚🦪🐡

09/26/2026

They came all the way from Iowa to explore a North Carolina salt marsh! 🦀🌿

A private marsh adventure with a family visiting our coast today—hands-on exploring, getting muddy, and discovering the wild side of the marsh together!

Private coastal adventures are one of the ways I share the weird, wild, and wonderful world of marine life. 🌊

09/25/2026

🦀 OK, CRAB EXPERTS… BOY OR GIRL?

You get ONE clue: this spider crab.

What’s your guess? 👀
👇 BOY or GIRL?

No cheating😉


09/22/2026

Who gave this thing coffee?! 😂

A sea urchin’s shell is actually its skeleton, and those moving spikes are living bones.Each spine sits on a miniature ball-and-socket joint—just like your hip or shoulder. By flexing thousands of micro-muscles at the same time, they use these spikes like "bone stilts" to walk across the ocean floor.Nature's engineering is wild! 🌊

09/21/2026

They came to explore the marsh… and the marsh did NOT disappoint. 🦀👀

Critters, discoveries, mud, and plenty of “WHAT IS THAT?!” moments made today’s family excursion one to remember!

This is what exploring the coast is all about!!

Cape Fear Adventure Company

09/20/2026

Yup, you read that right!

Sea anemones have a sac-like body with only one opening that serves as both the mouth and the a**s. Once they trap food with their stinging tentacles, it goes into their central cavity, gets digested, and the waste goes right back out the way it came in.

Talk about maximum efficiency!😂

09/20/2026

Meet the Atlantic mole crab (Emerita talpoida).

To survive the brutal crashing surf of North Carolina beaches, they don't actually "dig"—they use physics.When you see them vanish in under two seconds, they are vibrating their uropods (tail appendages) at a high frequency. This rapid motion causes liquefaction, instantly transforming heavy, packed beach sand into a fluid slurry.They essentially engineer their own localized quicksand to sink themselves backwards into hiding before the next wave can wash them away! 🧬🌊

09/19/2026

Ready to swap screen time for tide pools? 🐚

Our Science Saturdays start September 26th!

Groups are capped at just 8 kids for 100% hands-on gear time.

Tag a local mom who needs weekend plans below! 👇

Link in the comments to reserve! ✨


09/19/2026

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Hampstead, NC

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+12035124936

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