This Valentine's Day, send a Love Letter to your favorite Academy animal, biologist, diver, or scientist to let them know how they set your heart aflutter. We’ll make sure your letter reaches its intended recipient (we’ll even read out loud to Claude if necessary, promise), and you can read other Love Letters by clicking any image below. To write yours, just use our easy form:

Send a Love Letter
Dear Glass [redtailed green rat snake in the Rainforest first level]
I hope you had a very very very very very very very very very very very very Happy Valentine's Day!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! You're the best snake in the entire universe. p.s. I'm sorry I don't visit you more often - I'll be back soon!
Love, your friend Mélanie
2022-02-14T20:24:19-08:00
Dear Fish
I think my favorite spot in the academy is the Philippine Coral Reef exhibit. I've taken a yoga class there at Nightlife events, and I love coming and just sitting and watching the fish for a while as I listen to music. It's such a calm space especially on weekdays.
Love, Christine
2022-02-14T19:31:18-08:00
Dear Penguins
I enjoy watching the penguin cam and seeing what you doing that day. Love to all penguins.
Love from Sally Tuffs
2022-02-14T18:02:24-08:00
Dear Manatee Aficionados,
Years ago, I fell in love with Butterball the Manatee. I didn't know much about manatees at the time, but his care must have been good to survive so long. More recently I've heard about the plight of Florida manatees starving and freezing. I hope your experts can do something to help out. Though keeping manatees in captivity has become questionable these days, if you should learn there is a manatee that cannot be released to the wild, I hope you will consider taking one in again. I miss Butterball.
Love, Cynthia
2022-02-14T17:15:28-08:00
Dear Aquarium Diver
Thanks for taking such good care of the tank. I saw you several times feeding the fish and talking to the public, you did an amazing job!
Hugs, Mariano
2022-02-14T16:57:55-08:00
Dear Claude
I would like to say you are the Whitest Alligator with the pinkest mouth and I wish you a Happy Valentines Day and a big smack on your snoot!!
Love the Cotter-Dillane families
2022-02-14T16:49:08-08:00
Caretakers, Biologists, Janitorial Teams
Thank you for all you do to keep the Academy beautiful and clean. I love visiting and it makes me so happy to see the animals under your care so well cared for and beautiful. I'm sure the feeding, care, and maintenance of all the facilities and animals is a massive endeavor and the hard work everyone puts in is obvious. The work each and every person puts in is appreciated by your visitors and makes our visits so memorable.
Huntley Family
2022-02-14T16:42:15-08:00
Dear Staff
Thank you so much for keeping the Academy a relaxing and lovely place to be. I work a high stress, physical job and often come in the last hour before closing after I get off work to destress and it always makes my day :)
Thank you, Eli
2022-02-14T16:31:47-08:00
Dear Biologists, Divers, Scientists, and the rest of staff making Cal Academy what it is,
My daughters and I LOVE visiting Cal Academy, and seeing all the animals. They are toddlers still, but already fostering a love for animals, science, nature and the planet. Thank you for creating an incredible experience, and inspiring my kids.
Love, the Croshaws
2022-02-14T15:31:00-08:00
Dear Animals, Staff, and everyone at the CA Academy of Sciences
I just want to send my love and thank you for everything you provide for me and my community. You care for the public and each other and especially in these pandemic times that is so very needed. Thank you for your selflessness and love.
Love, the Coyne family
2022-02-14T15:10:23-08:00
Dear God Sis
Have a Blessed and Happy St.Valentine's Day
Love Joseph
2022-02-14T15:09:13-08:00
Stan Lee
Thanks for keeping us entertained with your shenanigans during feeding time
The Paulling Family
2022-02-14T14:56:00-08:00
Dear caretakers of Cal Academy
Cal academy is my 1.5 year old’s favorite place on earth, and hence, also mine. I am so thankful you exist!
Love, Maya’s family
2022-02-14T13:50:33-08:00
Dear Methuselah,
I remember visiting you years ago, and was amazed at your longevity then. You are an inspiration to us all! Dare I say how wonderful you look for your age? When I put the timeline of your life into historical perspective, it was not lost on me that you arrived at the old Steinhart Aquarium when President Franklin Delano Roosevelt was in office! The year was 1938. I hope you continue to thrive, and I hope you get to eat all the fresh figs, and receive all the belly rubs that your little heart desires. Speaking of "heart's desire," it is Valentine's Day after all. May you see another 90 years!
Love, A new member to the Academy
2022-02-14T13:47:15-08:00
Dear Claude and Company
We are so sorry to have missed the opportunity to visit the Academy of Science this year. Unfortunately, we live in Sonoma County; and one of us is not eligible to be vaccinated yet. Once that occurs, we hope to visit, again, and see the marvels of science and wonderful animals. Until then, the 2-year-old will have to hug the stuffed replica of Claude he has from his last visit.
Love, the Rosselle-Keeslings
2022-02-14T13:41:31-08:00

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