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Fish FAQ - Why are they called parrotfishes?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/why-are-they-called-parrotfishes/The name 'parrotfish' refers to the fused teeth which resemble a parrot-like beak.
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Why are the eyes of larval Black Dragonfish on stalks?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/eyes-of-larval-black-dragonfish/Larval Black Dragonfish are long, slender and transparent, with eyes on long stalks that can be up to half the length of the body.
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What is the fastest fish?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/what-is-the-fastest-fish/Measuring the swimming speed of large fishes in the wild is extremely difficult. Which species is the fastest?
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What is the deepest-living fish?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/what-is-the-deepest-living-fish/The deepsea has long held a fascination for people. What is the 'fishy depth record'?
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Regional guides to fishes
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/regional-guides-to-fishes/The books listed below contain information on Australian fishes.
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Identifying the Museum’s Blaschka glass models
https://australian.museum/about/history/stories/identifying-the-museums-blaschka-glass-models/In 2009 archivist Patricia Egan demonstrated that the fragile glass models in the Museum's Archives were made by famous 19th-century German glass makers Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka.
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Geoffrey Cunningham Papua New Guinea Photographs
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/pacific-collection/photographic/geoffrey-cunningham-papua-new-guinea-photographs/A collection of 243 photographs taken by Geoffrey Cunningham while working in Papua New Guinea from 1919 to 1924.
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Amphipoda: Families and Subfamilies
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/crustaceans/amphipoda-families-subfamilies/Amphipods are extremly diverse, abundant and widespread crustaceans. They are found in nearly all marine and freshwater habitats. They are paticularly important as herbivores, detritivores, micropredators and scavengers in marine environments and they are almost always an important componen
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Fiddling while the Reef dissolves….
https://australian.museum/about/history/people/fiddling-while-the-reef-dissolves/An opinion piece by Australian Museum Director, Frank Howarth A lot has been said lately about the impact of sea level rise on coastal suburbs, and on low lying coral islands, but there is a more insidious threat to coral islands than rising oceans.
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Decomposition - Body Changes
https://australian.museum/about/history/exhibitions/death-the-last-taboo/decomposition-body-changes/Death begins when the heart stops beating. Deprived of oxygen, a cascade of cellular death commences.
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