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The Pliocene Epoch (5-1.6 million years ago)
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/evolving-landscape/the-pliocene-epoch/During the Pliocene, the world's continents were close to their present positions. There was an overall cooling of sea and land temperatures. Grasslands were spreading. Australia's plants and animals began to gain their distinctive modern appearance.
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The early Miocene Epoch (23.3-16.3 million years ago)
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/evolving-landscape/the-early-miocene-epoch/By the beginning of the Miocene, the great southern land of Gondwana had broken up. Australia had separated from Antarctica and South America and was slowly drifting northwards with the islands of New Guinea at its leading edge.
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Water and sedimentary transport
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/shaping-earth/water-and-sedimentary-processes/Water plays a vital role in most sedimentary processes. Pure water itself has little effect on rocks. It is the dissolved gases in water, particularly carbon dioxide, that cause the chemical decay of minerals and mineral dissolution.
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Clams, mussels, pipis and oysters - Class Bivalvia
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/molluscs/clams-mussels-pipis-and-oysters-class-bivalvia/Bivalves are molluscs, well-known to humans who have developed a taste for many of them. This group includes oysters, mussels, pipis, cockles, scallops and clams.
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What is a spider?
https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/what-is-a-spiders/Spiders and their relatives are called arachnids. Scientist have grouped them together into a class called Arachnida. Arachnology is the study of this group of animals
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How long do spiders live?
https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/spider-lifespan/Some spiders have life spans of less than a year, while others may live for up to twenty years. However, spiders face many dangers that reduce their chances of reaching a ripe old age.
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What is natural selection?
https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/what-is-natural-selection/Darwin's grand idea of evolution by natural selection is relatively simple but often misunderstood.
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What is a habitat?
https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/what-is-a-habitat/Explore seven different animal and plant habitats of Australia: Coasts, Freshwater, Antarctica, Forests, Woodlands, Arid Zone and Urban.
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What is a herbivore?
https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/what-is-a-herbivore/A herbivore is an animal that gets its energy from eating plants, and only plants.
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