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Waitangi Day and the Australian Museum
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/pacific-collection/maori/waitangi-day-and-the-australian-museum/To celebrate this significant day, the AM is proud to share some of its 1000 Maori ethnographic objects
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Tarantulas - the truth behind their evil image
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/tarantulas-the-truth-behind-their-evil-image/Tarantulas are the movie stars of the spider world.
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Spiders in West Africa
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/spiders/spiders-in-west-africa/West Africa is the home of Anansi, a folk hero, who is both spider and man.
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North-eastern New South Wales, March 2002
https://australian.museum/learn/collections/natural-science/ichthyology/north-eastern-new-south-wales-march-2002/For two weeks in March, staff of the Fish Section and volunteers joined forces with Tony Gill of the Natural History Museum, London to sample marine, estuarine and freshwater areas on the north coast of New South Wales.
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Wobbegong Shark bites Australian Museum Cashier
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/wobbegong-shark-bites-australian-museum-cashier/Australian Museum Cashier, Chai Griffin was bitten by a small Wobbegong Shark at a depth of 19m during a morning dive on 26 April 2004.
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World's first Black Marlin caught on Rod and Reel
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/worlds-first-black-marlin-caught-on-rod-and-reel/A skeleton hanging in the Museum's Wild Planet gallery is from the first Black Marlin ever caught on rod and reel.
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Fish FAQ - Can fishes change colour?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/can-fishes-change-colour/What causes the colouration of a fish and can it change? Read on ...
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How do Electric Rays produce electricity?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/how-do-electric-rays-produce-electricity/The electric currents produced by some species of fishes, such as the Numbfish and torpedo rays are generated in cells called electrocytes. When an electrocyte is stimulated, a movement of ions (electrically charged atoms) across the cell membrane results in an electric discharge.
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Why do mullet leap?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/why-do-mullet-leap/Mullet are commonly seen leaping out of the water. Why do they do this?
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What is the longest bony fish?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/what-is-the-longest-bony-fish/The Oarfish is reported to be the longest bony fish. It has a ribbon-like body that has been reliably documented to grow to 8m in length, however specimens up to 17m in length have been reported.
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