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Tawny Frogmouth
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/birds/tawny-frogmouth/With their nocturnal habit and owl-like appearance, Tawny Frogmouths are often confused with owls, but are actually more closely related to the nightjars. Their feet are weak however, and lack the curved talons of owls.
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Pelican Flounder, Chascanopsetta lugubris Alcock, 1894
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/pelican-flounder-chascanopsetta-lugubris/Pelican Flounder, Chascanopsetta lugubris Alcock, 1894
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Diadem Leaf-nosed Bat
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/bats/diadem-leaf-nosed-bat/Diadem Leaf-nosed Bats have large teeth to crunch through their hard prey and can give people a painful bite.
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Semon's Leaf-nosed Bat
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/bats/semons-leaf-nosed-bat/Semon's Leaf-nosed Bats have been found roosting in unusual places such as under a car door handle, in a dumped closet and oven, and hanging from a picture rail in a disused house.
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Red Gurnard, Chelidonichthys kumu (Cuvier, 1829)
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/red-gurnard-chelidonichthys-kumu-cuvier-1829/Red Gurnard, Chelidonichthys kumu (Cuvier, 1829)
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Fanfin Angler, Caulophryne jordani Goode & Bean, 1896
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/fanfin-angler-caulophryne-jordani/Fanfin Angler, Caulophryne jordani Goode & Bean, 1896
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Large-eared Horseshoe Bat
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/bats/large-eared-horseshoe-bat/Large-eared Horseshoe Bats emit their echolocation calls though their noses and appear to use their noseleaf to direct the calls.
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Eastern Tube-nosed Bat
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/bats/eastern-tube-nosed-bat/Eastern Tube-nosed Bat has a long, tubular nostrils, a short blunt snout, protruding eyes and yellow spots the on wings and ears.
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Percy Island Flying-fox
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/bats/percy-island-flying-fox/The Percy Island Flying-fox is known from a single specimen collected in 1859, and described in 1878. There have been no further records of this flying-fox.
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Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs
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