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Thylacine
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/extinct-animals/the-thylacine/What is a thylacine? Why did it become extinct?
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Bramble Cay Melomys, Melomys rubicola
https://australian.museum/learn/australia-over-time/extinct-animals/melomys-rubicola/The Bramble Cay Melomys, or Bramble Cay mosaic-tailed rat was officially declared extinct in 2019. It is considered the first mammal to become extinct due to climate change.
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Homo heidelbergensis
https://australian.museum/learn/science/human-evolution/homo-heidelbergensis/These humans evolved in Africa but by 500,000 years ago some populations were in Europe. They lived and worked in co-operative groups, hunted large animals and made a variety of tools including stone hand axes and wooden spears set with stone spearheads.
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Bull Apis - E39829
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/ancient-egyptian/bull-apis-e39829/The life and death of Egyptian god.
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How were ancient Egyptians mummified?
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/ancient-egyptian/how-were-ancient-egyptians-mummified/The Egyptians had a long tradition of mummifying their wealthy dead.
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3D Model of Chinese Statue
https://australian.museum/learn/cultures/international-collection/chinese/3d-chinese-statue/A gilded Chinese statue in 3D
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Bump-head Sunfish, Mola alexandrini (Ranzani 1839)
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/bump-head-sunfish-mola-alexandrini/The Bump-head Sunfish is a huge round-bodied fish that is sometimes seen 'basking' on the water surface in southern Australian waters.
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Soft Leftvent Angler, Haplophryne mollis (Brauer, 1902)
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/soft-leafvent-angler-haplophryne-mollis-brauer-1902/The Soft Leftvent Angler is named for its asymmetrically placed vent. The species is highly sexually dimorphic. Mature males parasitise the much larger females.
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Hoodwinker Sunfish, Mola tecta Nyegaard et al 2017
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/hoodwinker-sunfish-mola-tecta/The Hoodwinker Sunfish, Mola tecta, is a new species of sunfish that has been 'hiding in plain sight' for over 125 years.
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Estuarine Stonefish, Synanceia horrida (Linnaeus, 1766)
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/estuarine-stonefish-synanceia-horrida/Two species of stonefishes are recorded from Australia, the Estuarine Stonefish and the Reef Stonefish.
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