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Grow a backbone!
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/grow-a-backbone/Can you imagine living without the vertebrae in your neck? Surely no animal on earth has a backbone that doesn't connect with its skull. Think again ...
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A fish that suckles its young
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/a-fish-that-suckles-its-young/I just read an amazing web page about a fish that suckles its young while they are still inside the female's body.
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Slingjaw Wrasse feeding
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/slingjaw-wrasse-feeding/The Slingjaw Wrasse is aptly named. The video shows excellent slow-motion footage of the greatly protrusible mouth during feeding. Click on the link to the fact sheet for more information on this species.
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Candiru - careful where you go...
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/candiru-careful-where-you-go-/Over the years quite a few people have asked me about the Candiru. Is it really true that this fish can end up inside the bladder of an unfortunate person who urinates in the wrong stream?
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Which fishes eat sponges?
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/which-fishes-eat-sponges/A colleague just asked me this question. I had to confess that I wasn't sure of the answer.
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Kermadec wrap-up
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/kermadec-wrap-up/Since I last posted to Fish Bits, I have participated in an amazing field trip to the Kermadec Islands. I returned earlier this week and have now resumed adding content to the fish site.
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An eel called Ellie
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/an-eel-called-ellie/Thank you to Gavin Gatenby for putting together this impressive movie about 'Ellie' the Longfinned Eel
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The tale of four sunfish
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/the-tale-of-four-sunfish/Over an extraordinary four week period in late 1882, four rare giant sunfish were captured in Sydney waters.
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AMplify: Episode 12, Mark McGrouther
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/amplify-episode-12-mark-mcgrouther/To the Collection Manager of the fourth largest type collection of fishes in the world, Sydney Harbour is a marine jewel.
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A little tiger on the prowl
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/a-little-tiger-on-the-prowl/The newly described Tiger Sandgoby, Nesogobius tigrinus might be small but it is out on the prowl for a mate.
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