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The Diary of J. Douglas Ogilby
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/the-diary-of-j-douglas-ogilby/A man with a passion for fish.
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Sawfish saw in action
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/sawfish-saw-in-action/This movie clip shows a sawfish feeding. Sawfishes can slash from side to side with the rostrum to stun, impale or even cut prey fishes in half. The rostrum can also pin fishes to the substrate where they are ingested.
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'Water squirting' Common Lionfish
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/water-squirting-common-lionfish/This video is quite amazing; It shows an unusual feeding strategy employed by Common Lionfish.
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Deep Oceans - Meet Mr Anglerfish
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/deep-oceans-meet-mr-anglerfish/Progress on the Deep Oceans exhibition is swimming along at a cracking pace...
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The Power of X-rays
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/the-power-of-x-rays/Colleagues at the Smithsonian have just added a fantastic new online exhibition to their website. Called 'What You See When You Turn a Fish Inside Out' gives users the chance to strip away the exterior of a fish and take an x-ray peek at its insides. Great stuff!
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Fish mimicking octopus mimicking fish!
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/fish-mimicking-ocotopus-mimicking-fish/The Mimic Octopus (Thaumoctopus mimicus) has been known for some years for its ability to mimic flatfish, lionfish and seasnakes. A recent discovery in Indonesia adds a whole new twist to this story. The Black-marble Jawfish (Stalix cf. histrio) mimics the Mimic Octopus.
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Science Education DNA Project at Australian Museum leads to ‘fishy’ results
https://australian.museum/about/organisation/media-centre/science-education-dna-project-at-australian-museum-leads-to-fishy-results/The Australian Museum’s DNA scientists teamed up with Year 10 and 11 students from Sydney Grammar School in 2016/17 to investigate the accuracy of fish labelling in Sydney which has led to some interesting and ‘fishy’ results.
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New Bobtail squid named in top ten marine species for 2019
https://australian.museum/about/organisation/media-centre/new-bobtail-squid-named/Bobtail Squid discovered in Japan by Australian Museum scientists and international collaborators
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Fishing in Permian seas – a fossil fish donation from Blackwater, Queensland
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/fossil-fish-donation-blackwater-queensland/Our Palaeontology section has just received a very welcome Cultural Gifts Program donation of fossil fish from Blackwater, Queensland.
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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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