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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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Are you lost?
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/are-you-lost/Fish distributions are changing. What's the new 'normal'?
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Oar-some addition to the fish collection!
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/oar-some-addition-to-the-fish-collection/Watch us process the latest addition to the fish collection - a 2.3 m long Oarfish.
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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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BBC Life - Sailfish feeding
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/bbc-life-sailfish-feeding/This amazing underwater footage shows an aggregation of Sailfish, Istiophorus platypterus, feeding on a school of baitfish.
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Sixgill Shark attacks bait
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/sixgill-shark-attacks-bait/A Sixgill Shark has been caught on video attacking a bait near Osprey Reef, off north-eastern Australia.
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Bilas: Body Adornment from Papua New Guinea
Featuring photographs by Wylda Bayrón.
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Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs
Special exhibition opens 18 November 2023
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