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Lizard Fish - Baitfish and a large shark
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/lizard-fish-bait/Marine biologist Amanda Hay is on beautiful Lizard Island where she is conducting research into behaviour of larval fishes. Today, she writes about her encounter with a large shark.
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Say hello to the Eastern Tadpole Coffinfish
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/amri-say-hello-to-the-eastern-tadpole-coffinfish/A pudgy little coffinfish that lives over a kilometre below the surface has just been named.
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Australian worms hitch a ride to Europe
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/amri-australian-worms-europe/A new Australian visitor is not likely to be welcome in the Netherlands
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Ghost Net Art: Stopping the Slaughter
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/ghost-net-art-stopping-the-slaughter/Imagine a mindless killing machine half the size of Botany Bay. It's not science fiction but reality for some places in the Torres Strait.
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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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Linking frogs with flows
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/linking-frogs-with-flows/Figuring out which frog species like what conditions helps us help them survive.
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BBC Life - Flyingfish footage
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/bbc-life-flyingfish-footage/If you are a fish, one of the most effective ways to avoid a predator must be to leave the water. Fishes have evolved different strategies to do just that, but few manage to do so as spectacularly as the flyingfishes. It is not uncommon to see a fish glide up to 200 m.
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One Day Without Shoes
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/one-day-without-shoes/Thursday is ‘One Day Without Shoes’ day, a day to spread awareness about children developing preventable feet conditions. By not wearing shoes for one day gives you the opportunity to walk in the steps of these children in developing nations.
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Tropical visitor
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/tropical-visitor/During their morning swim, the pink-capped Bold and Beautiful swimmers were recently surprised by another bold and beautiful creature.
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Live at the AM podcast: HumanNature 2019 – Craig Santos Perez
https://australian.museum/learn/news/blog/humannature-podcast-craigsantosperez/Experience the award-winning eco-poetry of Craig Santos Perez from the University of Hawaiʻi, as he reflects on the vital role of Pacific literature in the environmental movements of Oceania.
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