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Zooplankton
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/plankton/zooplankton/Zooplankton are floating or weakly swimming animals that rely on water currents to move any great distance.
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What is Plankton?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/plankton/what-is-plankton/Plankton is made up of animals and plants that either float passively in the water, or possess such limited powers of swimming that they are carried from place to place by the currents.
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Shark myths and facts
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/shark-myths-and-facts/Discover the truth about sharks.
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Tasmanian Aboriginal shell necklaces: A significant cultural practice
https://australian.museum/learn/first-nations/tasmanian-aboriginal-shell-necklaces/Shell necklace-making is a tradition that has continued uninterrupted by European colonisation.
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Pyroclastic processes and materials
https://australian.museum/learn/dinosaurs/pyroclastic-processes-and-materials/Pyroclastic means 'fire broken' and is the term for rocks formed from fragments produced by volcanic explosions.
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Seaweed farms
https://australian.museum/learn/climate-change/climate-solutions/seaweed-farms/Seaweed grows much faster than land plants. Uncover how seaweed’s super growing properties can be harnessed to remove billions of tonnes of CO2 from the atmosphere and stop cow’s burping out methane.
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What is a fish?
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/what-is-a-fish/Fishes are fascinating animals that come in an amazing variety of shapes and sizes, but just what is a fish?
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Myliobatidae - Eagle Rays
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/myliobatidae-eagle-rays/Explore images and fact sheets of the myliobatid fishes on the site. These include the Eagle Rays and Manta Ray.
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Opisthoproctidae - Barreleyes
https://australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/opisthoproctidae-barreleyes/Access images and fact sheets of the opisthoproctid fishes on the site. These fishes are known as the barreleyes. Three species are currently known from Australian waters.
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Geological ore deposits
https://australian.museum/learn/minerals/geological-deposits/geological-ore-deposits/Geological ore deposits are of many different types and occur in all geological environments.
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