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Fish FAQ - Can fishes change colour?
https://dev.australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/can-fishes-change-colour/What causes the colouration of a fish and can it change? Read on ...
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How do Electric Rays produce electricity?
https://dev.australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/how-do-electric-rays-produce-electricity/The electric currents produced by some species of fishes, such as the Numbfish and torpedo rays are generated in cells called electrocytes. When an electrocyte is stimulated, a movement of ions (electrically charged atoms) across the cell membrane results in an electric discharge.
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Why do mullet leap?
https://dev.australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/why-do-mullet-leap/Mullet are commonly seen leaping out of the water. Why do they do this?
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What is the longest bony fish?
https://dev.australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/what-is-the-longest-bony-fish/The Oarfish is reported to be the longest bony fish. It has a ribbon-like body that has been reliably documented to grow to 8m in length, however specimens up to 17m in length have been reported.
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What is the smallest fish?
https://dev.australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/fwhat-is-the-smallest-fish/What is the definition of "smallest"? This seemingly simple question is behind a friendly rivalry that has developed between three groups of scientists.
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Fish FAQ - Do fishes have tongues?
https://dev.australian.museum/learn/animals/fishes/do-fishes-have-tongues/Most fishes do have a 'tongue'.
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Researching the Blaschka glass models
https://dev.australian.museum/about/history/stories/researching-the-blaschka-glass-models/For many years it was assumed that the Australian Museum's collection of exquisite glass marine invertebrate models was made by the famous 19th-century German glass makers Leopold and Rudolf Blaschka. However the evidence to support this assertion had never been found.
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Blaschka glass sea anemones
https://dev.australian.museum/about/history/stories/blaschka-glass-sea-anemones/A scientific marvel in the field of art? Or an artistic marvel in the field of science? Either way, this isn't the only mystery crystallised in the collection of glass marine creatures made by the famous German father and son team, Leopold and Rudolph Blaschka.
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The Wonnarua
https://dev.australian.museum/learn/cultures/atsi-collection/hunter-valley/the-wonnarua/The Wonnarua people's traditional lands are located in the Hunter Valley area of New South Wales. A dreamtime story from the Wonnarua explains how the hills and rivers in the Hunter Valley were created by a spirit called Baiame. Groups living near the Wonnarua include the Darkinjung and the Wirad
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Decomposition: fly life cycle and development times
https://dev.australian.museum/learn/science/decomposition-fly-life-cycles/The presence of insects in a corpse is a critical clue towards estimating the time of death for bodies dead for longer periods of time.
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Tails from the Coasts
Special exhibition
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Burra
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RELICS
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Opens 16 August 2025 -
Minerals
Permanent exhibition
Open daily