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Sharks bodies and senses
https://australian.museum/publications/sharks/bodies-senses/Over millions of years, sharks have developed streamlined bodies and extraordinary senses to help navigate and detect prey while also providing protection against attack.
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Respect and fear
https://australian.museum/publications/sharks/respect-fear/Sharks have often been portrayed as killing machines and monsters to be feared. However, for First Nations peoples of the sea in Australia and the Pacific sharks have always been respected and deemed as ancestors and gods.
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Hawaii
https://australian.museum/publications/sharks/hawaii/Hawaii is an archipelago of 137 volcanic islands in the Pacific Ocean and the first peoples of the Hawaiian islands are the Kānaka Maoli.
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Why oceans need sharks
https://australian.museum/publications/sharks/why-oceans-need-sharks/Apex predators such as big sharks play a crucial role in keeping the ocean’s delicate ecosystem in balance. Intense overfishing has not only had devastating effects on shark numbers but also placed huge stress on the entire marine food chain.
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Sharks: many places, many stories
https://australian.museum/publications/sharks/places-stories/For 450 million years they’ve dominated our oceans but today sharks are now under threat. Hear from First Nations peoples, scientists and conservationist as they share their stories about these ancient survivors.
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What are worms?
https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/what-are-worms/We are sometimes asked about what worms are.
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What do true bugs look like?
https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/what-do-true-bugs-look-like/True bugs belong to the Order Hemiptera, suborder Heteroptera. True bugs include bugs such as plant bugs, stink bugs, water bugs and shield bugs.
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What do plant hoppers and cicadas look like?
https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/what-do-plant-hoppers-and-cicadas-look-like/Plant hoppers, along with cicadas, belong to the Order Hemiptera, suborder Auchenorrhyncha.
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What do springtails look like?
https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/what-do-springtails-look-like/Springtails belong to the Order Collembola.
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What do butterflies, moths and skippers look like?
https://australian.museum/learn/species-identification/ask-an-expert/what-do-butterflies-moths-and-skippers-look-like/Butterflies, moths and skippers all belong to the Order Lepidoptera.
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Ramses & the Gold of the Pharaohs
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