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@hkbiomuseum
Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
44 minutes
Lampreys are considered as one of the most primitive animals of all vertebrate species, and occupy a key phylogenetic position in providing insights to the origins and evolutionary history of modern vertebrates. #evolution #ancestor
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@hkbiomuseum
Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
4 days
In 𝘖𝘥𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘰𝘮𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘶𝘴 𝘮𝘰𝘯𝘵𝘪𝘤𝘰𝘭𝘢, closing of their mandibles takes only 0.16 ms—one of the fastest known movements in the animal kingdom . That’s over 1,000 times faster than the blink of a human eye! #speed #ant #fastest
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Alex Kane
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"Who Will make the Final Four?" remains our most active market @sporttrade_app . Tight Spreads ✅ Big Size ✅ Ability to trade in and out *during the live games* ✅ Alabama is the highest priced team at 56% / -127.
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@hkbiomuseum
Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
9 days
Welcome to our first episode of Specimen Showcase Plus! Here we use a new format to introduce some of the fun facts about a particular species. Today we have a special guest who likes to float around, please enjoy!
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@hkbiomuseum
Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
15 days
Sea roach, is actually more closely related to crabs than cockroaches. Similar to crabs , it has a hard shell that provides protection for its soft body. Its body possesses 7 pairs of segmented legs . With that many pairs of legs, sea roach can move very fast! #fast #sea #seven
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@hkbiomuseum
Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
23 days
When the pink-winged stick insect is disturbed, for example being poked at, it can either drench itself with a distasteful substance or attack the predators by shooting irritating chemicals directly at them. #insect #bug #stick #museum
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@hkbiomuseum
Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
1 month
Once the prey is close enough, they Zebra Mantis Shrimp suddenly and spear it by unfolding its spiky appendages. When its “knife” stabs the target, they grab it into their burrow just within a second. Because of this, they belong to the group of stomatopods known as “spearers”.
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@hkbiomuseum
Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
2 months
Eurasian Eagle-owls have a pair of asymmetrical ears, unlike humans, their ears are concealed by the hair-like feathers of their facial discs. They are able to determine the location of prey through directional hearing achieved by asymmetrical audio signals. #owl #bird
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@hkbiomuseum
Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
2 months
It is hypothesized that when the click beetles feel threatened, they will drop to the ground. The jumping ability helps them to get back into position. If the body is being held, the clicking may make it harder for them to be grasped and can create an impact to aid their escape.
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@hkbiomuseum
Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
3 months
Happy New Year! We would like to wish you all a wonderful and exciting year ahead. We also wish all the best to biodiversity for new exciting discoveries and of course for its protection and survival🌏! 𝘊𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘢𝘰 𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘭𝘭𝘢𝘵𝘶𝘴 (Thunberg, 1784) #HNY
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@hkbiomuseum
Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
3 months
𝘛𝘢𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘮𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘶𝘮. They are known as ghost ants because their heads appear to be floating when they run across a light surface, whereas when they crawl on a dark surface, their ghostly pallor and erratic movements while running stick out. #ant #museum
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@hkbiomuseum
Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
3 months
HKBM has officially opened Sunday sessions today! #Sunday #visit #museum
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@hkbiomuseum
Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
3 months
1 Day till the first HKBM Sunday opening! Species: 𝘊𝘰𝘴𝘮𝘰𝘥𝘦𝘭𝘢 𝘢𝘶𝘳𝘶𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵𝘢 (Fabricius, 1801) #Sunday #visit
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@hkbiomuseum
Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
3 months
𝘊𝘩𝘳𝘺𝘴𝘰𝘮𝘺𝘢 𝘮𝘦𝘨𝘢𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘢 is helpful in forensic investigations. It helps detectives determine the time of death since it is one of the first species of blow flies to arrive at a corpse. They play an important role in the decomposition process of dead organisms.
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@hkbiomuseum
Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
4 months
The formation of a pearl begins when intruders such as parasitic animals drill through the cover of the pearl oyster and attack the mantle tissue. The pearl sac encapsulates and dissolves the parasite. Finally, a pearl is created by stacking layers of nacre.
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