An animal autopsy table that is used to prepare marine specimens collected locally from beaches, aquariums and private collections for research and display. The room is also rented out to veterinarians and law enforcement for use in independent in
Macroscopic organisms organised in each division, of each slide. New species are being identified quicker than they can be properly recorded, and so are organised in this manner pending closer investigation. 
The spinal cord of a juvenile blue whale floats above its skull in a cultured bath.  The bacteria will harden the flesh, which can then be peeled away to expose the skeleton for preparation and display. A full sized whale was prepared in the
Deep-sea fish recently brought back from a three-week expedition to the south-east Pacific Ocean off Peru and Chile. Preserved in a bath of 70% ethanol, their bioluminescence and sensory systems will be studied in the museums research laboratories
Aquatic specimens line row upon row of shelves in the museums Ichthyology collection.
The Kakapo is the worlds only flightless parrot. Endemic to New Zealand, it has the longest average life expectancy of any other member of its genus. In the late ninetieth century the Kakapo became well-known as a scientific curiosity and thousand
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