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🔎 Fact of the Day Did you know the distinctive 'hammerhead' part of the shark is called a cephalofoil. #didyouknow #factoftheday #ausgeo #australia #sharks #themoreyouknow

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Did you know that marine scientists pose as cleaner fish to monitor the health of whale shark populations? 🌊🦈 Read all about it: ausgeo.co/whalesharkultr… ✍️ Esme Mathis 📸 Hero image: Andre Rerekura/AIMS #ausgeo #whaleshark #seeaustralia #marineecosystem #australia

Did you know that marine scientists pose as cleaner fish to monitor the health of whale shark populations? 🌊🦈

Read all about it: ausgeo.co/whalesharkultr…

✍️ Esme Mathis
📸 Hero image: Andre Rerekura/AIMS

#ausgeo #whaleshark #seeaustralia #marineecosystem #australia
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Did you know Port Jackson sharks have tight-knit friend groups? 🦈  Port Jackson sharks often choose to associate with sharks of the same sex and age range. Tag your ride-or-die shark squad below! #ausgeo #seeaustralia #sharkscience #marinebehaviour #underwaterlife

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🔎 Fact of the Day Did you know the word pademelon derives from the Dharug word paddymalla, meaning 'small kangaroo of the forest'. 🎥 @jochifreyre.ph #didyouknow #factoftheday #ausgeo #australia #pademelon #kangaroo

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In Christchurch’s Akaroa Harbour, one family-run business is making waves with an unexpected dolphin-detecting device: a team of dogs in bright-orange life jackets 🐶🐬 ausgeo.co/hectorsdolphins ✍️ Candice Marshall 📷 Akaroa Dolphins

In Christchurch’s Akaroa Harbour, one family-run business is making waves with an unexpected dolphin-detecting device: a team of dogs in bright-orange life jackets 🐶🐬 ausgeo.co/hectorsdolphins

✍️ Candice Marshall
📷 Akaroa Dolphins
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🔎 Fact of the Day Did you know the long-spines sea urchin is native to NSW and eastern Victoria, but has spread to parts of Tasmania where is now threatens native marine habitats. #didyouknow #factoftheday #ausgeo #australia #seaurchin

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Giant spider crabs move in massive groups towards the shallows to molt every winter – leading them right into the waiting stingrays' mouths. 🦀 #ausgeo #seeaustralia #stingray #crab #underwatervideography

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🔎 Fact of the Day Did you know orcas live in matrilineal pods led by the eldest female. #ausgeo #didyouknow #factoftheday #killerwhale #orca

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🔎 Fact of the Day Did you know flying-foxes are nocturnal - they sleep in their camp during the day and fly out to feed at night. 🎥 @jochifreyre.ph #ausgeo #didyouknow #factoftheday #flyingfoxes #bats

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🔎 Fact of the Day Did you know the male cassowary is solely responsible for incubating the eggs and raising the chicks.  🎥 @jochifreyre.ph #ausgeo #didyouknow #factoftheday #cassowary

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Floating in the pristine waters of Lady Musgrave Island, the newly reimagined Reef Sanctuary Pontoon is more than just a platform – it’s a classroom, research station and conservation hub. Full article below! 👇  ausgeo.co/reefrevival ✍️ Narelle Bouveng 📷 Narelle Bouveng

Floating in the pristine waters of Lady Musgrave Island, the newly reimagined Reef Sanctuary Pontoon is more than just a platform – it’s a classroom, research station and conservation hub.

Full article below! 👇
 ausgeo.co/reefrevival

✍️ Narelle Bouveng
📷 Narelle Bouveng
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Know someone as obsessed with their favourite colour as the satin bowerbird? Tag them! 🧡 Male satin bowerbirds adore blue trinkets, collecting them to decorate their bowers in an attempt to attract a mate.   #ausgeo #seeaustralia #birding #satinbowerbird #aussiebirds

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🔎 Fact of the Day Did you know Australia has six species of feral deer, all of which have varying negative environmental impacts. #ausgeo #didyouknow #factoftheday #deer #feraldeer

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🔎 Fact of the Day Did you know male peacock spiders perform elaborate mating rituals, but if the female doesn't accept, she may eat the male. #ausgeo #didyouknow #factoftheday #peacockspider

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🕺 The latest issue of Australian Geographic is out now - and it’s full of surprises! Our cover story dives into the dazzling world of peacock spiders. 🕷️💃 Grab your copy in stores and online (ausgeo.co/187)

🕺 The latest issue of Australian Geographic is out now - and it’s full of surprises!

Our cover story dives into the dazzling world of peacock spiders. 🕷️💃 Grab your copy in stores and online (ausgeo.co/187)
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Look out, it's Mr Steal Your Girl! 😏 These clever cephalopods have mastered the art of deception – smaller males disguise themselves as females to sneak past dominant rivals and mate undetected.  #ausgeo #seeaustralia #oceanintelligence #cuttlefish #marinelife

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🔎 Fact of the Day Did you know pufferfish have the same poison (tetrodotoxin) that is found in blue-ringed octopuses. #didyouknow #factoftheday #ausgeo #australia #pufferfish #poisonous #ifnotfriendwhyfriendshaped

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🔎 Fact of the Day Did you know leopard sharks have demonstrated the ability to reproduce through the 'virgin birth' method known as parthenogenesis. 🎥 @jochifreyre.ph #didyouknow #factoftheday #ausgeo #australia #leopardshark #sharks

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A widely feared but often misunderstood creature, snakes have long captured our imaginations. 🐍 ausgeo.co/snakestigma ✍️ Roger Smith 📷 Alamy Stock Photo #ausgeo #australia #snakes #wildlifeconservation #reptiles #animalfacts #savethesnakes

A widely feared but often misunderstood creature, snakes have long captured our imaginations. 🐍 ausgeo.co/snakestigma

✍️ Roger Smith
📷 Alamy Stock Photo

#ausgeo #australia #snakes #wildlifeconservation #reptiles #animalfacts #savethesnakes
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🔎 Fact of the Day Did you know Australia is home to six of the the world's seven species of sea turtles. #didyouknow #factoftheday #ausgeo #australia #seaturtles #turtles