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📣WE HAVE A WINNER! Congratulations to Jonathan Cramb on the winning design for the AM Team Snail t-shirt design competition. These shirts will look great on our @austmus teams for their upcoming trip to Lord Howe Island. For more information please go to👉https://t.co/ApUnJbTgQU
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Megalodon (Carcharocles megalodon)
This fossil tooth belonged to a giant shark commonly referred to as Megalodon. One of the largest apex predators to exist, a female Megalodon could grow to 18 m and weigh over 45,000 kg.
[Photo: S. Humphreys]
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King beetle (Anoplognathus viridiaeneus)
The King beetle is the largest of the Sydney Christmas beetles (there are 35 species of Christmas beetle). Vibrant in colour, adults emerge close to the Christmas period. Larvae are white and c-shaped.
Photo:M. Beatson