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Specimen Showcase|When Beauty Hides Danger
Some tropical and subtropical coral reefs are home to a rather strange fish. A fearless species that does not escape🏃 when facing danger...

Specimen Showcase | A Superhero Killer of the Darkness
We tend to perceive and describe our surrounding environment thanks to visual and audio cues, however many species rely on very different...


Specimen Showcase | A Fish Out of Water
When the #AustralianLungfish (𝘕𝘦𝘰𝘤𝘦𝘳𝘢𝘵𝘰𝘥𝘶𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘪 (Krefft, 1870)) was described in the late 19th century, it was...

Specimen Showcase | Lamprey the Vampire Fish
Vampires🧛, the mythical creatures roaming in darkness sucking blood, are horrifying yet so popular in books, movies and video games. You...

Specimen Showcase|The Art of Honeybee Hunting by the Oriental Honey Buzzard
Birds of prey are, in many cultures, perceived as majestic creatures that rule the sky🦅 and a symbol of strength, power, and freedom due...

Specimen Showcase | A Bird with Elephant-sized Legs🐘🐤
We sometimes describe chubby legs as “elephant legs”. In nature, #ElephantBirds (Family Aepyornithidae) are also named for their massive...


Specimen Showcase | A Bird Wearing its Helmet All the Time
It is believed that Helmeted Hornbill (𝘙𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘰𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘹 𝘷𝘪𝘨𝘪𝘭 (Forster, 1781)) should be one of the birds that bird watchers want...

Specimen Showcase | Can You Spot the Spotted Dove?
The spotted dove, 𝘚𝘱𝘪𝘭𝘰𝘱𝘦𝘭𝘪𝘢 𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘴 (Scopoli, 1786), is a common bird species in Hong Kong. In fact you might often...

Specimen Showcase | Daring Doves or Pesky Pigeons
From hardy cliff dwellers to darling pets to the ancestor of emails✉️, and now a reviled pest, the feral pigeon🕊️, 𝘊𝘰𝘭𝘶𝘮𝘣𝘢...

Specimen Showcase | Butcherbird
Small birds are often perceived as insect or fruit eaters, and less so like some of their past dinosaur ancestors, as predators of other...
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