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Friday, 03 July 2009 |
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Climate Change: our future, our choice
2 May – 16 August 2009
FREE Australian Museum Open Day
SUNDAY 5 JULY 2009 9.30AM TO 5.00PM
Just how easy is it being green? And can washing in cold water, eating less meat or turning off your computer really make a difference to our changing world? As the effects of climate change are felt around the globe, the Australian Museum is offering you the rare chance to uncover the truth and consider how the decisions you make today will impact on the earth’s future. ‘Climate change: our future, our choice,’ will take you on an inspiring journey through two possible future worlds - one in which we have done nothing to combat climate change and one in which we have taken positive action to save the planet. |
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Monday, 29 June 2009 |
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FREE Australian Museum Open Day SUNDAY 5 JULY 2009 9.30AM TO 5.00PM What Goes On Behind Closed Doors? The Australian Museum will reveal all its hidden gems and secret scientific specimens with an Open Day on Sunday 5 July 2009. Enjoy FREE GENERAL ENTRY and rare behind the scenes access to working laboratories and tours of the spectacular Museum collections. From mammals to minerals, birds to butterflies and dinosaurs to DNA – the Museum is home to more than 16 million
bizarre and beautiful natural history specimens and cultural artefacts dating back 150 years. As Australia’s oldest museum, generations of Sydney families have walked through the Museum’s historic College St entrance – but very few have ventured further to see the Museum in its entirety. Beyond the exhibitions and behind the public galleries visitors know so well, are a team of research scientists using valuable collections to help track our past and plan for our environmental future. Meet the scientists working to save unique species and sustain healthy environments;take a tour through restricted collection areas; and, enjoy an evocative program of talks by Museum experts – all for FREE! Australian Museum
6 College Street
Sydney NSW 2010 Australia
t 61 2 9320 6000
www.australianmuseum.net.au |
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Friday, 26 June 2009 |
WIN One of 5 Family Passes to visit The Australian Reptile Park Competition Starting Soon | Competition Ends Sunday 19th July 2009 |
One of the important functions of the Australian Reptile Park, along with education and tourism, is the collection of venom from deadly species of snakes and spiders. The venom is used by the Commonwealth Serum Laboratories - better known as CSL Limited, to manufacture the only Australian antivenoms that save human snakebite spiderbite victims. The Reptile Park is the sole supplier of the venoms required by CSL Limited in the production of antivenoms for terrestrial snakes (not sea snakes) and funnel-web spiders. To keep up the supply of venoms, highly trained staff of the Australian Reptile Park regularly 'milk' more than 300 snakes and 500 spiders that are included in the program. A simplified explanation of how the snake antivenoms are produced, is that extremely small amounts of say, tiger snake venom are injected into huge Percheron horses on a regular basis over a long period of time. The amounts are so small that the horses are not affected except that produces antibodies to counteract the foreign substance in its system. After some 10-12 months of this immunological 'conditioning', a small proportion of each horse's blood is removed and the plasma is extracted. This plasma contains the antibodies which, when injected into a snake bite victim, will neutralize snake venom. In the case of funnel-web spider antivenom, rabbits are used instead of horses. These animals suffer no ill-effects and are used repeatedly to help save human lives in this fashion. Some of the horses have been carrying out this essential service to Australians for many years. The funnel-web spider program at the Park depends largely upon the provision of male specimens from the area within 150 km of Sydney. Click here to see a list of our Drop-off points. See Australian Reptile Park for more information Article contributed by Australian Reptile Park  |
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