Planetarium Highlight:
Dinosaurs: A Story of Survival
Kararehe
Chelonia mydas
A green sea turtle mounted onto a wooden base. The whole animal is angled toward its left side roughly at a 45 degree angle, in a swimming position with its head facing forwards and all four legs facing backwards to convey a swimming motion.
Siphonops annulatus
Collected 1895
Ringed caecilian mounted in a vertical positon in a glass jar, with its head upwards and the body forming an "S" shape towards the bottom of the jar.
Pongo pygmaeus
Collected 04 Feb 1899
Young orangutan mounted in a crouched standing position on a manufactured stone-look historic base. Forelimbs are stretched out in front and contacting the base, and head is pushed forward and facing forward.
Gorilla gorilla
Gorilla mounted in a crouched standing position on a manufactured stone-look historic base. All limbs are contacting the base, with the right forelimb on a raised section. The head is pushed forward and facing forward.
Pan troglodytes
Chimpanzee mounted in a crouched standing position on a manufactured stone-look historic base. All limbs are contacting the base. The head is pushed forward and facing forward.
Pagophilus groenlandicus
Small furry cream-coloured seal, mounted in a lying down position with its body in a straight line, its flippers alongside the body, and the head flat on the ground.
Strongylura leiura
Banded needlefish in a tall thin historic display jar. Its nose is pointing up in the jar, with the body redoubled so the tail is also pointing up.
Anoxypristis cuspidata
Collected 1883
Sawfish mounted onto a wooden base in a natural relaxed position with its head and tail pointing straight. The saw-like structures of the mouthparts are intact.
Amia calva
A bowfin fish mounted in a vertical positon in a tall glass historic display jar. Specimen's mouth is open and head is facing towards the lid of jar.
Neoceratodus forsteri
Collected 1900
Australian lungfish mounted on a wooden board, in a natural horizontal position with its mouth slightly open and its head facing forwards. Its scales are large and dark brown.
Balaenoptera musculus
One eye of a Blue whale, mounted in a glass historic display jar. The eye takes up most of jar, and the historic label notes the species as humpback whale (but is most likely misidentified).
Lemuridae, Lemur, brain, Cast
Wax cast of the brain of a lemur.