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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...

Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
Mar 10


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...

Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
Mar 10


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...

Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
Mar 10


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...

Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
Mar 10


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...

Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
Mar 10


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...

Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
Mar 10


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...

Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
Mar 10


Specimen Showcase|Crow Control
Crows and several other species belonging to the Corvidae family are famous for their intelligence within birds, with individuals from...

Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
Mar 10


Specimen Showcase | Egg Guardian
Who are these new bird species visiting Hong Kong during the dry season?🦅 These species are migrating species establishing themselves...

Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
Mar 10


Specimen Showcase | The Night Hunter with Superior Talent - Eurasian Eagle-Owl
Have you ever noticed we tend to classify people using animal metaphors? A ‘night owl' for instance is usually used to describe someone...

Hong Kong Biodiversity Museum
Mar 10
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