GOAT Radio: Dr Anne Musser, palaeontologist and Michael Harvey from the Australian National Maritime Museum discuss prehistoric sea monsters in this fun chat.
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Digging for answers: Ten questions with Dr Anne Musser
04 Feb 2020
In this week's Ocean Talk, paleontologist Dr Anne Musser will be battling it out with Dr Colin McHenry over who should be crowned killer king of the cretaceous: the T-Rex or Sea-Rex? We sat down with Dr Anne Musser to uncover what she does, what's the best thing about her job, and who should be crowned the ultimate prehistoric predator.
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MOOCs, makers and monsters: Bringing prehistoric marine reptiles to life
16 Dec 2019
If you don’t know a pliosaur from a plesiosaur, how do you devise an exhibition about them and other prehistoric marine reptiles? How do you decide what approach to take and what items to include? And how do you find fossils or make replicas? Em Blamey takes us through the creation of Sea Monsters: Prehistoric Ocean Predators.
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Unearthing paleontology: Ten questions with Dr Espen Knutsen
10 Oct 2019
As a key collaborator on our new exhibition, Sea Monsters – Prehistoric Ocean Predators, we caught up with renowned palaeontologist, Dr Espen Knutsen to uncover more information about his career and what he is currently working on.
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Sea Monsters: Q&A with our curious kid curators
04 Oct 2019
There is something about 'the deep' and 'prehistoric monsters' that sparks your imagination and brings out your inner child. For our latest exhibition, Sea Monsters: Prehistoric Ocean Predators we sought out the help of three 'kid curators' so they could share stories of sea monsters from their own perspective.
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Underwater graphics: Designing Sea Monsters
30 Sep 2019
We caught up with graphic designer Marianne Hawke to find out what she produced for Sea Monsters, her inspiration for the exhibition and what she found the most challenging.
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Paleoart: Impressions of prehistoric predators
12 Sep 2019
What is paleoart and how does it differ to regular art? We spoke to paleoartist Gabriel Ugueto to find out more about this unique craft, and the work he did for our upcoming exhibition, Sea Monsters: Prehistoric Ocean Predators.
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Sea Monsters: Creating 3D models of prehistoric ocean predators
21 Aug 2019
Ross Gibbs of We Can Build You (WCBY) is a traditional sculptor with a twist. Using VR and 3D printing, Ross made three prehistoric predators for our upcoming exhibition, Sea Monsters. We spoke to Ross at his studio to learn more about this futuristic method.
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Monsters of the deep
31 Oct 2018
Living life as an adult means shedding many childhood ‘truths’. Christmas elves, Easter bunnies and the tooth fairy don’t stand up to hard questioning, so our belief in them falls away.
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