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Tiburones. Los guardianes del océano
Australian Museum show on 450 million years of sharks: ten life-size models from great white to Helicoprion, a megalodon jaw to touch, interactives and an oceanarium.
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Preview: written before the show opened
One of the ten life-size models has its teeth in a spiral: Helicoprion, the spiral-saw shark, which swam the oceans 270 million years ago. It has company in a great white and a hammerhead, and together they carry the show's point that sharks have been around for 450 million years and outlasted five global extinctions.
The show comes from the Australian Museum in Sydney and runs from the first species through biology, diversity and the job sharks do in marine ecosystems. You can run your hand over a megalodon jaw, recreated shark skin and a great white's tooth, explore a shark's anatomy with a 3D scanner, and see in 360 degrees the way a hammerhead does. An oceanarium was built for it. The closing section turns to threats: by the IUCN's count, a third of shark species now face extinction.
Entry comes with the museum ticket (€8, free for under-16s). Until 21 December, guided and family visits cost €3 extra.
Look for
Helicoprion
Look for the life-size model of the extinct spiral-saw shark, whose teeth curl in a whorl, from oceans 270 million years ago.
The megalodon jaw
A touch piece: run your hand along a megalodon's jaw, set out with recreated shark skin and a great white's tooth.
Hammerhead vision
An interactive that shows you the water in 360 degrees, from the point of view of a hammerhead shark.
The 3D anatomy scanner
Scan a shark to explore its anatomy, next to a module where you adapt different species to changing environments.
Good for
- Cheap Culture
- Small Kids
- Teenagers
With kids
Under-16s get in free with an adult, and the touch pieces include a megalodon jaw. Until 21 December, family visit-workshops cost €3 on top of the ticket, one of them for ages 8 and up.
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