It's census time again in the Live Exhibits department!
Every 6 months the staff in Live Exhibits undertake a census of our entire animal collection. This involves counting individual animals from over 150 species including spiders, birds, scorpions, frogs, snails, fish, insects, reptiles, crustaceans, centipedes and millipedes.
This process takes around a week as staff are counting animals as they complete their usual daily tasks. The information will be entered into our Animal Records database to be used for keeping track of how many animals we have in each display and enclosure.
Chloe is busy doing a census of our native cockroach population. Photo: Deanna Henderson Source: Museum Victoria
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