Creature Features
In each episode of Creature Features, we compare two types of animals, whether they be feathered, furred, or flippered. What animals would you like to see us talk about next?
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Episode 1
Sea cucumbers and sea stars can walk
How do sea stars move? Is a sea cucumber an animal? What’s an echinoderm? Museums Victoria Research Institute’s Mel Mackenzie chats to Ingrid about a wonderful group of animals living below the waves.
Episode 2
Why are some reptiles legless?
How is a legless lizard different from a snake? Why don’t snakes have any legs? Are legless lizards important? Join Ingrid as she chats all things slithering and scaly with reptile expert Dr Joanna Sumner from the Museums Victoria Research Institute.
Episode 3
Bats and whales have hands… sort of
Are whales mammals? How did whales return to the ocean? Why do bats have wings? Join Ingrid as she talks to Dr Karen Roberts from the Museums Victoria Research Institute about the amazing group of four-limbed animals called tetrapods.
Episode 4
How are some animals rainbow-coloured?
Why are parrots so colourful? How do birds make their colours? Why do beetles seem to change colour as the light changes? Join Ingrid and Dr Claire Keely from the Museums Victoria Research Institute as they talk all about rainbow animals.
