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Spiny Chitons are notably dark in coloration, oval in shape and of medium to large size (10 cm), relative to other chitons. [.T]here is a girdle or fleshy skirt that defines the shape [.], the 8 plates are embedded into this structure. The significant feature of this species [.] are the thick black spines of variable length embedded in the girdle. (Museum Western Australia)
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JanJanuary 2021 at 11:28pm Diamond Jack Palmer (third from left) with an investigating party in front of the bullet-riddled Netherlands East Indies KLM Dakota DC-3.
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Darwin has recently been bombed by the Japanese and they are about to capture Java.
On the airstrip at Bandung, a Dutch DC-3 passenger plane named the Pelikaan is ready for take-off on an evacuation flight to Broome.
Japanese bombers attack warships in the Java Sea in February 1942.
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The KLM plane has been repainted in camouflage colours.
Litoria rothii
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These beautiful little frogs fingers have widely expanded discs with lateral fringes and webbing, and the toes are fully webbed. The colour ranges from quite pale to dark mottled brown. A distinctive characteristic is the contrasting black and yellow markings on the thighs and groin. (MuseumWA) One particularly distinguishing feature is the upper half of the iris is a deep red.
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This pair were courting on an old fishing rod handle that the end was down in the water. The water is a permanent source in that it is always being refilled by the people that live there. This is a Goombaragin, Pender Bay on the Dampier Peninsula.
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