Saltwater Crocodile
c.1900
Secret Photograph from Rath Internment Camp
1921
Snake from west Africa
Donated 1898
Sponge from South Africa
Collected in 1904
Thorny Devil from Australia
Acquired 1921
Tuam region, Co Galway
Three Legged Tuam Chair
Unknown
Apple Snail from Paraguay
19th century
Australian Dugong
Donated 1890
Elephant Bird Egg from Madagascar
c. 19th century
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