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Photos: Inside the New HMNS Shark Exhibit

Houston Matters takes a tour of the new exhibit at the Houston Museum of Natural Science, which tells the storys of a vast array of the ocean’s most fearsome predators.

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A true-to-size model of a megalodon, a massive prehistoric shark, at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.
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A true-to-size model of a megalodon, a massive prehistoric shark, at the Houston Museum of Natural Science.

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The Houston Museum of Natural Science has opened a new exhibit, all about sharks. HMNS says it's – wait for it – “‘jawsome.”

Sharks! The Meg, The Monsters, & The Myths opened on May 26. Houston Matters producer Joshua Zinn visited the museum recently to check it out. And he learned all about the exhibit, and a lot about sharks from Nicole Temple, vice president of education for HMNS and curator of the exhibit.

In the audio above, they discuss the vast variety of sharks on display at the museum.

PHOTOS: Inside the New HMNS Shark Exhibit

  • A true-to-size model of Megalodon, a massive prehistoric shark. (Photo Credit: Joshua Zinn/Houston Public Media)
    A true-to-size model of Megalodon, a massive prehistoric shark. (Photo Credit: Joshua Zinn/Houston Public Media)
  • A true-to-size model of Megalodon, a massive prehistoric shark. (Photo Credit: Joshua Zinn/Houston Public Media)
    A true-to-size model of Megalodon, a massive prehistoric shark. (Photo Credit: Joshua Zinn/Houston Public Media)
  • Different tail shapes for different species of sharks. (Photo Credit: Joshua Zinn/Houston Public Media)
    Different tail shapes for different species of sharks. (Photo Credit: Joshua Zinn/Houston Public Media)
  • Fossilized remains of shark ancestors. (Photo Credit: Joshua Zinn/Houston Public Media)
    Fossilized remains of shark ancestors. (Photo Credit: Joshua Zinn/Houston Public Media)
  • Fossilized remains of a prehistoric shark: Orthocanthus. (Photo Credit: Joshua Zinn/Houston Public Media)
    Fossilized remains of a prehistoric shark: Orthocanthus. (Photo Credit: Joshua Zinn/Houston Public Media)
  • Fossilized remains of a primitive ray: Protospinax. (Photo Credit: Joshua Zinn/Houston Public Media)
    Fossilized remains of a primitive ray: Protospinax. (Photo Credit: Joshua Zinn/Houston Public Media)
  • Reproductions of fossils, including a Megalodon tooth, a whale vertebra with a Megalodon bite, and Megalodon feces. (Photo Credit: Joshua Zinn/Houston Public Media)
    Reproductions of fossils, including a Megalodon tooth, a whale vertebra with a Megalodon bite, and Megalodon feces. (Photo Credit: Joshua Zinn/Houston Public Media)
  • A basking shark, one of the largest species of shark. (Photo Credit: Joshua Zinn/Houston Public Media)
    A basking shark, one of the largest species of shark. (Photo Credit: Joshua Zinn/Houston Public Media)
  • A diverse group of sharks from different taxonomic orders. (Photo Credit: Joshua Zinn/Houston Public Media)
    A diverse group of sharks from different taxonomic orders. (Photo Credit: Joshua Zinn/Houston Public Media)
  • An animated aquarium showing different types of sharks in an underwater habitat. (Photo Credit: Joshua Zinn/Houston Public Media)
    An animated aquarium showing different types of sharks in an underwater habitat. (Photo Credit: Joshua Zinn/Houston Public Media)
  • Fineas, the helpful mascot of the exhibit Sharks! The Meg, The Monsters & The Myths. (Photo Credit: Joshua Zinn/Houston Public Media)
    Fineas, the helpful mascot of the exhibit Sharks! The Meg, The Monsters & The Myths. (Photo Credit: Joshua Zinn/Houston Public Media)