VietNamNet Bridge - Environmental pollution has made the disappearance of many native fish species. With the desire to keep a lot of fish specimens for education, the Dong Nai Museum has launched a very unique collection of fish.

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A turtle is kept in the museum.


The fish collection at the Museum of Dong Nai Province was made in 2006, with the help of the Department of Exploration & Protection of Aquatic Resources in Dong Nai province. So far, this collection has had more than 1,065 fish of 84 different species.
 
Ms. Nguyen Thi Tuyet Hong, deputy director of the museum, said: "All the specimens of fish, shrimp and crabs in the museum are native creatures. Previously, they appeared in many rivers, ponds and lakes in Dong Nai, but they are currently exhausted and may disappear."


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According to the museum staff, the museum gives priority to take specimens for storage for the species at risk of disappearance and will do it for other species later.

Ms. Lam Thi Van Thoa, head of the inventory and preservation department of the Dong Nai Museum said: "Although all aquatic species died, they are preserved as living. Every fish is preserved in a glass box and arranged like living in the real environment. So the viewers can know and figure out their real life."
 
Currently, the fish collection of the Dong Nai Museum has many rare species such as Duong, Ep, Ty Ba... Some species of high economic value are also collected, such as Goby, ebony, barramundi, Lang...

"Many people visited the museum, watched the fish and they were astonished because they had never seen them in real life. They could not imagine the water environment where they live there are such strange creatures," a museum staff said.
 
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Mr. Luu Van Du, Director of Dong Nai Museum, said the fish museum is a new model. The keeping of aquatic animals to present to common people is essential. In addition to providing information, the fish museum also contributes to building, educating people about environmental issues.

Dong Nai is one of the first provinces to implement this model. According to Du, the museum continues to develop the collection and will put it on display very soon.

Compiled by Mai Lan