Eaten Alive explores behaviours and adaptations used by some predators to obtain their next meal. In a world of ‘eat or be eaten’, carnivores have evolved an amazing variety of techniques to find and capture their prey, from structures such as jaws and claws through to specialised behaviour such as teamwork.
Visitors will find out things such as which animal stuns it’s prey with a bubble, how lions work in packs and how a platypus gets it’s meal.
Virtual Reality
Click on the panorama below to launch an interactive QuickTime VR of this exhibition.
Exhibition Themes
The themes included in Eaten Alive include:
- Adaptation
- Behaviour
- Hunting techniques
- Jaws and claws structure
Audience
The exhibition is targeted primarily at children aged between 8 and 14 years old but can be enjoyed by people of all ages.
Number of Exhibits
Eaten Alive includes 16 interactive exhibits (13 hands on exhibits, 3 robotic (animatronic) animals)
Questacon Provides
- Promotional materials
- Explainer notes
- Educational background notes & activities available on-line
Host Venue Provides
- Hire fee
- All return freight costs
- Insurance during travel and for static risk cover at the venue
- Forklift with long tynes and cost of forklift driver
- Cost of four Questacon technicians over five days to lead the installation and the cost of four Questacon technicians over five days to lead in the dismantling of the exhibition
- Four local technicians over five days to assist in the installation and four local technicians over five days to assist in the dismantling of the exhibition
- Basic toolkit
- Pallet jack
- Storage space for crates and spares box
Venue Requirements
Floor space
450-500 m2 of display space
Floor loading
Hard level floor capable of supporting 15 tonnes
Minimum Gallery Height
3.5 metres
Power
Two 3-phase power outlets and standard 240 volt for exhibits
Install/Deinstall Time
It takes 5 days to install and 5 days to deinstall the exhibition
Want to find out more?
For further information or to book this exhibition contact the Travelling Exhibitions team:
p +61 2 6126 2211
e exhibitions@questacon.edu.au