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Qatar's Natural Enviroment
The gallery also highlights the relationship between the people of Qatar and their role as guardians of the land and sea—a role more vital today than ever before.The gallery features a striking artfilm directed by Jacques Perrin and Christophe Cheysson, which captures the diversity of Qatar’s environments, presented in counterpoint to a kaleidoscope of smaller screens focusing on individual species. Against the backdrop of the film, beautiful models of Qatar’s land and sea creatures are displayed for you to explore the interconnection between different species and environments, and understand the fragility of Qatar’s ecosystems. The gallery includes an impressive life-size model of a whale shark, suspended from the ceiling, and a Family Exhibit full of interactive displays for children to engage with the gallery themes.
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gallery collection
This second gallery focuses on Qatar’s natural environments, home to countless species of plants and animals, each perfectly adapted to their environment.
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Arabian Fat-Tailed Scorpion
Arabian Fat-Tailed Scorpion
Measures about 5 cm, but the largest specimens are over 10 cm long. Females are generally slightly larger than males.
Arabian Boxthorn
Arabian Boxthorn
As a shrub the plant reaches a maximum height of about 250 cm, as a tree it grows up to 450 cm and the leaves are 4-25 mm long and 2-6 mm wide
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Cowtail Stingray
Cowtail Stingray
Reaches at least 300 cm total length and about 180 cm in disc width
Corn Bunting
Corn Bunting
Length: 18 cm
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Desert Hare
Desert Hare
Head-Body Length: 40 – 68 cm Tail Length: 7 – 15 cm Weight: 1 – 3.5 kg
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Black-winged Stilt
Black-winged Stilt
Length: 35 – 40 cm Wing Span: 67 – 83 cm
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Greater Flamingo
Greater Flamingo
Length: 125 – 145 cm, Wing Span: 140 – 165 cm
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Schokari Sand Racer
Schokari Sand Racer
Length: 150 cm
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Military Turkeyfish
Military Turkeyfish
The maximum total length is about 35 cm.
Sidra Tree
Sidra Tree
Leaves are 1 to 2 cm long, 0.5 to 2.0 cm wide, the pedicel is 2 to 3 mm long The larger of the spines is about 10 mm long and the flower is 3 to 4 mm across, the lobes are 1.5 mm long The fruit is 5 to 10 mm in diameter
Ghaf
Ghaf
Up to 7 m in height
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Eagle Owl
Eagle Owl
Length: 50 cm
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Burning Bush
Burning Bush
Grows up to 2.5 m high, but some mature bushes do not grow taller than 60 cm while the leaves are 2.5 to 6.0 mm long and 2.5 to 3.0 mm wide
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White Mangrove
White Mangrove
Leaves are 40 to 160 mm long, 12 to 50 mm wide
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Arabian Sand Gazelle
Arabian Sand Gazelle
Head-Body Length: 90 – 126 cm Tail Length: 10 – 23 cm Shoulder Height: 56 – 80 cm Weight: 18 – 40 kg
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Ocellated Eagle Ray
Ocellated Eagle Ray
The disc of this large species reaches about 3 m in width, and the maximum weight is at least 200 kg.
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Jointed Glasswort
Jointed Glasswort
Bushes grow up to 60 cm high and leaves are 1 mm long
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Spotted Redshank
Spotted Redshank
Length: 27 – 29 cm Wing Span: 45 – 52 cm
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Houbara Bustard
Houbara Bustard
Length: 55 – 65 cm Wing Span: 135 – 170 cm
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Brain Coral
Brain Coral
The species forms large coral heads of usually up to 1 m, and exceptionally several meters in diameter. Calices are normally 5 mm wide, with walls being 5 – 6.5 mm high and 1 – 2.2 wide.
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Red Starfish
Red Starfish
The diameter from armtip to armtip ranges between 14.5 cm and 30.0 cm
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Egyptian Spiny-tailed Lizard
Egyptian Spiny-tailed Lizard
Length: 76 cm Weight: 2 kg
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Pelagic Sea Snake, Yellow-bellied Sea Snake
Pelagic Sea Snake, Yellow-bellied Sea Snake
Generally less than 90 cm long, females are significantly larger than males and may reach a total length of 88 cm with a tail length of 9 cm, while males reach 72 cm in total length and 8 cm in tail length
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Eastern Skink
Eastern Skink
Weight: male 10 – 44 gm, female 7 – 35 gm
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Blubber jellyfish
Blubber jellyfish
The bell can reach 30-45 cm in diameter
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Bladderdock
Bladderdock
Grows to 30 cm and the leaves are 3 to 8 cm long
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Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Hawksbill Sea Turtle
Adult Hawksbill Sea Turtles typically grow to 1 m in length, weighing around 80 kg on average. The heaviest individual ever captured weighed 127 kg.
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White-cheeked Tern
White-cheeked Tern
Length: 33 cm
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Arabian Toad-headed Agama
Arabian Toad-headed Agama
Smaller than 20 cm
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Big Blue Octopus
Big Blue Octopus
The animals reach a maximum length of 120 cm in stretched position. Body weight to at least 6 kg.
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Pearly Goatfish
Pearly Goatfish
It commonly attains 23 cm, with a maximum length of 30 cm
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Blackspot Snapper
Blackspot Snapper
It commonly attains 25 cm in total length, with a maximum length of 35 cm.
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Diadem Snake
Diadem Snake
Length: 180 cm Young 36 – 42 cm in length
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Orange-spotted Grouper (Hamour)
Orange-spotted Grouper (Hamour)
It attains more than 1 m and possibly close to 2 m in length and is the largest grouper in the Arabian Gulf.
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Red Thumb
Red Thumb
The inflorescence measures 15 to 30 cm
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Blacktip Reef Shark
Blacktip Reef Shark
It is usually less than 160 cm long, but may reach up to 2 m.
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Common Kestrel
Common Kestrel
Length: 33 – 39 cm Wing Span: 65 – 80 cm
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Blackfin Butterflyfish
Blackfin Butterflyfish
It attains a total length of 12 cm.
Lesser Jerboa
Lesser Jerboa
Length: 9.5 – 12 cm Tail Length: 15 – 19 cm Weight: 45 – 75 gm
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Rüppell’s Fox / Sand Fox
Rüppell’s Fox / Sand Fox
Head-Body Length: 34 – 52 cm Tail Length: 29 – 37 cm Ear Length: 8 – 11 cm Weight: 1.1 – 2.3 kg
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Common Red Fox
Common Red Fox
Body Length: 62 – 72 cm Tail Length: 40 cm Weight: 5 – 7 kg
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Baluch Ground Gecko
Baluch Ground Gecko
Length: 12 cm
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Tiger Shark
Tiger Shark
Largest reported specimen measured 7.4 m and weighed 3,110 kg, originating from Vietnam, while most are less than 5 m in length
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Lesser Kestrel
Lesser Kestrel
Length: 29 – 32 cm Wing Span: 58 – 72 cm
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Sundevall's Jird
Sundevall's Jird
Head-Body Length: up to 15 cm Tail Length: up to 15 cm Weight: 29 – 60 gm
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Pharaoh Cuttlefish
Pharaoh Cuttlefish
It can reach a length of 42 cm (mantle only), excluding the tentacles Body weight up to at least 5 kg
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Slevin’s Sand Gecko
Slevin’s Sand Gecko
Length: 8 cm
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Arabian Oryx
Arabian Oryx
Length: 160 cm Shoulder Height: 81 – 102 cm Weight: 80 – 90 kg Horn Length: 70 – 75 cm
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Clark’s Anemonefish (Clown Fish)
Clark’s Anemonefish (Clown Fish)
It normally attains 10 cm as a male, and 15 cm as a female.
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Reef Heron
Reef Heron
Length: 55 – 65 cm Wing Span: 86 – 104 cm
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Greater Hoopoe Lark
Greater Hoopoe Lark
Length: 18 – 20 cm
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Kawakawa (Mackerel Tuna),
Kawakawa (Mackerel Tuna),
Reaches a length of about 100 cm, with a weight of at least 12 kg
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Dugong, Sea Cow
Dugong, Sea Cow
Length: 2.4 – 4 m Weight: 230 – 908 kg
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Green Turtle
Green Turtle
The largest of all hard-shelled sea turtles has a carapace length of 80 - 140 cm and weighs 68 - 190 kg, exceptionally up to 315 kg or even more. The tiny hatchlings are only around 5 cm long
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Moon Jellyfish
Moon Jellyfish
The bell can reach 40 cm in diameter
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Cheesman’s Gerbi
Cheesman’s Gerbi
Weight: 36 – 40 gm
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Spear Grass
Spear Grass
Grass is 10 to 30 cm high, while the leaves are 5 to 15 cm long and 1.0 to 1.5 mm wide
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Whaleshark
Whaleshark
Being the world's largest fish, it normally reaches 12 m
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Crested Lark
Crested Lark
Length: 16 – 18 cm
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Senegal Senna
Senegal Senna
Grows up to 60 cm high, but stems may be as long as 2 m and the leaves are 5 to 12 cm long while the leaflets are 2.0 to 3.5 cm long
Desert Hedgehog
Desert Hedgehog
Length: 14 – 23 cm Tail Length: 1 – 3 cm Adult Weight: 350 – 550 gm within Qatar
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Roundleaf Stork’s Bill
Roundleaf Stork’s Bill
Plant grows to a height of 10 to 20 cm, rarely up to 50 cm high
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