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Archive for May 30th, 2013


   May 30

Croaking chorus of Cuban frogs make noisy new neighbors

By Herp News Scientists have shown the adverse impact of invasive frog species’ songs. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   May 30

Endangered painted turtle tussles for survival in Abbotsford's Mill Lake

By Herp News Abbotsford's Reptile Guy Mike Hopcraft shows off an invasive turtle, the red eared slider, that's putting serious pressure on the endangered native species at Mill Lake. The sliders, tossed into the lake as unwanted pets, are competing with the western painted turtle for food, nesting space and habitat. Go to Source …read […]

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   May 30

Endangered painted turtle tussles for survival in Abbotsford's Mill Lake

By Herp News Abbotsford's Reptile Guy Mike Hopcraft shows off an invasive turtle, the red eared slider, that's putting serious pressure on the endangered native species at Mill Lake. The sliders, tossed into the lake as unwanted pets, are competing with the western painted turtle for food, nesting space and habitat. Go to Source …read […]

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   May 30

How did the turtle get its shell?

By Herp News How did the turtle get its shell? It’s a question so obvious a schoolchild can ask it, but for more than a century, consensus has eluded the scientists who study the reptiles and their bony carapaces.         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. […]

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   May 30

How did the turtle get its shell?

By Herp News How did the turtle get its shell? It’s a question so obvious a schoolchild can ask it, but for more than a century, consensus has eluded the scientists who study the reptiles and their bony carapaces.         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. […]

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   May 30

How did the turtle get its shell?

By Herp News How did the turtle get its shell? It’s a question so obvious a schoolchild can ask it, but for more than a century, consensus has eluded the scientists who study the reptiles and their bony carapaces.         Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. […]

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   May 30

How turtles got their shells: Fossil of extinct South African reptile provides clues

By Herp News Through careful study of an ancient ancestor of modern turtles, researchers now have a clearer picture of how the turtles' most unusual shell came to be. The findings help to fill a 30- to 55-million-year gap in the turtle fossil record through study of an extinct South African reptile known as Eunotosaurus. […]

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   May 30

How turtles got their shells: Fossil of extinct South African reptile provides clues

By Herp News Through careful study of an ancient ancestor of modern turtles, researchers now have a clearer picture of how the turtles' most unusual shell came to be. The findings help to fill a 30- to 55-million-year gap in the turtle fossil record through study of an extinct South African reptile known as Eunotosaurus. […]

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   May 30

Reptile Guy encourages restrictions on selling turtles

By Herp News Mike Hopcraft says red-eared slider turtles are being released into the wild, damaging ecosystems Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   May 30

Reptile Guy encourages restrictions on selling turtles

By Herp News Mike Hopcraft says red-eared slider turtles are being released into the wild, damaging ecosystems Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   May 30

Scientists discover that turtles began living in shells much earlier than once thought

By Herp News Unique among Earth’s creatures, turtles are the only animals to form a shell on the outside of their bodies through a fusion of modified ribs, vertebrae and shoulder girdle bones. The turtle shell is a unique modification, and how and when it originated has fascinated and confounded biologists for more than two […]

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   May 30

How the turtles got their shells

By Herp News Through careful study of an ancient ancestor of modern turtles, researchers now have a clearer picture of how the turtles’ most unusual shell came to be. The findings help to fill a 30- to 55-million-year gap in the turtle fossil record through study of an extinct South African reptile known as Eunotosaurus. […]

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   May 30

Lizard Spotted On Mars?

By Herp News A blogger claims to have spotted a lizard in a photograph of Mars. While studying a picture of the Red Planet taken by the Curiosity… Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   May 30

How the turtle got its shell

By Herp News The turtle has been in no rush to give up the secret of its shell but new research led by Yale's Tyler Lyson sheds light on a structure unique in the history of life. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   May 30

Saving Gorongosa: E.O. Wilson on protecting a biodiversity hotspot in Mozambique

By Herp News If you fly over the Great African Rift Valley from its northernmost point in Ethiopia, over the great national parks of Kenya and Tanzania, and follow it south to the very end, you will arrive at Gorongosa National Park in central Mozambique. Plateaus on the eastern and western sides of the park […]

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   May 30

Saving Gorongosa: E.O. Wilson on protecting a biodiversity hotspot in Mozambique

By Herp News If you fly over the Great African Rift Valley from its northernmost point in Ethiopia, over the great national parks of Kenya and Tanzania, and follow it south to the very end, you will arrive at Gorongosa National Park in central Mozambique. Plateaus on the eastern and western sides of the park […]

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   May 30

Tortoise Hypothesis: How The Opposition Will Re-Elect Jonathan In 2015 By Bolaji Eletta

By Herp News By Bolaji Eletta, PhD The opposition players and activists in Nigeria are campaigning for GEJ! If my permutations on the workings of the heart of the average Nigerian is right (I have not been wrong on too many occasions), I can authoritatively declare that Goodluck Jonathan will remain President of the Republic […]

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   May 30

Giant tortoise found wandering in neighborhood

By Herp News JACKSONVILLE, Fla.– A giant reptile was spotted in an Arlington neighborhood Tuesday evening. It took some collaboration to get it to shelter, but the question now is: where did it… Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   May 30

The Turtle and the Hare

By Herp News We got modest final Q1 GDP data (the Turtle) and weaker fresh weekly claims data (the Hare). Does this stop the Taper Sooner crowd in its tracks? Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   May 30

A Striped Visitor

I derive great pleasure from feeding wild birds. The squirrel-proof hanging feeder has been in the same place in a tall crepe myrtle shrub outside my office window for years, and many common and a few uncommon birds visit it daily or occasionally. One day, a couple of years ago, I swiveled my chair to […]

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   May 30

Brittney Griner poses with giant reptile on ESPN The Magazine

By Herp News Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner (42) celebrates after dunking the ball during the second half against the Chicago Sky at US Airways Center. / Casey Sapio, USA TODAY Sports Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   May 30

Brittney Griner poses with giant reptile on ESPN The Magazine

By Herp News Phoenix Mercury center Brittney Griner (42) celebrates after dunking the ball during the second half against the Chicago Sky at US Airways Center. / Casey Sapio, USA TODAY Sports Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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