By Herp News A turtle on Highway 59 in Eagle, Wis., made it safely across the road with the help of a local man — who, unfortunately, got hit by a school bus in the process. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Jun 10
Jun 10
Tortoise Energy Capital Fund's Series C Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares Ex-Dividend Reminder
By Herp News On 6/12/13, Tortoise Energy Capital Fund's 3.95% Series C Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares (NYSE: TYY.PRC) will trade ex-dividend, for its monthly dividend of $0.0329, payable on 7/1/13. As a percentage of TYY.PRC's recent share price of $10.12, this dividend works out to approximately 0.33%. On an annualized basis, the current yield is […]
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Reptile Rally to Make Snakes, Alligators Seem Not So Abhorrent After All
By Herp News Since it's rattlesnake season and all, we'd thought we'd try to put a positive spin on reptiles, especially those who are looking for someone to love, not to eat. This coming Saturday, Petco i… Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Reptile Rally to Make Snakes, Alligators Seem Not So Abhorrent After All
By Herp News Since it's rattlesnake season and all, we'd thought we'd try to put a positive spin on reptiles, especially those who are looking for someone to love, not to eat. This coming Saturday, Petco i… Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Costa Rican environmentalist pays ultimate price for his dedication to sea turtles
By Herp News On the evening of May 30th, 26-year-old Jairo Mora Sandoval was murdered on Moin beach near Limón, Costa Rica, the very stretch of sand where he courageously monitored sea turtle nests for years even as risks from poachers rose, including threats at gunpoint. A dedicated conservationist, Sandoval was kidnapped along with four […]
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Giant 'Lizard King' shared forests with mammals
A giant lizard, named after the Doors’ Jim Morrison, who was dubbed “The Lizard King,” once lived on Southeast Asia, sharing habitat and food sources with mammals. From Science Daily: A team of U.S. paleontologists, led by Jason Head of the University of Nebraska-Lincoln, describes fossils of the giant lizard from Myanmar this week in […]
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Herp Video of the Week: Prairie Rattlesnake
Check out this video “Prairie Rattlesnake,” submitted by kingsnake.com user smetlogik. Submit your own reptile & amphibian videos at http://www.kingsnake.com/video/ and you could see them featured here or check out all the videos submitted by other users! …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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