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Nov 20
Nov 20
U.S. national survey finds frog abnormalities are rare
By Herp News A 10-year study by the US Fish and Wildlife Service shows some good news for frogs and toads on national wildlife refuges. The rate of abnormalities such as shortened or missing legs was less than 2 percent overall — indicating that the malformations first reported in the mid-1990s were rarer than feared. […]
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The swan song of India’s dancing bears
By Herp News India’s last dancing bear has retired. As the stars of their cruel little roadshows, sloth bears danced to the piercing sounds of the damru for hundreds of years. Orphaned by poachers and trained by the Qalandars, a nomadic Muslim community, these bears trudged through towns and villages to earn their masters a […]
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Exploring the upside of snake venom for human health
Snake venom and other harmful substances can save lives as well as take them. From LiveScience.com: “Poisons can be bad for some things and good for others, including humans,” said Michael Novacek, senior vice president of the American Museum of Natural History, at an opening of a new poison-themed exhibition Tuesday (Nov. 12). […] The […]
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