By Herp News Assif Mayer of Castro Valley was sentenced to jail time after pleading guilty to possession of marijuana. He used a 5-foot caiman named Mr. Teeth to guard his pot stash. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Dec 12
Dec 12
Tooth structure and wear provide clues to ecology and evolution of ancient marine creatures
By Herp News New studies shed light on ancient creatures’ dental structure and wear — and how these unique characteristics helped them live and adapt to their environments. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Curb turtle egg trading in Sandakan – BMRI
By Herp News KOTA KINABALU: It takes five months for a Green Turtle hatchling to grow up to a length of […] Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Big data shows tropical mammals on the decline
By Herp News The world’s largest remote camera trap initiative—monitoring 275 species in 17 protected areas—is getting some big data assistance from Hewlett-Packard (HP). To date, the monitoring program known as the Tropical Ecology Assessment and Monitoring (TEAM) Network has taken over 1.5 million photos of animals in 14 tropical countries, but conservationists have struggled […]
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Lizard's breathing mechanism may be 270 million years old
By Herp News Ananth Baliga Dec. 12 (UPI) — Savannah monitor lizard's breathing makes one-way loop through the lungs, similar to birds and alligators — and possibly dinosaurs. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Snake venom may help prevent strokes, heart attacks
Venom from the Southeast Asia pit viper (Deinagkistrodon acutus) may help stop human heart attacks and strokes. From the Montreal Gazette report on the Canadian study: Using venom milked from the snake, researchers filtered out all but one protein to create a drug called Anfibatide, which in human testing prevented blood clots from forming but […]
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Lessons learnt from the Lizard King
By Herp News FMT LETTER: From Poh La Faun, via e-mail It has been three weeks since Aljazeera ran the news story, ‘Return of the Lizard King’, Nov 21, 2013. What have we learnt (or not) from this Lizard King Saga? 1 Lizard King conspirers have escaped any sanction by the anti-corruption investigation authorities despite […]
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