By Herp News Though historical and anthropological texts had mentioned the taste for these scaly desert snacks, the find is the first archaeological evidence confirming the lizard's presence in the Arabian diet, study co-author Hervé Monchot, a zooarchaeologist at the Université-Paris Sorbonne, wrote in an email to Live Science. In general, animals like snakes and […]
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Mar 06
Mar 06
What makes flying snakes such gifted gliders?
By Herp News They slither, they hiss, they… fly? Don’t let their wingless bodies fool you —- some snakes can glide as far as 100 feet through the air, jumping off tree branches and rotating their ribs to flatten their bodies and move from side to side. New research investigates the workings behind the flight […]
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Sea turtles’ ‘lost years’ mystery starts to unravel
By Herp News Small satellite-tracking devices attached to sea turtles swimming off Florida’s coast have delivered first-of-its-kind data that could help unlock they mystery of what endangered turtles do during the ‘lost years.’ Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Where do baby sea turtles go? What scientists found will surprise you!
Baby sea turtles, like kids everywhere, don’t always do what we expect them to do. University of Central Florida researcher Kate Mansfield and her team found a way to keep an eye on their movements — and what they discovered surprised them. From LiveScience.com: Marine biologists track seagoing creatures, including adult loggerheads, with satellite tags […]
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Snakes, tarantulas, lizard stolen in Lakewood
By Herp News LAKEWOOD — Snakes, tarantulas and a Nile Monitor lizard are missing after an overnight burglary of a Lakewood pet store. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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