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Archive for May 14th, 2014


   May 14

Turtle migration directly influenced by drift experiences with ocean currents as hatchlings

By Herp News New research has found that adult sea-turtle migrations and their selection of feeding sites are directly influenced by their past experiences as little hatchlings adrift in ocean currents. When they breed, adult sea turtles return to the beach where they were born. After breeding, adult sea turtles typically migrate several hundreds to […]

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   May 14

VIDEOS: Animal Planet's Jeff Corwin teaches Hatboro-Horsham School District students about reptiles, amphibians

By Herp News Six elementary school students stood anxiously awaiting some sort of reptile to be placed into their tiny hands at the Hatboro-Horsham School District assembly May 12. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   May 14

Reptile Gardens listed in Guinness World Records

By Herp News The Reptile Gardens tourist attraction in Rapid City is now in the record books. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   May 14

Reptile Gardens Breaks a World Record

By Herp News The Reptile Gardens tourist attraction in Rapid City is now in the record books. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   May 14

As if there weren’t enough lizards in the world…

By Herp News New horned lizard Phrynosoma sherbrookei discovered in Mexico Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   May 14

Scientists uncover new marine mammal genus, represented by single endangered species

By Herp News This is the story of three seals: the Caribbean, the Hawaiian, and the Mediterranean monk seals. Once numbering in the hundreds of thousands, the Caribbean monk seal was a hugely abundant marine mammal found across the Caribbean, and even recorded by Christopher Columbus during his second voyage, whose men killed several for […]

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   May 14

Ploughshare tortoises among animals seized in smuggling case

The Turtle Survival Alliance (TSA) is caring for 521 tortoises seized at Ivato Airport in Madagascar. From the TSA website: On Sunday, May 11, 521 tortoises – all juveniles – were seized prior to being loaded on a Kenya Aiways flight to Nairobi; the smuggler ran away when his name was called by the information […]

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