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Archive for June, 2014


   Jun 22

Hollywood gearing up for turtle-friendly lighting laws

By Herp News Beachfront businesses and residents have until March 1 to comply Matia Veniero pulls down her shades at night — all to help save the baby turtles, she says. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Jun 22

1,200 bid fond farewell to sea turtle at Gumbo Limbo Nature Center

By Herp News Tracking system will monitor rescued loggerhead — Phoenix, the 120-pound loggerhead turtle, hesitated for just a beat or two at the first touch of ocean water in 129 days. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Jun 22

Rehabilitated turtle goes global

By Herp News Tracking system will monitor rescued loggerhead — Phoenix, the 120-pound loggerhead turtle, hesitated for just a beat or two at the first touch of ocean water in 129 days. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Jun 22

Boca's turtle nesting and hatching hits high season

By Herp News Walks aim to bring turtle lovers face to face with nesting turtles Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Jun 21

Non-profit helps ignite niche reptile business

By Herp News Jeff Ribeiro launched Repti-Ledge in August 2013 to try to get his gecko-related products into stores. In September, he landed a significant order but did not have the financing to fill the order. Enter Ignite Capital Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Jun 20

Indonesian Woman Gives Birth To Lizard (VIDEO)

By Herp News Congratulations, it’s a … lizard . Well that’s what the Indonesian press are reporting emerged from the womb of an expectant mother late last month. Debi Nubatois is claimed to have gone into labour during her eighth month of pregnancy at her home in Kupang, with the assistance of midwife Josephine Lydia […]

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   Jun 20

Herp Video of the Week: Got worms?

Check out this video “Got worms,” submitted by kingsnake.com user Minuet. 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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   Jun 19

Chinese fishermen get the ultimate phone video: a swimming tiger

By Herp News Two Chinese fishermen got the catch of their lives…on mobile phone this week. While fishing in the Ussuri River, which acts as a border between Russia and China, the fishermen were approached by a swimming Siberian tiger. These tigers, also known as Amur tigers, are down to around 350-500 animals. Go to […]

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   Jun 19

Endangered leatherback turtle speared by swordfish survives

By Herp News An endangered leatherback turtle was saved after being speared by a swordfish, with the help of a Halifax-based sea turtle rescue group. Kathleen Martin, executive director and co-founder of the Canadian Sea Turtle Network, was in Trinidad last week looking for leatherback turtles previously tagged in Canadian waters. Martin and her group […]

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   Jun 19

Amphibian apocalypse: Looking the other way while frogs disappear

How did the deadly fungus chytridiomycosis get so entrenched that it may cost us every frog on earth? We weren’t paying attention. From Scientific American: The best way to prevent a disease from turning into an epidemic is to closely monitor its development and put systems in place before it starts spreading rapidly through populations. […]

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   Jun 19

Ventura library kicks off summer reading with reptile presentation

By Herp News Dozens of children, along with parents, grandparents, caregivers and friends, gathered in the children's portion of the library to kick off the 2014 Summer Reading Program with a display of reptiles. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Jun 18

Billy Joel welcomes New York Senate’s approval of ivory ban

By Herp News Musician Billy Joel has weighed in on the ivory bill making its way through the New York State legislature. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Jun 18

Sea turtle trapped under beach chair is freed

By Herp News Mote Marine volunteers rescue the loggerhead on Longboat Key. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Jun 18

Man bites deadly snake

There has to be an easier way to make a living than putting a venomous snake in your mouth. Read about it… …read more Read more here: King Snake No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Jun 18

Turtle day at Bazaar Warisan on Saturday

By Herp News KUALA TERENGGANU: The World Wildlife Fund of Malaysia will sign a memorandum of understanding (MoU) against the consumption of turtle’s eggs with the Tourism and Cultural Ministry this Saturday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Jun 17

Camera trap captures first ever video of rarely-seen bird in the Amazon…and much more

By Herp News A camera trap program in Ecuador’s embattled Yasuni National Program has struck gold, taking what researchers believe is the first ever film of a wild nocturnal curassow (Nothocrax urumutum). In addition, the program has captured video of other rarely-seen animals, including the short-eared dog and the giant armadillo. Go to Source …read […]

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   Jun 17

When giant ancient reptiles swam the seas

Scientists have discovered fossilized tracks on ancient sea beds, allowing them to figure out how now-extinct sea reptiles swam. From the International Business Times: The scientists said in a new study, published in the journal Nature Communications on Wednesday, that during the Mesozoic era, about 252 to 66 million years ago, the seas were full […]

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   Jun 16

Hold a dragon day

By Herp News A PET store is holding a reptile workshop in store for curious customers. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Jun 16

State protection sought for flat-tailed horned lizard

By Herp News A two-decade legal fight to protect a squat lizard with dragon-like head spines from urban encroachment in Southern California took a new turn this week. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Jun 16

Strawberry Shortcake, the tortoise, moseys home

By Herp News It took almost two weeks, but in the end a tortoise that disappeared from its Mount Pearl home has returned, safe and sound. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Jun 16

Reptile Garden ranked #1 tourist attraction

By Herp News Who's number one? According to the travel website Tripflip.com Reptile Gardens in Rapid City sits on top! Public relations director John Brockelsby said he received an email saying that the travel website ranked our popular local tourist attraction the #1 place to visit in South Dakota. Go to Source …read more Read […]

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   Jun 16

World Cup: Big Head the Turtle Says Brazil Will Beat Croatia

By Herp News And based on what many soccer experts are saying, he seems to have made the right choice. Brazil is simply too good to drop its opening game on home turf Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Jun 16

Manitoba man protects snapping turtle eggs with spare tire

By Herp News It's not something you expect to see in your front yard — a large snapping turtle, laying eggs. But that's what Wayne Irwin encountered recently at his home near Rathwell, along the Assiniboine River in southern Manitoba. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Jun 16

In Memoriam: Carl Koch

In losing Carl Koch, the herp world has lost a friend. And so have I. Back many years ago, when I had but one lone iguana, I, like many of us, began frequenting my local reptile friendly pet store. At the time for me, it was Pets N Things in Cudahy, Wisc. Every Friday I […]

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   Jun 16

Hold a dragon day

By Herp News A PET store is holding a reptile workshop in store for curious customers. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Jun 16

Hundreds attend Sinnemahoning Snake Hunt

By Herp News Keystone Reptile Club president Bill Wheeler Jr. holds a 42-inch Black Rat Snake entered into the Sinnemahoning Snake Hunt competition on Saturday afternoon in Cameron County. The snake hunt was held on Saturday and Sunday. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Jun 16

Researchers discover new species of wolf snake in Cambodia, name it after an Australian zoo

By Herp News A new species of wolf snake has been discovered in the Cardamom Mountains of southeast Cambodia. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Jun 15

Scarce sea turtle nests worry wildlife stewards

By Herp News The Galveston island nest was found on Sunny Beach, “right smack dab in the middle of the parking lot,” said Kimberly Reich, sea turtle research lab director at Texas A&M University at Galveston. […] a volunteer secured the nest from that possibility, and Reich and A&M personnel packed the freshly laid eggs […]

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   Jun 15

Hollywood gearing up for turtle-friendly lighting laws

By Herp News Beachfront businesses and residents have until March 1 to comply Matia Veniero pulls down her shades at night — all to help save the baby turtles, she says. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Jun 15

Grenades, helicopters, and scooping out brains: poachers decimate elephant population in park

By Herp News Over the last two months, poachers have killed 68 African elephants in Garamba National Park representing around four percent of the population. Poachers have used helicopters, grenades, and chainsaws to undertake their gruesome trade, and, for the first time, the park has recorded that the criminals are removing the elephant’s brains in […]

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   Jun 15

Turtle Bay to host solstice, bridge events

By Herp News Museum to feature crowd-curated exhibit and lead tours of bridge. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Jun 14

The-Lizard-RNLI-lifeboat-assists-15-metre-fishing-vessel

By Herp News Byline: The Lizard’s Tamar class all-weather lifeboat Rose launched in the early hours of this morning to assist a fishing vessel with 3 people onboard that had suffered difficulties with its propulsion system 16 miles south-east of the Lizard lifeboat station. Page Content: The Lizard lifeboat was asked by Falmouth Coastguard to […]

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   Jun 14

Turtle prepares for celebration

By Herp News The Town of Turtle Parade is always a highlight of the annual festival held in the township. This year, the Turtle Fourth of July celebration will be held June 27 – 29. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Jun 14

Turtle conservation takes baby steps in Dubai

By Herp News Exit 13 on Shaikh Zayed Road en route to Abu Dhabi — past Ibn Batuta mall, past the Emarat petrol station, past the Etisalat power grid on the left — takes you to a stretch of road that had no other cars on it. Go to Source …read more Read more here: […]

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   Jun 14

HyperSound Directed Audio To Be Showcased At InfoComm 2014

By Herp News SAN DIEGO, June 12, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – Turtle Beach Corporation (NASDAQ: HEAR), a leading audio technology innovator, today announced that its line of HyperSound directed audio speakers will be showcased … Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Jun 14

Local Florida festivals

By Herp News 1. DelandReptiDay Deland Reptile & Exotic Animal Festival, Saturday, 3150 E. New York Ave. This one-day event features vendors offering reptile pets, supplies, feeders, cages and merchandise, as well as seminars and door prizes. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links

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   Jun 13

Woman who 'gave birth' to LIZARD accused of witchcraft

By Herp News A woman who 'gave birth' to a lizard has been threatened by an angry lynch mob who accused her of witchcraft. Debi Nubatonis, 31, gave birth to the gecko after an eight-month pregnancy and now Indonesian officials are sending in an exert team to clear up the mystery. Go to Source …read […]

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   Jun 13

Herp Video of the Week: How to find snakes!

Check out this video “How to find snakes,” 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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   Jun 12

What’s an environmental journalist to do with so much good news?

By Herp News As an environmental journalist covering stories from the great Arctic ice melt to the rhino poaching crisis in Africa, you’ll forgive me if sometimes in the morning—before I turn my computer on—I have a sudden desire to spend a few extra minutes in bed or have a leisurely breakfast with my daughter […]

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   Jun 12

Evolution and venomous snakes: Diet distinguishes look-alikes on two continents

By Herp News On opposite sides of the globe over millions of years, the snakes of North America and Australia independently evolved similar body types that helped them move and capture prey more efficiently. Snakes on both continents include stout-bodied, highly camouflaged ambush predators, such as rattlesnakes in North America and death adders in Australia. […]

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