By Herp News Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc. today announced that as of June 30, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $2.4 billion and its unaudited net asset value Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Jul 01
Jul 01
Snakes Worth $30,000 S-s-s-swiped From Store
By Herp News One Stolen Snake Was Valued at $12,500 Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Search on for missing turtle in Hay River, N.W.T.
By Herp News A turtle on the loose in Hay River, N.W.T. could wreak havoc on the local ecosystem, says an Alberta reptile expert. Shelly, a red-eared slider, escaped from a backyard on Beaver Crescent in Hay River on Saturday. Dave Law, who runs the Alberta Turtle and Tortoise Society, says it's important the turtle is found. […]
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On babies and motherhood: how giant armadillos are surprising scientists (photos)
By Herp News Until ten years ago scientist’s knowledge of the reproductive habits of the giant armadillo— the world’s biggest— were basically regulated to speculation. But a long-term research project in the Brazilian Pantanal is changing that: last year researchers announced the first ever photos of a baby giant armadillo and have since recorded a […]
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Two men's successful fight to save the snakes of Hong Kong
Stephen Loman and William Sargent are a two-man movement saving snakes in Hong Kong. From the South China Morning Post: Stephen Loman and William Sargent know more than most just how closely we live with snakes. Although the pair balk at the term snake hunter, they have been rescuing, photographing and releasing snakes in the […]
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Turtle in trouble: Man dives off the end of a 700-foot pier to rescue an entangled sea turtle
By Herp News NORTH CAROLINA (WITI) — A sea turtle was rescued this weekend after it was spotted entangled in a mass of netting and a discarded plastic bottle of antifreeze. News Channel 3, WTKR reports a man actually jumped into the water to come to the turtle’s aid. It happened near Avalon Pier in […]
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Water monitor lizard captured at Hickam
By Herp News A Malaysian water monitor lizard was captured Friday afternoon at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, according to the Hawaii Department of Agriculture. Personnel from the Hawaii Air National Guard reported seeing a large black lizard running on its hind legs last Thursday. Initially, base pest control staff was dispatched, but they were not […]
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