By Herp News Juvenile loggerhead turtles swim into oncoming ocean currents, instead of passively drifting with them. After loggerhead turtle hatchlings leave nesting beaches, they live in the ocean for 7-12 years before migrating to coastal habitats. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Aug 06
Aug 06
Tortoises master touchscreen technology
By Herp News Tortoises have learned how to use touchscreens as part of a study which aimed to teach the animals navigational techniques. The brain structure of reptiles is very different to that of mammals, which use the hippocampus for spatial navigation. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon […]
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Elephants under the sea: awkward-looking fish modify the coral-reef ecosystem in mixed ways
By Herp News Bumphead parrotfish are noisy feeders. They break off large branches of corals using their powerful beaks, grind them up in their bodies to extract nutrients, and expel the undigested material in large cloudy plumes of feces. Their voracious feeding is, however, not just a loud, messy affair. During the course of their […]
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Tortoise has a run-in with the law
A California tortoise had a brush with law enforcement after police picked him up near a city intersection. From Yahoo! News: The roaming reptile, named Clark, was reunited with its human family on Sunday after it was spotted near the intersection of Sixth Street and Norwood Place, in the southeastern part of the city, at […]
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Police pursue giant tortoise through suburban LA
By Herp News A giant tortoise has been returned to its owners after a brief police pursuit through suburban LA. It took two officers to heft the giant tortoise into a patrol car so they could turn it over to animal control authorities. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon […]
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Turtle Watch Association a National Landcare Award finalist
By Herp News MACKAY and District Turtle Watch Association is one of 69 finalists in the running for the People’s Choice Awards as part of the 2014 National Landcare Awards. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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