By Herp News It's like Robert DeNiro said in Goodfellas: “Never rat on your lizard friends, and always keep your mouth shut or your lizard friend will straight up murder you — lizards are f*cking… Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Aug 11
Aug 11
Chinese Traditional Medicine Threatens Turtle Populations
By Herp News For thousands of years turtles have been used in Chinese traditional medicine to treat a wide variety of ailments and diseases. Originally published in the journal Radiata and recently republished HerpDigest David S. Lee and Liao Shi Kun write, “[In Chinese culture] turtles are symbolic of long life, personal wealth, fertility, strength, […]
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Tortoise Capital Advisors to Ring NYSE Closing Bell to Celebrate a Decade of MLP Fund Listing
By Herp News Tortoise Capital Advisors will visit the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday and ring the NYSE Closing Bell to celebrate a decade of listing master limited partnership-focused funds on the NYSE, and more specifically the 10th anniversary of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No […]
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Tortoise Capital Advisors to Ring NYSE Closing Bell to Celebrate a Decade of MLP Fund Listing
By Herp News Tortoise Capital Advisors will visit the New York Stock Exchange on Thursday and ring the NYSE Closing Bell to celebrate a decade of listing master limited partnership-focused funds on the NYSE, and more specifically the 10th anniversary of Tortoise Energy Infrastructure Corp. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No […]
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Sea Turtle Nesting Draws to a Close, Hatching Season Continues
By Herp News Officials are reminding people, to be mindful of the nests and the hatchlings while they are spending time on the beach. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Indonesia’s children see ravaged environment in their future
By Herp News A generation ago, Borneo was one of the wildest places on the planet. But decades of logging and oil palm plantations has changed the landscape of Borneo forever: in fact a recent study found that the island has lost 30 percent of its total forest cover since 1973. In the face of […]
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Snapping turtles invade Japan
It’s not Godzilla threatening the Japanese ecosystem, but invasive snapping turtles. From BBC News: Snapping turtles originally come from the Americas, but turned up in Japan as pets in the 1960s, Kyodo news agency reports. Some turtles must have escaped to the wild, as there were an estimated 1,000 turtles roaming the Chiba Prefecture 10 […]
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Reptile rescue expert's warning over exotic pet ownership
By Herp News THE founder of a reptile rescue charity has urged people to be certain of their commitment before adopting an exotic animal as a pet. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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