By Herp News The tooth of a 220-million-year-old semi-aquatic phytosaur has been found embedded in the thigh bone of a terrestrial rauisuchid. Both are giant prehistoric reptiles distantly related to the modern crocodile. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Sep 29
Sep 29
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles behind pet turtle boom, expert says
By Herp News A turtle expert in Windsor, Ont., says because it's illegal to import turtles without a permit into Canada the high demand for the shelled reptiles may be pushing smugglers to bring them into the country. A Windsor man was charged in both Canada and the United States last week, after he was […]
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Did the world’s only venomous primate evolve to mimic the cobra?
By Herp News The bite of a slow loris can be painful, and sometimes even lethal. After all, this cute-looking YouTube sensation is the only known ‘venomous’ primate in the world—a trait that might have strangely evolved to mimic spectacled cobras, according to a recent paper. Mimicry in mammals is rare. But anecdotal evidence and […]
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Climate change appears a mixed bag for common frog
By Herp News After warmer winters, wood frogs breed earlier and produce fewer eggs, a researcher has found. The same study also found that frogs produce more eggs during winters with more rain and snow. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Turtle Beach Launches Xbox One Gaming Headsets in China
By Herp News SAN DIEGO and SHANGHAI, Sept. 29, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – Turtle Beach, the leading audio brand in the video games industry, today announced the XO Four and XO Seven officially-licensed Xbox One gaming headsets are now on sale in China. Turtle Beach is the gaming audio brand of Turtle Beach Corporation (HEAR). The Turtle […]
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Hacker Group Lizard Squad Takes Down Destiny, Call of Duty, FIFA And More
By Herp News It's been over a full month since hacker collective 'Lizard Squad' rose to notoriety for taking down Sony's PlayStation Network, Xbox Live and other gaming servers, but above all else attracting the FBI's attention for tweeting out a bomb threat to a Sony executive's American Airlines flight, which grounded the plane and […]
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Family home overrun with copperheads
Owners who purchased a property overrun with copperheads used to kill one hundred of the snakes each year, but when they learned how important snake venom is to medical research, they had a change of heart. From Click2Houston: “We were supposed to come out on a Friday the first time,” said Swanson. “We ended up […]
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Landewednack-School-enlist-the-help-of-The-Lizard-Lifeboat
By Herp News Byline: Children from Landewednack School at The Lizard have recently requested the help of The Lizard Lifeboat in their quest for winning new musical instruments for the school. Page Content: The children have entered a competition run by James Rhodes & The Great Instrument Amnesty and have produced a video which has […]
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The-Lizard-Lifeboat-Station-receives-another-generous-donation
By Herp News Byline: The Lizard Lifeboat Station has received another very generous donation from a visitor who is currently on route from Lands End to John O'Groats. Page Content: James Alty is currently undertaking a mammoth sponsored bike ride on a single speed bicycle to raise money in aid of the Buwan Kothi International […]
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