By Herp News Imagine watching a tiger stalk a sambar deer or catching a ghost-like glimpse of the rarely-seen saola—all from your desktop and in real time. Well, this may soon be possible under a new partnership with Google and the Zoological Society of London (ZSL), which will test TV white space to monitor zoo […]
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Oct 09
Oct 09
Snakes and snake-like robots show how sidewinders conquer sandy slopes
By Herp News The amazing ability of sidewinder snakes to quickly climb sandy slopes was once something biologists only vaguely understood and roboticists only dreamed of replicating. By studying the snakes in a unique bed of inclined sand and using a snake-like robot to test ideas spawned by observing the real animals, both biologists and […]
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Turtle Beach XO ONE Gaming Headset Now Available in Stores
By Herp News SAN DIEGO, Oct. 9, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – Turtle Beach, the leading audio brand in the video games industry, today announced that the XO ONE gaming headset designed for the Xbox One console is now available in stores and at online retailers. The XO ONE, which has an MSRP of $79.95, includes a new […]
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'Copycat' Bearded Dragons Mimic Their Peers
By Herp News Other bearded dragons then watched a video of the lizard opening the door, and scientists monitored whether the other animals imitated the behavior. All eight bearded dragons that watched the 11-second video of the demonstrator lizard followed suit. They opened the door in exactly the same manner as the bearded dragon in […]
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Dragon's-eye view
Zoo keepers in San Diego are training a Komodo dragon with the help of a camera attached to his back. From the Daily Mail: The 9ft (2.7 metre) creature has been taught to walk towards a series of yellow targets, getting a treat if he manages to complete the task successfully. Despite its terrifying reputation, […]
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Lizards in the Caribbean: How geography influences animal evolution
By Herp News Researchers have enlisted a Caribbean lizard to help them find out on how geography can influence the evolution of animal species. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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