By Herp News Tortoise Capital Advisors announced the following special distributions today: Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Dec 10
Dec 10
To collect or not to collect? Experts debate the need for specimens
By Herp News In 1912, a group of intrepid explorers led by Rollo and Ida Beck, widely acknowledged to be the foremost marine bird collectors of their time, embarked on a most remarkable effort to catalogue South America’s oceanic birds. Museums of the day held opportunistically collected specimens from scattered sources, but rarely did these […]
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Sea turtles rescued from the cold
Almost 200 sea turtles suffering from hypothermia were removed from chilly Massachusetts Bay and flown to warmer waters. From the Orlando Sentinel: Turtle rescues happen every year in late fall in the Northeast, but for reasons not yet known what’s happening this year is “epic,” said one of the nearly two dozen volunteers passing boxes […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Collared Lizard!
<img width="250" src="http://gallery.connectedbypets.com/data/5740Shikoba__Im_so_pretty-med.jpg" alt=" Collared Lizard, uploaded by kingsnake.com user Eve” /> It’s our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user Eve! Collared Lizard, uploaded by kingsnake.com user Eve” /> Upload your own reptile and amphibian photos photos at gallery.kingsnake.com, and you could see them featured here! …read more Read more here: King […]
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Disabled tortoise gets a Lego 'wheelchair'
By Herp News A little tortoise with a metabolic bone disease has had mobility returned thanks to a Lego rig glued to his shell. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Snapping turtle's new start after getting hooked through neck
By Herp News A turtle found in the Northern Territory close to death and with a fishing hook through its neck which tethered it to a tree has been released back into the wild after being nursed back to health. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Snapping turtle's new start after getting hooked in the neck
By Herp News A turtle found in the Northern Territory close to death and hanging from a tree with a hook through its neck has been released back into the wild after being nursed back to health. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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