It’s early Christmas eve and Greg and I doing what we usually do for the Christmas Holidays….avoiding the Christmas Holidays. It’s not that we are Bah-humbug, but Christmas is the longest holiday we have to endure. It starts well before Thanksgiving when the first tv commercial features the sounds of Christmas bells or an outright […]
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Dec 24
Dec 24
This is Lizard Squad, the nebulous hacker group now tied to the Sony hack
By Herp News Talk to any avid gamer these days and they’ll tell you about Lizard Squad. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Christmas colors disguise gliding lizards in the rainforest
By Herp News By mimicking the red and green colors of falling leaves, Bornean lizards avoid falling prey to birds whilst gliding, new research has found. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Chinese giant salamander finds new home in UK
The largest amphibian in the UK is a Chinese salamander named Professor Wu. From the London Evening Standard: The 19-year-old has been brought over for a new conservation project to help research ways to prevent the giants from becoming extinct in the wild and was named after one of the project’s partners. Professor Wu is […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Dragon Wings!
<img width="250" src="http://gallery.connectedbypets.com/data/122504Squirt_by_Snakeskii.jpg" alt=" Dragon Wings, uploaded by kingsnake.com user Snakeskii” /> It’s our herp photo of the day, uploaded by kingsnake.com user Snakeskii! Dragon Wings, uploaded by kingsnake.com user Snakeskii” /> 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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Hypothermic turtle, 'Solstice,' rescued on Washington coast
By Herp News The 41-pound olive ridley sea turtle was discovered Monday on a beach in Oysterville, WA, and is now receiving treatment at the Oregon Coast Aquarium. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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Meet Lizard Squad, the group that may have helped North Korea hack Sony
By Herp News © Damian Dovarganes/AP A detail of the Sony Pictures Studios headquarters building is seen in Culver City, Calif., Dec. 19, 2014 An amorphous hacker collective known as Lizard Squad may have played a role in the massive cyberattack against Sony, according to the cybersecurity firm IntelCrawler . The group has attacked Sony […]
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