By Herp News In 1914 the world’s last passenger pigeon died. Nicknamed, Martha, she was not killed by hunters, but simply old age. With her passing, the passenger pigeon fell into extinction. A hundred years before Martha’s death, however, the passenger pigeon may have been the most populous bird in the world with a population […]
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Jun 08
Jun 08
Loon chicks grow fast, fledge early to give parents a break
By Herp News Raising healthy chicks is always a challenge, but in a cold, fish-free Arctic lake, it’s an enormous undertaking. Red-throated Loon parents must constantly fly back and forth between their nesting lakes and the nearby ocean, bringing back fish to feed their growing young, and a new study suggests that the chicks grow […]
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Loon chicks grow fast, fledge early to give parents a break
By Herp News Raising healthy chicks is always a challenge, but in a cold, fish-free Arctic lake, it’s an enormous undertaking. Red-throated Loon parents must constantly fly back and forth between their nesting lakes and the nearby ocean, bringing back fish to feed their growing young, and a new study suggests that the chicks grow […]
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A frog in the throat, literally
By Herp News A researcher who generates three-dimensional computer models of animals using a micro-CT scanner found that in analyzing a frog specimen, another animal was present inside the frog — another frog. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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A frog in the throat, literally
By Herp News A researcher who generates three-dimensional computer models of animals using a micro-CT scanner found that in analyzing a frog specimen, another animal was present inside the frog — another frog. Go to Source …read more Read more here: herpetofauna.com No products found. Amazon Auto Links
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A friendly inhabitant of the Indian seas: The file snake
In the seas of India you can find magnificent creatures and underwater activities. Found in coastal areas, the file snake, Achrochordus granulatus, is a non-venomous sea snake and an exception to my expectations that sea snakes are usually venomous — the reason I consider it a friendly inhabitant of the sea! As the file snake […]
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Uluru skinks don't kick kids out of the burrow
Uluru skinks are the first lizards to show familial behavior, including raising several generations of offspring in a single family home. From mongabay.com: Adult Uluru skinks pair for consecutive years and may raise several generations in a single burrow constructed by the parents. Not unlike humans, multiple generations of skinks live in the shared home, […]
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Herp Photo of the Day: Boa constrictor
“Life is like a box of chocolates, you never know what you are going to get!” While that may be true with chocolates, the work in genetics helps us know almost what is going to pop out of a clutch. But there is a great variety as seen in this clutch of boa constrictors in […]
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