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Lizard Squad, which has gained notoriety for a string of recent attacks on the gaming industry, has gone after video game streaming site Twitch.
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Lizard Squad goes after Twitch. Cyber criminals or just Internet Trolls?
Saving the Atlantic Forest would cost less than ‘Titanic’
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Want to save the world’s most imperiled biodiversity hotspot? You just need a down payment of $198 million. While that may sound like a lot, it’s actually less than it cost to make the film, Titanic. A new study published today in Science finds that paying private landowners to protect the Atlantic Forest would cost Brazil just 6.5 percent of what it currently spends ever year on agricultural subsidies.
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Indonesian authorities bust porcupine-smuggling ring
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Police in Langkat, North Sumatera, Indonesia, seized 55 porcupines from smugglers preparing to ship the animals to China. Three suspects were detained during last week’s operation, while their accomplices remain at large. Dozens more animals reportedly obtained from dealers in Medan are still unaccounted for.
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Endangered tortoises to be sterilized
How do you save endangered tortoises? Sterilization.
From the Elko Daily Free Press:
U.S. Fish & Wildlife Service officials say they have to curb the backyard breeding of desert tortoises because the growing population of unwanted pet tortoises diverts resources from efforts to preserve the species in the wild.
Mike Senn, assistant field supervisor for the Fish &Wildlife Service in Nevada, told the Las Vegas Review-Journal that it can be “a really difficult issue” to explain to people. He said simply breeding more tortoises won’t save the species if not enough is done to improve and protect natural habitat and address threats in the wild.
Captive tortoises threaten native populations because they can carry diseases with them when they escape or are released illegally in the desert.
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Tortoise moves in at Toledo Zoo
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Toledo’s newest exotic resident weighs 440 pounds, is old enough to be considered a living antique, and hails from a volcanic archipelago near the equator revered for its unique and diverse ecosystems.
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Pet iguana bites 12-year-old boy in Jumeirah home
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Dubai-based Hungarian boy undergoes surgery after reptile attack at Palm Jumeirah penthouse A 12-year-old Hungarian boy has ended up with several stitches on his left hand after being bitten by his pet iguana at his Palm Jumeirah penthouse in Dubai on Sunday. Kevin Kristof Gali, a Grade 7 student, was feeding Dragon, his three-year-old pet iguana, around 11am when the 1.5-metre-long reptile …
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Endangered Burmese star tortoise hatched at Toronto Zoo
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The first of a rare, endangered breed of tortoise to be hatched in Canada is now on display at the Toronto Zoo. The Burmese star tortoise was born in early June, making the Toronto Zoo one of only a few North American facilities to hatch one. The baby tortoise was hatched after a heavily monitored 135-day incubation. The egg was laid along with eight others in January of this year, and was the …
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The Gran Canal: will Nicaragua’s big bet create prosperity or environmental ruin?
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A hundred years ago, the Panama Canal reshaped global geography. Now a new project, spearheaded by a media-shy Chinese millionaire, wants to build a 278-kilometer canal through Nicaragua. While the government argues the mega-project will change the country’s dire economic outlook overnight, critics contend it will cause undue environmental damage, upend numerous communities, and do little to help local people.
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Turtle Beach and Twitch Announce Extended Partnership
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SAN DIEGO, Aug. 27, 2014 /PRNewswire/ – Turtle Beach Corporation (HEAR), the leading audio brand in the video game industry, and Twitch, the world's leading live video platform and community for gamers, today announced the extension of their exclusive partnership. Turtle Beach is the official audio partner for Twitch, providing headsets and audio hardware for team chat and live streaming to …
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The reptile and amphibian species fighting off extinction with the help of BIAZA
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The reptile and amphibian species fighting off extinction with the help of BIAZA
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Endangered turtles protected by Nicaraguan army
Soldiers in Nicaragua were deployed to prevent poachers from stealing sea turtle eggs.
From France24:
The first 1,400 Olive Ridley turtles arrived to nest Thursday at the Chacocente Wildlife Refuge on the Central American country’s southern coast, regional military commander Jose Larios told the Nuevo Diario newspaper.
They were followed by hundreds more on Friday and Saturday, said Larios, whose troops are guarding a 1,500-meter (one-mile) stretch of beach where the turtles lay their eggs.
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Who Is Lizard Squad, Group Claiming Responsibility for High Profile Hacks?
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The mysterious hacker of hacking collective known as “Lizard Squad” has taken responsibility for a number of cyberattacks that have briefly knocked high profile websites offline.
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Frankie Tortoise Tails – Guide to Big (Dear Waffles…)
Dear Waffles, I’ve noticed how big you got over the summer. For sulcata tortoises, it happens really fast. As I am an expert on BIG I thought I would share some things about getting closer to that 100 pound marker.
You’re gonna need a bigger blanket.
Indoors starts looking a bit small
Indoors gets a little hazardous (for the things indoors, you’ll be fine).
Your mom is gonna get tired of picking up these
You’ll end up outside more often but you’ll love it!
The buffet is all you can eat!
Things you used to eat become toys.
You’ll start doing this a lot.
Mom will need help getting you in and out of the car.
You’ll need a bigger outdoor house.
This is big but 75% is for storing hay and carrots.
It’s important to learn that a glass is solid. If you insist you can go right through them but you will need to wear a safety hat….so will everyone on the other side.
You got to get yourself a skateboard.
Sloth can’t move outside with you but it’s okay, there’s things to snuggle with.
Even big you’ll make all kinds a new friends. If you can’t dance just go freestyle. Nobody will mind.
Best of all, you’ll make lifelong friends who love you.
And that famous hiney shot gets more and more awesome.
Love, Frankie
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Who Is Lizard Squad?
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The mysterious hacker of hacking collective known as “Lizard Squad” has taken responsibility for a number of cyberattacks that have briefly knocked high profile websites offline.
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Lizard Squad: Who Is the Group Claiming Responsibility for High Profile Hacks?
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The Group Has Taken Credit for Hacking the Vatican's Website, and Sony's PlayStation
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Who Are Lizard Squad – Isis-Linked Hackers or Trolls Making Bomb Threats?
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Over the weekend the Sony PlayStation Network went offline and a plane carrying a Sony executive was diverted following a bomb threat. Both events have been credited to the person or people behind the Twitter account @LizardSquad, an account which also purportedly supported the Islamic State (formerly known as Isis). Just over a week ago, the Twitter account came to life, having been dormant …
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Scottish conservationists have an interesting nightlife
Conservationists in Scotland search dunes and marshes by flashlight, looking for critically endangered natterjack toads.
From BBC News:
The scientists search the area after dark, using torchlight to find the natterjacks.
The toads are then measured and photographed.
James Silvey of RSPB Scotland said: “The beautiful thing about natterjacks is they each come with their own individual fingerprint, and that’s in the form of the big warts and the yellow stripe on their backs.
“Each of the toads we photograph today could potentially live for 10 or 15 years and if we photograph it again we’ll know that individual was found here at Mersehead in 2014.
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The-Lizard-RNLI-lifeboat-crew-abseil-down-to-Mount-Everest-base-camp
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Byline: The Lizard lifeboat volunteer crew and shore crew members with help from the public took part in an abseil challenge on Saturday 23 August at Kynance Cove on the Lizard peninsular. Page Content: A perfect flat cliff face above Kynance Cove was selected to abseil down by David Issitt, a member of the shore crew at The Lizard lifeboat station who came up with the idea of the abseil …
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After Disrupting Playstation, Hacker Group Lizard Squad Takes Credit For Xbox Live Outage
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The hacker group that claimed to have taken down Sony's PlayStation Network over the weekend is claiming another scalp : Microsoft's Xbox Live. The group, known as Lizard Squad, took responsibility for the denial-of-service attack, the second in as many days. We hear there are some Xbox Live issues, sorry 
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'Lizard' Hackers Force Sony Exec's Flight To Divert
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Hackers reportedly forced an American Airlines plane to make an emergency landing over a threat linked to a top Sony executive onboard.
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Turtle Talk Tallies: Comments and recs report from the week of August 18
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Mike S. & SpinningGamera take home the commenting awards this week.
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Two Headed Turtle Born In NE Arkansas
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(PHOTO COURTESY: Laura Balch) AMAGON, Ark. (AP) – A two-headed snapping turtle has been born in Northeast Arkansas. The Jonesboro Sun reports the baby turtle was discovered last week at the NEA Turtle Farm in Amagon. An employee says the common snapper was discovered among a group of 30,000 that will be shipped to China. …
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Two-headed 'mutant' turtle found at Arkansas farm
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An Arkansas biologist calls a newborn two-headed snapping turtle rare, but he says turtle mutations are becoming more common.
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Hackers attack Sony PlayStation Network
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Hackers naming themselves “Lizard Squad” have attacked Blizzard, Sony and other video game networks over the weekend.
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American Airlines flight diverted after gaming hacker group tweets bomb threat
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“Lizard Squad” takes down PSN, then targets plane carrying Sony Online CEO.
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'Lizard' Hackers Force Sony Exec's Flight To Divert
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Hackers reportedly forced an American Airlines plane to make an emergency landing over a threat linked to a top Sony executive onboard.
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Two-headed turtle born in Northeast Arkansas
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AMAGON — A two-headed snapping turtle has been born in Northeast Arkansas.
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Hackers Use Twitter Bomb Scare to Divert Sony Exec's Plane
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An American Airlines flight carrying Sony Online Entertainment president John Smedley was diverted on Sunday after a hacker group dubbed the Lizard…
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PlayStation Network buckles from massive hacker attack; Xbox could be next target
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Sony has confirmed that a massive DDoS attack took down its popular online gaming network this past weekend, leaving millions of gamers out in the cold as they tried to connect to the service. Two different entities, a hacker group called “Lizard Squad” and a lone hacker named “Fame,” both claimed responsibility for the PlayStation Network attack, but an investigation is ongoing. Sony says that …
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Hackers that call themselves “Lizard Squad” attack Sony PlayStation Network
By Herp News
NEW YORK (CNNMoney) — A group of hackers calling themselves “Lizard Squad” has taken down several popular online video game networks and possibly diverted an American Airlines jet carrying a Sony executive. Over the weekend, Blizzard Entertainment, CCP Games, Riot Games and Sony have done maintenance to bring their networks back online. The hackers, speaking […]
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Lizard Squad Bomb Threat Diverts Sony Exec's Plane To Phoenix
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As if cutting off from their games millions of users wasn't enough for the day, Forbes reports that [the] hacker collective (or individual) known as the “Lizard Squad” succeeded in taking offline many gaming services including Blizzard’s Battle.net and Sony PSN. But things took a turn from irritating DDoS attacks to another level of harassment earlier this afternoon when the group took to …
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Discovered and endangered
A critically endangered tree frog has just been discovered in Madagascar.
From Newsweek:
Boophis ankarafensis, as the scientists have dubbed the amphibian, is bright green with red speckles red on its head and back. It was found on the Sahamalaza Peninsula in the Ankarafa forest, from whence its name comes.
The frog’s call—a series of high-pitched trills, followed by three clicks—differs slightly from related frog species, which stop at a pair of clicks. Its body size and coloration are also slightly different; genetic analysis proved that it is indeed a separate species, according to a study describing the animal published today in the journal ZooKeys.
Although the Sahamalaza-Iles Radama National Park, where the frog is found, remains protected in name, deforestation is rampant in the surrounding forests, the researchers wrote.
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Hackers attack Sony PlayStation Network
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Hackers naming themselves “Lizard Squad” have attacked Blizzard, Sony and other video game networks over the weekend.
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Scientists name new endangered species after the company that will decide its fate
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Scientists have discovered a new snail species near a cement quarry in Malaysia, which as far as they know lives nowhere else in the world. It lives on a limestone hill called Kanthan given as a concession to an international company Lafarge. The cement producer quarries the hill for raw materials. As a result, the scientists have named the species after the company that will decide if it goes extinct.
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Famed Galapagos tortoise 'Pepe the Missionary' dies
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Quito (AFP) – “Pepe the Missionary,” a giant tortoise who rose to fame as one of the most photographed animals on Ecuador's Galapagos Islands, has died at age 60, officials said Friday. Pepe, who lived in a corral at the Galapagos National Park's Interpretation Center, died of natural causes, said the park's ecosystems director, Victor Carrion. Park director Arturo Izurieta paid tribute to the …
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Herp Video of the Week: Bubblegum the Talking Snake!
Check out this video “Bubblegum the Talking Snake,” submitted by kingsnake.com user snakewz.
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Lizard tails may help humans get new limbs
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They discovered the genetic “recipe” for lizard tail regeneration, which may come down to using genetic ingredients in just the right mixture and amounts. By following the genetic recipe for regeneration that is found in lizards, and then harnessing those same genes in human cells, it may be possible to regrow new cartilage, muscle or even spinal cord in the future. “Lizards basically share the …
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In space, no one can hear you squeak
NASA is planning to send rats to the International Space Station so they can study the effects of microgravity on animals.
From Fox News:
While rodents have flown on space shuttle flights in the past, those missions have only lasted a week or two. This new rats in space mission, however, could range between 30 and 90 days, depending on the availability of spacecraft like SpaceX’s Dragon capsule to ferry them on the roundtrip.
This means there will need to be changes to animal husbandry to keep the rats happy and healthy, said Julie Robinson, NASA’s chief scientist for the space station, in a recent press conference. [Animal Pioneers of the Space Age (Photos)]
“This will allow animals to be studied for longer period of time on space station missions,” she said, adding that of the 35 or so studies where rats have gone into space, few of them have gone for more than two weeks.
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Fitch Affirms Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fund Notes at 'AAA' & Pfd at 'AA'
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Fitch Ratings has affirmed the following ratings assigned to the senior unsecured notes and mandatory redeemable preferred shares issued by Tortoise Pipeline & Energy Fu
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Understanding evolution of snake venom is key to treatment
Scientists hope a new discovey about the origin of snake venom can lead to more effective treatments of snake bites.
From Laboratory Equipment:
The genes encoding these proteins have been duplicated at some point in the past and one of the resulting copies has been restricted to the venom gland, where natural selection has acted to develop or increase toxicity. This differs from the long-standing hypothesis that venom proteins are “recruited” from body tissues, in the sense that these proteins are already expressed in the venom or salivary gland prior to becoming toxic.
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