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A runaway tortoise caused a traffic back up on Old Santa Fe Trail on Tuesday morning. Read more at KOB.com
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Tortoise escapes home, slows traffic in Santa Fe
Santa Fe police corral escaped runaway tortoise, porcupine
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A 150-pound “runaway” tortoise was taken into custody by Santa Fe Police Animal Control officers this morning as it slowed… more »
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Weigh In: Massive Aussie Tortoise Heads to His Check-Up
By Herp News
Hugo, a 63-year-old Galapagos Tortoise, had his annual weighing on Tuesday at the Australian Reptile Park in Somersby.
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Snakes Worth $30,000 S-s-s-swiped From Store
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Police are trying to identify the suspect who broke into a North Carolina reptile store and swiped $30,000 worth of snakes, including a rare python worth $12,500, police said.
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NC snake thief steals 36 snakes, 1 worth $12k
By Herp News
A thief stole more than 30 snakes valued at over $30,000 from a store, according to North Carolina officials.
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Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc. Provides Unaudited Balance Sheet Information and Asset Coverage Ratio Update as of June 30, 2014
By Herp News
Tortoise MLP Fund, Inc. today announced that as of June 30, 2014, the company’s unaudited total assets were approximately $2.4 billion and its unaudited net asset value
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Snakes Worth $30,000 S-s-s-swiped From Store
By Herp News
One Stolen Snake Was Valued at $12,500
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Search on for missing turtle in Hay River, N.W.T.
By Herp News
A turtle on the loose in Hay River, N.W.T. could wreak havoc on the local ecosystem, says an Alberta reptile expert. Shelly, a red-eared slider, escaped from a backyard on Beaver Crescent in Hay River on Saturday. Dave Law, who runs the Alberta Turtle and Tortoise Society, says it's important the turtle is found.
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On babies and motherhood: how giant armadillos are surprising scientists (photos)
By Herp News
Until ten years ago scientist’s knowledge of the reproductive habits of the giant armadillo— the world’s biggest— were basically regulated to speculation. But a long-term research project in the Brazilian Pantanal is changing that: last year researchers announced the first ever photos of a baby giant armadillo and have since recorded a second birth from another female.
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Two men's successful fight to save the snakes of Hong Kong
Stephen Loman and William Sargent are a two-man movement saving snakes in Hong Kong.
From the South China Morning Post:
Stephen Loman and William Sargent know more than most just how closely we live with snakes. Although the pair balk at the term snake hunter, they have been rescuing, photographing and releasing snakes in the wild in Hong Kong for decades.Stephen Loman and William Sargent
In that time, Loman, a finance professional, and Sargent, a race organiser, have caught and released more than 1,000 snakes and suffered hundreds of bites.
Even so, both argue – and experts agree – that the fear of snakes is often misplaced. “Snakes get a bad reputation,” says Sargent. “A lot of people don’t know much about snakes. That fear or ignorance leads to killing snakes for no real reason.”
In his experience, it is humans who are a menace to snakes, not the other way around. According to the Hospital Authority there hasn’t been any death attributed to a snake bite in more than 20 years although Hong Kong has some particularly venomous species such as the banded krait, Chinese cobra, coral snake and the red-necked keelback.
Dying from a snake bite, even from the most poisonous species, is “very rare” in Hong Kong for several reasons, Lau explains. The city is small, has good infrastructure, and a high standard of medical care. No matter where someone is bitten in Hong Kong, they are never more than an hour away from hospital, and all major hospitals carry antivenom.
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Turtle in trouble: Man dives off the end of a 700-foot pier to rescue an entangled sea turtle
By Herp News
NORTH CAROLINA (WITI) — A sea turtle was rescued this weekend after it was spotted entangled in a mass of netting and a discarded plastic bottle of antifreeze. News Channel 3, WTKR reports a man actually jumped into the water to come to the turtle’s aid. It happened near Avalon Pier in Kill Devil Hills, […]
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Water monitor lizard captured at Hickam
By Herp News
A Malaysian water monitor lizard was captured Friday afternoon at Joint Base Pearl Harbor-Hickam, according to the Hawaii Department of Agriculture. Personnel from the Hawaii Air National Guard reported seeing a large black lizard running on its hind legs last Thursday. Initially, base pest control staff was dispatched, but they were not able to locate the lizard where it was spotted, which was …
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Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. Provides Section 19(a) Notice
By Herp News
This notice provides stockholders of Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc. with information regarding the distribution paid on June 30, 2014 and cumulativ
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Super cute, but tiny, elephant-relative discovered in Namibia
By Herp News
Forget marsupials, the world’s strangest group of mammals are actually those in the Afrotheria order. This superorder of mammals contains a motley crew that at first glance seems to have nothing in common: from elephants to rodent-sized sengi. Last week, scientists announced the newest, and arguably cutest, member of Atrotheria: the Etendeka round-eared sengi.
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Invasive watersnakes introduced to California may pose risk to native species
By Herp News
Watersnakes, commonly seen in the lakes, rivers and streams of the eastern United States, are invading California waterways and may pose a threat to native and endangered species in the state, according to a study. Nearly half of California’s amphibians are considered Species of Special Concern or are listed under the state or federal Endangered Species Act, and more than 80 percent of the state’s inland fishes are of conservation concern.
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The-Lizard-lifeboat-launches-to-Mayday-call-from-damaged-boat
By Herp News
Byline: The Lizard all weather Tamar Class Lifeboat “Rose” launched on service shortly after 2pm on Wednesday 25th June 2014 in response to a mayday call received from a damaged rib which was taking on water. Page Content: The eight meter RIB Neptune with five people on board was taking on water approximately three miles south west of The Lizard Point. Sea conditions on scene were described as …
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Alligators crunch bones for science
Researchers are learning a lot about extinct reptiles from how American alligators eat.
From NatGeo:
What happens when you throw bones to a group of American alligators? This isn’t a question for late night horror movies, but for science.
Standing behind a safety barrier at Florida’s St. Augustine Alligator Farm, University of Tennessee paleontologist Stephanie Drumheller tossed skeletonized cow legs to a crush of curious alligators. Over and over again, the armored archosaurs rushed in to snap at the morsels, and with every bite they left the predatory hallmarks in the form of punctures and scrapes. These traces were what Drumheller was after. Through understanding the damage modern alligators leave on bones, Drumheller and other paleontologists can follow the depredations of alligators and their croc cousins through time.
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Reptile Roundup
By Herp News
Scaly creatures took over Wesselman Woods Nature Center and Preserve Saturday. Snakes, turtles, iguanas and other reptiles were on display for the second annual 'Reptile Roundup.'
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Rescue alert iguana was cuddly toy
By Herp News
Animal welfare officers called to rescue a reptile from a tree in Thurso discover it was a cuddly toy nailed to a branch.
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Wild golf stories: Fans share their most unique tales
By Herp News
PGA.com asked our Facebook friends about unique occurrences on the golf course. There were tales of reptile encounters, ill-timed duck hooks, seismic activity and even sasquatches. “While working in the pro shop we got a Big Foot costume and had a 6 foo 8 kid that also worked there run around the course in it from time to time.” — David Garland Needless to say I put me down for a birdie on that …
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Unfussy gourmet at Crane & Turtle in Petworth
By Herp News
The Japanese-French restaurant comes from the owner of Room 11 and the Petworth Citizen.
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Fitch Takes Rating Action on Tortoise Fund Notes and Pfd Following Merger
By Herp News
Fitch Ratings assigns 'AAA' and 'AA' ratings to $179.4 million of new senior unsecured notes and $50 million of new mandatory redeemable preferred shares , res
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Giant tortoise treated for sinusitis
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A giant tortoise is checked in to an on-site clinic at Bristol Zoo after developing the symptoms of sinusitis.
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Herp Video of the Week: Pet Iguana!
Check out this video “Pet Iguana,” submitted by kingsnake.com user Minuet.
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Turtle gets high-profile help crossing Winnipeg's busiest street
By Herp News
A Manitoba cabinet minister said he and other Winnipeg drivers sprang into action upon seeing a woman try to help a turtle that was ambling across Portage Avenue this morning.
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Reptile rescue
By Herp News
Moose, a cousin to the Komodo Dragon takes special handling and was one of the reptiles the audience was not allowed to touch.
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Summer brings classified updates and a sale!
Summer is always the busy season in the reptile world, with herpers headed off to the field, reptile expo season heating up, and baby reptiles and amphibians popping out left and right. We’ve been busy here at kingsnake.com as well, getting a whole peck of classified changes, updates and upgrades built, tested, and installed.
As you may have noticed over the last few years, we’ve been steadily raising the number of ads that can be posted in each category — from three, then to six, and now to eight per category with a standard account and 12 with an enhanced account!
Other ad posting changes include an optional PayPal ‘Buy It Now’ button, which will allow customers to make purchases directly from the kingsnake.com classifieds if you have a PayPal account. kingsnake.com takes no extra fees for using the ‘Buy It Now’ feature, and it’s quick and easy to include in your ad.
The Classified Vendor Profile system has been updagted as well, receiving a publicly viewable click-through counter in addition to the other cool features such as event listing and customer recommendations that were introduced at launch.
Finally, the classified index has been slightly adjusted to make it more navigable, and to add the ‘New and Updated’ business directory listings, as well as a new Updated Classified Profile listing system that lists the last 10 classified profiles that have been updated by vendors.
To update your classified ad vendor profile please visit http://market.kingsnake.com/account/.
To purchase a classified account please visit http://kingsnake.com/shared/services/classified.php.
Buisness directory listings are on sale for half price ($75.00 off) thru July 4. To add your web site to our business directory please go to http://www.kingsnake.com/services/businessdirectory_SALE75.html to purchase a listing on sale for half price or to update your current listing go to http://www.kingsnake.com/myaccount/bus_dir.php.
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The Scrub Lizard: A Florida endemic
The search had not begun as a jaunt to find the Florida scrub lizard, Sceloporus woodi. That wasn’t even close to the reason. Rather it had been my hope of finding a little spotted skunk that had brought Jake and me to Okeechobee County.
But spotted skunks (which we failed to find, by the way) are primarily crepuscular and nocturnal, and that left us with many hours of daylight to delve into other pursuits. So, having no real plans. we accessed an eastbound road and our next stop was in some scrub habitat in Martin County.
At that point we both recalled that we would like to update our photos of the scrub lizard, so Sceloporus woodi became our new secondary target.
Restricted to sandy areas from the latitude of Marion County southward, the little scrub lizard is a localized Florida endemic. A smaller adult size (to 6 1/4″), smaller scales, a well defined brown lateral line, and less black pigment on the belly differentiate the scrub lizard from the sympatric fence lizard, Sceloporus undulatus.
And unlike the skunk (that, despite several additional nights of trying we still haven’t found), the habitat and locale in which we were then standing proved ideal for the scrub lizards. They were found and photographed, allowing us to consider the trip at least a partial success. And at the price of petrol nowadays, successes on road trips, be they accidental or intended, are evermore appreciated.
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Size matters: small animals abundant in fragmented forests, large animals not
By Herp News
Habitat fragmentation and hunting are both distinct critical issues facing forests today that require their own countermeasures. Yet, much research has chosen to conflate the two, potentially leading to ineffective ecosystem management. According to a new study, the interaction of both factors can contradict the effects of hunting and fragmentation alone, revealing a research and management gap that urgently needs to be filled.
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Turtle's broken shell held together with wires, pins and glue
By Herp News
An injured turtle is literally being pieced back together with wires, steel pins, epoxy glue and a clamp at a Manitoba wildlife shelter, after its shell was badly cracked this week.
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Saving a yellow-bellied sea snake
This yellow-bellied sea snake was rescued and rehabbed in New South Wales, Australia:
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Scientists: Neotropical otter should not be considered threatened
By Herp News
The Neotropical otter (Lontra longicaudis) should not be considered threatened by the IUCN Red List, according to a new paper in mongabay.com’s open-access journal Tropical Conservation Science. Currently the species is listed as Data Deficient, but was considered Vulnerable until 2000.
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Shot vulture leads conservationists to bizarre black-market for bird parts
By Herp News
Around 11 AM on Thursday, 27 February 2014, Angoulou Enika was lying hidden in the tall grass on the side of a large water hole in the Sahel region of Niger. He was staying as quiet as he could while aiming his custom-made rifle at an Egyptian vulture which had landed nearby to drink from the water. He took a breath, held it and fired. The large bird fell to its side.
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How salamanders may help humans re-grow lost limbs
Does the key to human limb regeneration like in a salamander’s cells?
From researcher Max Yun in The Conversation UK:
This process is rarely found in mammalian cells and this has been suggested as the basis for their poor regenerative abilities. But clearly, unraveling the mechanisms underlying this reprogramming is central to understanding why certain vertebrates can regenerate their limbs while others can’t, and how to repeat this process in humans.
If we were able to crack this puzzle, it could lead to strategies to enhance the reprogramming of cells from patients, and to better understand their disease and design appropriate cures.
We recently found a critical component of the reprogramming mechanism. In our study, published in Stem Cell Reports, we demonstrated that the sustained activation of a molecular pathway (a group of molecules in a cell that work together to control a particular function or functions) – called the ERK pathway – plays a key role during the natural reprogramming of salamander muscle cells. Only when the ERK pathway is constantly switched “on” are the cells able to re-enter the cell cycle, which is key to their regenerative potential.
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Reptile rescue
By Herp News
Joe Lamb explained that boa constrictors, like this Red Tail Boa, can grow to 10 feet long and eat mice and rats.
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Boa constrictor dumped on doorstep
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Staff at a reptile centre in Brighton find a 5ft long boa constrictor abandoned in a box on their doorstep.
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Reptile rescue
By Herp News
Turtles like Sal, this 14-year-old African Tortoise, can live to be over 200 years old and grow up to 850 pounds.
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Dinosaurs roar again at Indian River Reptile Zoo
By Herp News
Exciting to watch these giants roll off the truck that has transported them all the way from Texas.
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Snow Lizard Products to Exhibit at CE Week 2014, Booth 159, Jun 23 – 27, 2014, in New York, NY, US
By Herp News
Press Kit Materials are Available at: http://www.tradeshownews.com/events/CE-Week-2014/SnowLizard-Gear/
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Regional court kills controversial Serengeti Highway
By Herp News
The Serengeti ecosystem got a major reprieve last week when the East African Court of Justice (EACJ) ruled against a hugely-controversial plan to build a paved road through Tanzania’s Serengeti National Park. The court dubbed the proposed road ‘unlawful’ due to expected environmental impacts.
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