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Get out of your seat — okay, you don’t really have to do that. Turtle Beach , however, is certainly hoping its new headset won’t have you stuck there. After months of teasing, it’s finally here. This is the Seven Series , the company’s first set officially bred for Major League Gaming tournaments. It’s a contractual title that’s already been bestowed upon Astro’s well-performing Mixamp and A40 …
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African lions (Panthera leo) living outside of protected areas like national parks or reserves also happen to be studied much less than those residing within protected areas, to the detriment of lion conservation initiatives. In response to this trend, a group of researchers surveyed an understudied, unprotected region in northwestern Mozambique called the Tete Province, whose geography and proximity to two national parks suggests a presence of lions.
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Gaur (Bos gaurus gaurus) is one of the large wild ungulates of Asian jungles. It is the tallest living ox, and one of the four heaviest land mammals (elephant, rhino and wild buffalo are the other three), weighing up to 940 kilograms (2,070 pounds) and standing between 1.6 and 1.9 meters (5.2 to 6.2 feet) at the shoulder. Gaur were once distributed throughout the forested tracts of India and South Nepal, east to Vietnam and south to Malaya. Today, however, they are confined to just over a hundred existing, and 27 proposed, Protected Areas in India.
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A recent study published in mongabay.com’s open access journal Tropical Conservation Science raises concerns about levels of heavy metals, particularly lead (Pb), present in shark meat, as well as the decline of shark abundance due to global fishing pressures. Sharks are primarily caught as by-catch for other fishing industries. By one account, 70% of the total catch in swordfish long-line fisheries was sharks. Due to consumer demand, this by-catch is sold to Asian fish markets as fin and trunk meat. Much of the trunk and organ meat is used to make fish-meal, which is then fed to farmed fish.
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Getting local people to become invested in wildlife conservation is not always easy, especially in parts of the world where protected areas are seen as taking away natural resources from local communities. This tension lies around Gonarezhou National Park in Zimbabwe, where a growing population of livestock herders competes with wildlife.
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my painted turtle laid one egg yesterday up in her sun bathing house, which has no sand for her to bury it in and my other turtles have access to it. so my boyfriend took it out of there and put it in a different tank over a heater, careful as not to tip it. I don’t know what to do about her laying more eggs bc she doesn’t have the right environment to lay them in.
but as for this egg, it’s doing pretty well 
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Animal cruelty is against the law — unless you do it to snakes, apparently.
An Oklahoma humane wildlife and pest control company known as The Skunk Whisperer blasted the state Sunday evening on Facebook for what it described as “promoting felony animal cruelty on the OK tourism website.” From their post:
Tens of thousands of people attend “rattlesnake roundup” events each year in OK & more in different parts of the U.S., but only in Oklahoma do lawmakers allow or endorse people holding a snake down while they remove the fangs with pliers and then sew the snake’s mouth shut for family photos with a “live” rattle snake. On the State of Oklahoma owned and run website they say “While at the derby, don’t forget to secure the ultimate souvenir: a picture taken with a live rattlesnake. Expert snake handlers will be on-hand to shoot family photos with live snakes”, & also, “Have your picture taken with a live Diamondback rattlesnake in the on-site photobooth”. Per this wording, they are using Oklahoma money to endorse felony acts of animal cruelty & are literally encouraging people to turn the glorification of felony animal cruelty into a wholesome family affair.
The Department of Tourism Director, Deby Snodgrass, has approved spending OK tax money on Google Ad Words to promote the events. Please write & tell her that a state that endorses & pays to promote fangs being torn out of an animal’s mouth & mouths being sewn shut is not a state that you care to vacation or live in: information@TravelOK.com 120 N. Robinson Avenue, 6th Floor P.O. Box 52002 Oklahoma City, OK 73152-2002
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Been a stressful week for me, I think more than for my turtle haha. My theory of what went wrong when my baby turtle stopped eating a week and a half after I got it:
My house is colder than youraveragehome because of the way the sun hits it and the open area where I have Ninja. I was doing the correct water temperatures for an adult turtle. What I did not know is that baby res turtles need more heat than adult turtles. So, Ninja began going in to a semi-hibernation mode but would not go in to full hibernation because the water temp was not right. Semi- hibernation they will still move around but will not eat. if thispersistsit will eventually die. I bought a submersibleheaterwhere I could adjust the water temp. Got it up to between 80-84 degrees morning/night beingthecoldest and midday-afternoon being the warmest. Ninja is finally getting out of that mode after one day of full warm water. Ninja also ate black worms today finally which was the big relief.I also bought a floating dock so I could add way more water and ninja lovesthe waterbut still wont bask but im working on it. Im happy now, i have a new hobby and new found love for turtles. I am excited to watch Ninja grow. I only have a 10 gallon tank but in a few months I will be upgrading toat leasta 50. Thank you for this turtle forum. It really helped a lot. Saved me another trip to the vet also. I must say tho this was not cheap at all but well worth it!!!!
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By Herp News
As part of a “Lazarus Project” to try to bring the Australian gastric-brooding frog back from extinction scientists have succeeded in producing early stage cloned embryos containing the DNA of the frog, which died out 30 year ago. Gastric-brooding frogs were unique in incubating their young in their stomachs.
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With the number of Sumatran Rhinoceros (Dicerorhinus sumatrensis) now under 200 and declining rapidly, a group of conservationists have organized an emergency summit to discuss courses of action to save the world’s smallest remaining rhino from extinction.
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The reptile house opened Saturday and follows a renovation to restore the original look of the building constructed in 1875 and meet the zoo’s green initiatives.
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My son brought home a baby res turtle from the flea market. I have now done everything to complete what i have researched online. I only have a 10 gallon tank for now but I have the uvb light, heat light, basking area, filter, several things for it to eat like reptomin baby, dried shrimp, and black worms. it stopped eating before I put the uvb light so I knew that would help it. I been trying to keep the water temp above 80 because I believe it has early stages of RI. I did not know I had to keep the water level above normal for babies at first so I think it might of got sick and thats why its not eating. Does not have white stuff over it just not eating andoccasionalone bubble from her nose. My house is really cold so its hard to keep the water temp up. I put in a submersible heater and put in a 100w bulb but further away than regular. Im getting her basking spot to about 91-92 is that too much???? I understand it is a strong bulb but my house iscoldand its the only way I can keep the water temp up. If it does not get better i will make a trip to the vet but for now I need some help please. Iam not a turtle expert but i love animals and i have been researching like crazy and kinda stressed out more than the turtle lol. It was eating fine when we first got it …read more
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By Herp News
Some of the renovations to the Reptile House at Cincinnati Zoo. Copyright 2013 Scripps Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
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Visitors to the Cincinnati Zoo & Botanical Gardens will be able check out snakes, lizards, turtles and more in the revamped Reptile House beginning Saturday after the nearly 138-year-old building’s recent renovations.
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Tortoise Power and Energy Infrastructure Fund, Inc (TPZ) Ex-Dividend Date Scheduled for March 19, 2013
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kingsnake.com has remodeled our stores to upgrade the interface and refresh the product selections. We’ve also added several new stores, greatly expanding our product categories and choices.
All of kingsnake’s stores are partnerships with some of the biggest names in online retailing, including Amazon.com, EBay and Cafe Press, and include thousands of products, many eligible for Amazon’s Prime shipping service. And all of the products in our stores are hand-selected by kingsnake.com’s editors. Check out the complete list of kingsnake.com stores below:
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You can reach all the shops at kingsnake.com by going to http://kingsnake.com/stores . We will be adding more categories and products all Spring, so make sure to check back often! …read more
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Internet scam artists come and go. On kingsnake.com, we’d prefer they go somewhere else. That’s why we have lots of systems in place to protect our visitors and advertisers.
Because we have so many tools in our security kit, our fraud rate on-site is considerably lower than many comparable classified and auction sites. While we keep most of them secret for obvious reasons, there are a few we’d like to share with you in a series of posts, starting with this one.
One of our most important tools, and least discussed, is the kingsnake.com registered business program. Ever wondered what it is, why we implemented it, and whether it’s worth participating in it?
Because kingsnake.com is the largest and best-known reptile and amphibian classified system in the world, it’s a natural target for unscrupulous sellers wanting to take advantage of our reputation and the reputations of the biggest names in the herp industry. To prevent unauthorized sellers from “hijacking” an existing business name or hiding behind a false or non-existent business name, we created the registered business program.
First launched in February of 2007, the program requires anyone posting classified ads using a business name to verify their legal ownership of that business name and the identity of the business owner(s) with our security staff.
Although individuals are free to post without registering a business name, only businesses that can prove they are who they say they are allowed to post ads in the name of a business in our classifieds.
That way, no one but you can claim to be you, and no animals or products but yours will be advertised on our site under your business name. Additionally, it verifies that new business name across the country you have never heard of actually exists legally as a business, giving buyers recourse should their be a problem with their purchase.
The kingsnake.com registered business program is free and simple to sign up for. To read more about it, and how we protect our site members and visitors, or to register your business click here! …read more
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By Herp News
Ringed with forested mountains forming the borders with Laos and Vietnam, the northeast corner of Cambodia has been an intriguing blank spot among my extensive travels through the country. Nestled up against this frontier is Virachey National Park, created in 1993. I began searching for a way to explore this area a couple of years ago, hoping to connect with conservation NGOs to get me into the park; no one seemed to know much about it. I learned that the area had been written off by these groups due to massive land concessions given to logging and rubber concerns. The World Bank abandoned its 8-year effort to create a management scheme for Virachey after the concessions were granted in 2007. A moratorium on the concessions is temporarily in place, but illegal logging incursions into the park continue.
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Conservations couldn’t agree if the glass was half-full or half-empty on action to protect elephants at the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES) in Bangkok, Thailand. Elephants, especially in Africa, have faced a massive rise in poaching over the last decade with tens-of-thousands shot dead every year. Forests elephants in central Africa have been especially targeted: new research estimates that an astounding 60 percent of the world’s forest elephants have been slaughtered for their tusks in the last ten years alone. While, conservationists had hopes that CITES would move aggressively against elephant poaching, the results were a decidedly mixed-bag.
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By Herp News
When you’re on a scientific lizard hunt, it’s good luck to find the first specimen within minutes — unless that’s the last one you see for hours.
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By Herp News
A control program on southern Vancouver Island provided the carcasses of over 5,000 adult and juvenile invasive alien American bullfrogs. Examination of their stomach contents confirms that bullfrogs eat virtually any organism that can fit into their large mouths, whether it be under water, at the surface, on land, even when it can defend itself with stingers, spines, or claws. So native ecosystems beware!
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Reptile Week at Mystic Aquarium, 55 Coogan Boulevard, Mystic, will be held April 13 through 21.
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Custom label and sticker manufacturer Lizard Label announces the availability of dissolvable labels and dissolvable adhesive – the perfect solution for short-term labeling (PRWeb March 14, 2013) Read the full story at http://www.prweb.com/releases/dissovable_label/custom_label/prweb10518452.htm
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Custom label and sticker manufacturer Lizard Label announces the availability of dissolvable labels and dissolvable adhesive – the perfect solution for short-term labelingFairfield, NJ (PRWEB) March 14, 2013 Lizard Label, the expert custom label and sticker manufacturer, has announced the availability of a new product line – the dissolvable label. The label is made from water dissolvable paper …
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Caught in a beam of torchlight, the eyes of the slender loris reflect back a striking glow. In an effort to better understand these shy, nocturnal primates, a team of researchers set out to the Western Ghats of India. The resulting paper: Moolah, Misfortune or Spinsterhood? The Plight of the Slender Loris (Loris lydekkerianus) in Southern India was published in the Journal of Threatened Taxa in January of 2013. Forest walks and interviews with the Kani people, who live in close proximity to the lorises, supported evidence of a surprising new threat to the lorises: photographers.
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kingsnake.com will be handing out our all new “Zombie” bumper stickers at this weekend’s NARBC Expo in Tinley Park, just outside Chicago, to celebrate the launch of our new “merch booth” on Cafe Press.
kingsnake.com’s new designs, and old designs as well, are now available on t-shirts, tank tops, coffee mugs, and more all through the internet’s most popular on-demand printer, CafePress.
To check out kingsnake.com’s new “Zombie” shirts and more, visit the kingsnake store at http://www.kingsnake.com/stores/kingsnakestore/!
kingsnake.com won’t be the only ones drawing a crowd at this weekend’s NARBC Expo, with Slayer guitarist Kerry King’s appearance confirmed. Just back from a tour in Australia, he’s bringing a load of carpet pythons and T-shirts with him from California. Anyone who knows Kerry know he loves to talk snakes, and he’ll be in his Psychotic Exotics booth both days showing off his reptiles, taking pictures with fans, and signing autographs.
Kerry won’t be the only one in Tinley signing autographs, either. Long-time herper and Auction Hunters TV personality Ton Jones will also signing autographs, taking pictures, and hanging out with fans over at the Timberline booth. Stop by and tell Ton hello!
NARBC in Tinley is always an interesting show, with lots of surprises. We have a few surprises to announce before the show as wellg so watch this space!
For more info on the NARBC Tinley Park Reptile and Amphibian Expo, including times, directions, and accomodations, check out the NARBC web site at http://NARBC.COM.
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An expedition to study the variable-scaled anole in the Andean uplands of Colombia begins with a less than scientific challenge: dealing with traffic.
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Mr. Stubbs, an an 11-year-old American alligator who had his tail bitten off by a bigger alligator, is swimming again, thanks to the Phoenix Herpetological Society and The Core Institute Center for Orthopedic Research and Education.
From ABC News:
“We put him in deep water and he would roll over and capsize like a boat,” said [Russ] Johnson, [president of the Phoenix Herpetological Society]. “When competition for food came, all the other alligators would win. He’d be the last to the chow line.”
This past year, doctors at The Core Institute Center for Orthopedic Research and Education came up with a groundbreaking prosthetic tail to better the quality of life for Mr. Stubbs.
“We’ve never made a prosthetic for an animal before,” Marc Jacofsky, the executive vice president for research and development for The Core Institute, told ABC News. “Our motto is ‘Keep life in motion.’ It just feels really good to apply that to an animal that’s in need.”
The Core Institute partnered with Midwestern University, which does research in the anatomy of an alligator, to ensure the prosthetic would match the density of a real tail. Even though the research and development was carefully calculated, Jacofsky said the team has had to make several adjustments after monitoring Mr. Stubbs’s reaction to a prototype.
“One of the early strapping systems to secure the tail pressed on his legs and he wasn’t able to walk properly,” said Jacofsky. “There are always unforeseen challenges that come up. We anticipate this whenever we are breaking new ground, and the key is to engineer around them.”
The prosthetic tail, donated by The Core Institute, was developed over a period of three months. The project cost around $6,000. Johnson said believes with the new tail, the alligator could live up to 80 years. Without help, it could have been 20.
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The budget sequester has forced the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to slash port inspections at night and on the weekends, potentially leaving thousands of fish and reptiles stuck in an import limbo that could devastate two industries just getting back on their feet after the economic downturn.
In a press release, the USFWS said the service “has imposed a hiring freeze (meaning that wildlife inspector vacancies will not be filled) and has suspended all overtime activities (including those at ports of entry.”
Marshall Meyers of the Pet Industry Joint Advisory Council (PIJAC) said, “The USFWS advised importers/exporters of live wildlife that the Service will no longer inspect shipments after hours on weekdays (normally after 4:30 pm), Saturday/Sunday or federal holidays. The notice states that this will remain in effect through fiscal year 2013, so even if budget issues are resolved, USFWS says the clearance embargo will remain in place.”
As many, if not most, international flights arrive after hours or on weekends, importers serving the pet industry are most likely going to be crippled if they cannot find alternative air transportation, which will itself undoubtedly result in longer, less direct, flights. Several importers have advised PIJAC that the USFWS decision is likely to result in their suspending operations or simply going out of business.
Members of both the USFWS and PIJAC are currently in Thailand attending the 26th meeting of the CITES Animals Committee, which is addressing a number of agenda items including sharks, snakes, sturgeons, corals, and listing criteria for commercially exploited aquatic species. Hopefully PIJAC and USFWS will have a chance to discuss options to avert this crisis.
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By Herp News
Alex Pyron’s expertise is in family trees. Who is related to whom, who begat whom, how did they get where they are now. But not for humans: reptiles.
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The kingsnake.com banner pool ad program has made a big splash, and we don’t want you to miss out!
Whether you’re a small hobbyist with just a couple of animals to sell, or a breeder or business who found regular banner advertising too expensive in the past, the kingsnake.com banner pool program is designed for you.
How much does it cost to jump into the banner pool? As little as 7 cents a day!
For more information on how to add your banner to the pool, or to purchase your banner pool slot, please go to http://www.kingsnake.com/services/bannerpool.html. Space in the pool is limited and selling fast, so grab a towel and head to the banner pool today!
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By Herp News
Caught in a beam of torchlight, the eyes of the slender loris reflect back a striking glow. In an effort to better understand these shy, nocturnal primates, a team of researchers set out to the Western Ghats of India. The resulting paper: Moolah, Misfortune or Spinsterhood? The Plight of the Slender Loris (Loris lydekkerianus) in Southern India was published in the Journal of Threatened Taxa in January of 2013. Forest walks and interviews with the Kani people, who live in close proximity to the lorises, supported evidence of a surprising new threat to the lorises: photographers.
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By Herp News
Mai Khao Marine Turtle Foundation and JW Marriott Phuket Resort & Spa will stage the 4th Mai Khao Turtle Release on March 29, 2013. This important annual event is organized to raise funds and awareness for the plight of Phuket’s critically endangered sea turtles .
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Longview’s Garth Pithan, of “ Reptile Road Show” fame, went from crime victim to crime avenger after a recent burglary at his burned-out home, according to Cowlitz County Sheriff’s office.
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Buddhist leaders prayed for slaughtered African elephants in Bangkok, Thailand last week, reports WWF. During a special merit-making ceremony, often reserved for the recently deceased, Buddhist monks, abbots, and leaders prayed for the tens-of-thousands of elephants that have been killed for their ivory tusks. Bangkok is currently hosting an international meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), where the elephant crisis is being discussed.
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By Herp News
Buddhist leaders prayed for slaughtered African elephants in Bangkok, Thailand last week, reports WWF. During a special merit-making ceremony, often reserved for the recently deceased, Buddhist monks, abbots, and leaders prayed for the tens-of-thousands of elephants that have been killed for their ivory tusks. Bangkok is currently hosting an international meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), where the elephant crisis is being discussed.
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By Herp News
Buddhist leaders prayed for slaughtered African elephants in Bangkok, Thailand last week, reports WWF. During a special merit-making ceremony, often reserved for the recently deceased, Buddhist monks, abbots, and leaders prayed for the tens-of-thousands of elephants that have been killed for their ivory tusks. Bangkok is currently hosting an international meeting of the Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species (CITES), where the elephant crisis is being discussed.
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On 3/13/13, Tortoise Energy Capital Corporation’s 3.95% Series C Mandatory Redeemable Preferred Shares (NYSE: TYY.PRC) will trade ex-dividend, for its monthly dividend of $0.0329, payable on 4/1/13. As a percentage of TYY.PRC’s recent share price of $10.17, this dividend works out to approximately 0.32%. On an annualized basis, the current yield is approximately 3.90%, which compares to an …
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In the slow-moving freshwater of the Amazon River basin, a dark, scaly crocodilian known as the black caiman (Melanosuchus niger) is attempting a comeback from near extinction, but another crocodilian may threaten the recovery process, according to a new study in the journal Herpetologica.
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The budget sequester has forced the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS) to slash port inspections at night and on the weekends, potentially leaving thousands of fish and reptiles stuck in an import limbo that could devastate two industries just getting back on their feet after the economic downturn.