Are you ready? This weekend kingsnake.com is going to be bringing the fun to the North American Breeders Conference Tinley Park, ya know, the Big one. I mean, we are one of the sponsors again! The Dynamic Duo will be reunited again! Jon will be at the kingsnake.com booth during show hours and have all […]
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Jun 23
Jun 23
Kingsnake battles a Rattlesnake
Photo from Reddit We might be a little biased here but, we kinda think kingsnakes rule a little bit. Recently a reddit poster shared something some of us herpers would not be overly surprised to hear about but we may never have seen in person. A California kingsnake decided to prey on a Southern Pacific […]
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An Educational Roundup?
Photo of Noxen Fire Volunteer showing tubed venomous snake, rather than some more barbaric ways of other roundups such as sewing mouths shut while unsedated. Photo from Noxen Fire Dept Facebook page Over the years I have ranted and raved about the evils of Rattlesnake Roundups and many of them have shifted from the torture […]
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The battle for survival for the Ibiza wall lizards
Two Ibiza wall lizards. Photograph: Guillem Casbas The Ibiza Wall Lizard (Podarcis pityusensis) has been struggling for years in 2022 was moved to Red status on the ICUN listing. These lizards spread across dozens of smaller islands throughout the Pityusic Islands off the Spanish mainland. Originally the the horseshoe whip snake (Hemorrhois hippocrepis) was accidentally […]
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Bringing back the Horned Lizard
Image screenshot from video from KVUE The Texas Horned Lizard is one of the most iconic animals of our southwest, but their numbers have taken a sharp decline in the past 50 years due to primarily fire ants displacing their natural food sources, among all the other usual suspects. Heck, I will be honest, my […]
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UGA Study shows pathogens threaten snakes survival in Southern US
Researcher Corinna Hazelrig studies a snake. Credit: Taylor Miller After a 4 year study of over 500 snakes of 29 different species showed troubling levels of pathogens and deadly viruses present in native populations throughout Florida, South Carolina and Georgia. The study ran by University of Georgia (UGA) researchers found a variety of pathogens, but […]
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First time Sea Turtle nesting in Florida
Tini, an olive ridley sea turtle, recently laid her eggs on Junitper Beach, Florida marking the first time ever for that species. While loggerheads, leatherbacks and greens do typically nest on the beach, this was the first ever record nest for the species recorded by Loggerhead Marinelife Center. Olive ridleys are among the smallest sea […]
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