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• New Zealand’s first dinosaur footprints discovered

  
  Dear Kitty. Some blog — Authority: 490
  From Science Alert : Dinosaur prints found in NZ Tuesday, 10 November 2009 GNS Science Scientists have found 70 million-year-old dinosaur footprints in northwest Nelson. They are the first dinosaur footprints to be recognised in New Zealand and the first evidence of dinosaurs in the South Island. They ...
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• The Uninvited

  
  Weekly Beef — Authority: 98
  I dont want anybody or anything in my house that I didnt invite. That includes anything that flies, crawls or slithers. You getting the idea here. When I was younger we had a mouse in our house. I remember my mom standing on a chair and yelling for my dad. Years later we had mice. Mice is more than 1 and I ...
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• Black Mamba: Video: Full Episode

  
  learning.now — Authority: 673
  The black mamba is one of Africa’s most dangerous and feared snakes. Most people would kill it on sight. But in the tiny country of Swaziland, one husband and wife team has taken a different approach to the mamba. They’ve initiated a study that they hope will change perceptions of what they feel is the world’s ...
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• Found Fossils, Dinosaurs and the History of Extinction

  
  History Blog — Authority: 120
  Though the term “fossil” – a derivation of the Latin word for “dug up” — was first used in 16th century France, the petrified impressions of centuries old flora and fauna — including some of what later come to be known as dinosaurs — have been known to man, though wholly misunderstood, since the dawn ...
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• Cobras

  
  WikiMag — Authority: 150
  The species of snake called the spitting cobra is very unusual as it not only has a poisonous bite but it also spits venom into the eyes of its prey and aggressors. Contact of this venom with your eyes is very painful and can even blind you temporarily, therefore, if you get cobra venom in your eyes, irrigate them ...
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• Finding Snakes and Reptiles

  
  Mocofun - Gamers Review — Authority: 136
  There are not many places in the world that haven’t been colonised by snakes and other reptiles. Snakes can be even found in cities, although it is only the friendlier ones that usually survive human wrath. However, if you want to find some of the more uncommon snakes, you could look in parks and fields, on beaches ...
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• This Week’s Haul

  
  Fascination Place — Authority: 119
  Powered by the love and affection of the Wizard convention circuit , it’s time for another round of reviews: Doom Patrol #4, by Keith Giffen, Justiniano & Livesay, and J.M. DeMatteis & Kevin Maguire ( DC ) Secret Six #15, by John Ostrander & Jim Calafiore (DC) Astonishing X-Men #32, by Warren ...
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• The Red List Grows Longer

  
  Discovery News - Technology — Authority: 736
  The IUCN Red List details the state of the planets threatened species. Long story short, the lists latest update paints a pretty dire picture, one forecasting extinctions that extend far beyond the poster animals gracing your World Wildlife Fund Christmas ...
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• Congress weighs ban on importation of pet pythons

  
  NatGeo News Watch — Authority: 131
  Prompt action is needed at the federal level to limit the number of invasive pythons released into the wild, South Florida Water Management District (SFWMD) Deputy Executive Director George Horne said in written testimony to the U.S. Congress today. The House of Representatives Subcommittee on Crime, Terrorism ...
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• Black Mamba: Snake Handler Thea Litschka-Koen Answers Your Questions

  
  learning.now — Authority: 673
  Thea Litschka-Koen Submit your questions here for snake handler Thea Litschka-Koen, featured in Black Mamba . During the week of Monday, November 9, Thea will answer your questions here. Thea Litschka-Koen was born in Swaziland and is the third generation in her family to live there. She initially became ...
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• ‘Jungle Bob’ chooses snakes over suits

  
  Long Island Business News — Authority: 445
  Jungle Bob was exactly where he wants to be, holding Wally, a 4-foot-long alligator, gently blowing on his nose so he’d open his mouth and show some seriously nasty teeth.Jungle Bob – or just plain Bob Smith when he isn’t wearing a safari shirt, cowboy hat and assorted snakes – was hanging with Wally in [...]
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• Pet radio

  
  Paws 'n' Claws — Authority: 135
  Got this the other day on behalf of the people who bring you “Animal Magnet Pet Radio.” Personally, I prefer to read me, but then again, I don’t have guests and you can listen to these guys at work without anyone knowing, which is hard to do with a blog. So I give you permission to listen. Just remember where ...
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• Spitting Cobras

  
  Homeschool Facts — Authority: 461
  The snake called the spitting cobra is one of the most peculiar species as it not only has a venomous bite but it also sprays venom into the eyes of its prey and aggressors. Contact of this venom...
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• Pythons Rescued From Becoming Exotic Luggage Overseas

  
  wildsingapore news — Authority: 582
  Bernama 4 Nov 09;KUALA LUMPUR, Nov 4 (Bernama) -- Fifty-nine pythons were rescued from being skinned for exotic leather luggage for the international market.Thanks to swift action by the Wildlife and National Parks Department (Perhilitan), the regal pythons (python retuculatus species) were found at a store in Sungai ...
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• Reptiles underrepresented on the IUCN Red List

  
  Mongabay.com News — Authority: 137
  Currently there are an estimated nearly 9,000 reptiles in the world, while the International Union for Conservation of Nature (IUCN) Red List has assessed all of the worlds described mammals, birds, and amphibians, reptiles have yet to be fully assessed, leaving herpetologists with an unclear picture of how reptiles ...
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• Asbury Park Press: N.J. wetlands at high risk

  
  WILDNEWJERSEY.TV — Authority: 132
                  
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• American Alligators Establish Long-Term Pair Bonds – Research Update

  
  That Reptile Blog — Authority: 119
  Hello, Frank Indiviglio here.  Today’s update, while concerning an animal not suited as a pet (the American Alligator, Alligator mississippiensis) will I’m sure will be of interest to all who keep or study reptiles.  Scientists from the Savannah River Ecology Lab, working with alligators in Louisiana’s ...
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• Proceratosaurus is oldest Tyrannosaurus relative

  
  Dear Kitty. Some blog — Authority: 490
  This video is called Tribute to Proceratosaurus. It has also Ceratosaurus images. From the BBC : Oldest T. rex relative identified Scientists have identified the most ancient fossil relative of the dinosaur Tyrannosaurus rex . The new addition to T. rex’s clan is known from a 30cm-long skull uncovered ...
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• 82 sea turtles hatch at SeaWorld

  
  Fish and aquatic news — Authority: 124
  Last month, 82 Green sea turtles hatched at SeaWorld in San Diego, California. The eggs hatched on Shipwreck Beach and the youngsters didn’t need any human aid to get out of their shells and into the water. The park had decided to let nature take its course by refraining from incubating the eggs or help the ...
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• ‘Twas the Night Before Wednesday…

  
  Blog@Newsarama — Authority: 647
  Cyborg’s name never strikes me as all that boring and prosaic until I hear it next to the name of another cyborg comic character, like Deathlok, who has one of the most metal names in the Marvel character catalog. Deathlok returns this week in  Deathlok #1 , the first part of a new, seven-issue Max series ...
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