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• Top 10 Animal Stories of the Decade

  
  Animal News: Animal Planet — Authority: 124
  It’s incredibly challenging to pick just ten animal stories that made the most impact over an entire decade, but here’s my selection. Please share any others that you feel made an impact that didn’t make my list! White Nose Syndrome devastates bats A strange killer came out of nowhere and has had ...
  2 days ago

• SB 373 Update – 9 Species, not all Pythons, may be Banned from Pet Trade

  
  That Reptile Blog — Authority: 120
  Hello, Frank Indiviglio here.  I’ve just received some reasonably good news concerning Senate Bill 373, which as originally proposed would have banned the ownership of all pythons (even ball pythons) and many other constrictors.  Due to the overwhelming response by snake enthusiasts and the pet industry, the bill ...
  3 days ago

• Kentucky men arrested for allegedly stealing lizard, trying to pawn it for alcohol

  
  L.A. Unleashed — Authority: 622
  Its early yet, but we can say with a reasonable degree of certainty that, when all is said and done, this story will be todays most bizarre: Police arrested a father and son in a small Kentucky town for allegedly stealing a lizard named Big and attempting to pawn him and trade him for alcohol. David Martt, 44, and ...
  3 days ago

• New arrivals in Bristol Zoo’s Reptile House

  
  World Zoo Today — Authority: 143
  Bristol Zoo Gardens will this weekend re-open its Reptile House after extensive improvements – with plenty of new arrivals making their first appearance. The house has been closed while a new, high-tech, thermostatically-controlled heating system was installed, but there has been plenty of activity behind closed ...
  4 days ago

• Waiting for the sun.

  
  Rock Paper Lizard — Authority: 425
  Red-eared Sliders, in warmer times. Youd be hard-pressed to find a turtle out and about at this latitude now, on the shortest day of the year. The individuals in the above image are likely snoozing at the bottom of their pond, which up until a few days ago was frozen over. Its cheering though, that after ...
  5 days ago

• Young Montpellier snake

  
  Iberianature — Authority: 120
  Check out Lucy’s great new post on a Montpellier snake she spotted on Montjuic, Barcelona.
  6 days ago

• Alaskan Christmas trees showing up with live ornaments

  
  AJCs Virtual Frogroom — Authority: 103
  Kill that tree frog Examiner.com Officials in Anchorage Alaska are asking Christmas tree purchasers to kill Pacific Chorus Frogs about one or two inches long that have hitchhiked to Alaska hiding in Christmas trees from Washington State. The Alaska Department of Fish and Game is worried that these cute frogs ...
  6 days ago

• ARABIAN WILDLIFE CENTRE – DISCOVER THE ENDEMIC FAUNA OF THE ARABIAN WORLD

  
  Home Alone Critter Care of Columbia County, Oregon — Authority: 159
  Sharjah is a single of a emirates of United Arab Emirates, claiming to reason a unapproachable story travelling for some-more than 5000 years. Things to see as good as do in Sharjah have been plenty. You can begin by browsing a countless museums capturing a emirate’s culture, story as good as heritage. Or step in to ...
  1 week ago

• Research News – After Feeding, Snakes Remodel their Gut and Produce New Cells

  
  That Reptile Blog — Authority: 120
  Hello, Frank Indiviglio here.  Like most reptile keepers, I have often marveled at the efficiency of snake digestive systems.  I attributed their abilities to break down bone to “powerful digestive enzymes”, but recent research has shown that, at least for Burmese Pythons (Python molurus), a far more complex and ...
  1 week ago

• BALL PYTHONS FOR SALE

  
  Home Alone Critter Care of Columbia County, Oregon — Authority: 159
  Ask to see a stuff oneself jot down prior to purchasing as well as demand upon carrying a duplicate when we buy one. If you’re not gifted with snakes afterwards it could be an glorious thought to get a serf bred stately python, a series 1 place to get a serf bred Royal is really a breeders. When you’re in a ...
  1 week ago

• Its fun when they are fetching, and agree to see an etching, that you keep at your lily pad...

  
  Ask MetaFilter — Authority: 635
  What happens to slimy amphibians during a drought? Do they shrivel up and die? After an extremely long drought in my aunts area (northern CA), there was an enormous rainfall, enough to fill a few inches up of her pond that had been dried out all summer. Within three days (probably less), she could hear the calls of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Odds and Ends From Last Summer

  
  millertime — Authority: 99
  With the current conditions of wind chills in the -20s and 14" of snow on the ground, Ive decided to rescue an orphan post from early last summer. This poor Eastern Tiger Swallowtail looks as though its been caught in a storm as well, albeit not a blizzard. This image doesnt adequately demonstrate the full scope of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Pumpkin Spice Latte & Frugalista Chic

  
  BlogHer - Health & Wellness — Authority: 142
  Ahh... the holidays are upon us... Images of sugar plums dancing in our heads while dreaming if Santa Claus will be providing us with treats (or a big fat lump of coal) under our Christmas trees. Who am I kidding?! That is what I want.. those images on the books I read to my son at bedtime. Meanwhile in the back of ...
  2 weeks ago

• Salmonella from frogs

  
  Worms and Germs Blog — Authority: 122
  The CDC is investigating an apparent multistate outbreak of salmonellosis associated with contact with frogs . As of December 7, 48 infected people had been identified from 25 states - a pretty remarkable distribution. People got sick between June 24  and November 14, 2009. As is normal for Salmonella outbreaks ...
  2 weeks ago

• A Frog and Toad Holiday

  
  Frogs Are Green — Authority: 409
  Continuing the theme of frog gifts, I received a wonderful gift from Susan—the children’s book The Frogs and Toads All Sang , by Arnold Lobel with color by Adrianne Lobel (HarperCollins, 2009): This little book of rhymes has the same droll and slightly absurd humor of the classic Frog and Toad books.  ...
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• Frog embryos’ escape from snake

  
  Dear Kitty. Some blog — Authority: 148
  From New Scientist : Frog embryos listen for bad vibrations to avoid snakes * 11:33 09 December 2009 by Shanta Barley To escape being a snake’s lunch, tree frog embryos listen out for bad vibrations. The jelly-coated eggs of the Central American red-eyed tree frog are laid on vegetation overhanging ...
  2 weeks ago

• Newest Blog Carnival: House of Herps

  
  Beetles In The Bush — Authority: 117
  Invertebrates?  Check.Moths?  Check.Plants?  Check.Trees?  Check.Birds?  Check.Marine life?  Check.Reptiles and amphibians?… Um… Er…Despite their popularity, charisma, and status as icons for global conservation, reptiles and amphibians have not enjoyed the same attention by blog carnivals that insects, ...
  2 weeks ago

• Amphibians and Reptiles Get Their Very Own Blog Carnival

  
  Birders Lounge — Authority: 458
  (Cross-posted from Nature Blog Network)How can it be that “someone” has not already created a blog carnival for such a popular and important group of animals? I guess the blogosphere has been waiting on me! Who am I? My name is Amber Coakley, blogging at Birder’s Lounge. Sure, I blog about birds, but I [...]
  2 weeks ago

• Its not easy being green: Pet frogs are blamed for salmonella outbreak

  
  L.A. Unleashed — Authority: 622
  Pet frogs are being blamed for a national salmonella outbreak that sickened at least 48 people. The illnesses occurred from June through November, with reports coming in from 25 states. Health officials investigating the illnesses found that many of the people said theyd been in contact with frogs such as the ...
  2 weeks ago

• One of the Worlds Oldest Animals Dies

  
  Discovery News - Technology — Authority: 154
  Kiki, a giant tortoise at Frances the Ménagerie du Jardin des Plantes, died last week at the age of 146, according to Michel Saint Jalme, deputy director of the Paris Zoo. He—yes, Kiki was a he— was about 75 in ...
  2 weeks ago

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