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• India: Turtle School

  
  San Diego Zoo Blogs — Authority: 540
  Assam roofed turtles I’m waiting for a ride to the Guwahati Airport in Assam, India, for my flight back to Delhi. In front of me is the mighty Brahmaputra River. One of the largest rivers in the world at over 1,800 miles (2,880 kilometers) long, it is home to the greatest freshwater turtle and tortoise diversity ...
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• Tortoise and Cluster, Royal Festival Hall, 22/11/09

  
  mapsadaisical — Authority: 420
  The London Jazz Festival ran round some extremely far-flung bases on this last day. A day which had began so thrillingly by throwing up whole new connections between jazz and dubstep led to a real curveball of a finale, with performances by Chicago’s Tortoise and Germany’s Cluster. Cluster have little or no ...
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• The Myth of MONO

  
  Layabozi — Authority: 124
  Its not Post-Rock. Its Ghost-Rock. Read also: Editor’s Picks, November 26-29 A Walk Through A Garden
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• This Week’s Best Albums

  
  ALARM Magazine — Authority: 420
  The Slew : 100% (Puget Sound) Built around the inspired turntablism of Kid Koala and Dynomite D , The Slew began as a psych-rock score for a documentary based on the influential but obscure work of the 1970s band of the same name. Though the film never came to fruition, the two were heavily into the project ...
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• Reptile Diversity at Desert Tortoise Conservation Center

  
  San Diego Zoo Blogs — Authority: 540
  Long-nosed leopard lizard The Desert Tortoise Conservation Center (DTCC) is located in southwest Las Vegas on a lovely patch of bajada (a broad sloping area of the desert surrounded by mountains). Here in the heart of the Mojave Desert, we are home to many desert tortoises, which are considered a flagship species ...
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• Mistaken Identity

  
  The Friggin Loon — Authority: 154
  And they thought we were slow! Just a quick community service announcement to the people of Cleveland , you know Mary, that 100 year old tortoise at the zoo? Yeah well it is really a male, so from now on can you call him Terry, thanks! Psst The 400lb tortoise arrived at the zoo in 1955.
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• 82 Tiny Baby Sea Turtles Make Lots of Little Waves

  
  ZooBorns — Authority: 608
  Early this month, Sea World San Diego announced the hatching of 82 Baby Sea Turtles on the parks Shipwreck Beach. The hatchlings, born without human aid or incubation, are developing well and park officials are pleased with the progress. The babies eat a varied diet of squid, krill, shrimp, and special pellets. ...
  4 days ago

• My Place and Yours ... My Collection ...

  
  I'm Over It — Authority: 128
  Kate from Foxs Lane is Theme Queen this week ...                                      My Collection   ... ... theres travel souvenir charms ... ... faux pique worked tortoiseshell jewelry & curios  ... ...
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• Bakit Pawikan?!

  
  Elizar Palad dot Com — Authority: 127
  See the photo above? We call that Pawikan… But I say the inappropriate. Why? I shouldn’t be Pa-weak-an.. it should be Pa-slow-an.. Gets? :)Related posts:The Gerber Photo BabyRelated posts: The Gerber Photo Baby
  5 days ago

• Crumpet’s delicious cashmere

  
  Killahbeez — Authority: 514
  There is little bad to be said about the wonderful softness and warmth of cashmere and I love this application of the wool for brand Crumpet. This sweater is hand knit in cream coloured cashmere. It’s a good sturdy knit too by the looks of it. Texture really rules here, but it also creates a bit of thickness too, ...
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• Fashionable Fridays ~ Fab Five: Sky High Heels

  
  Kitten Lounge — Authority: 131
  Dsquared2 Spectator Booties on Hidden Platform $1160 - shopbop.com Vivienne Westwood Roman Boot $902 - Zappos Couture ...
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• Congratulations, it’s a boy … 50 years late

  
  Pet Tales — Authority: 434
  Anyone out there know how to sex a tortoise? Nope? Me neither … but I’m really good with kittens, so holler. A tortoise’s zookeepers in Cleveland are the ones feeling slow because after more than 50 years, they’ve discovered “Mary” is actually a male. Officials at the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo say it can ...
  6 days ago

• Meet a Yellow-Spotted Amazon River Turtle

  
  ZooBorns — Authority: 608
  Yellow-Spotted Amazon River Turtles grow to be one of South Americas largest, up to 18 lbs and over a foot across, but start their lives only a bit larger than a quarter. Unfortunately for these endangered turtles, they are considered a popular delicacy in and around the Amazon River Basin. The Buffalo Zoo hatched ...
  6 days ago

• 5 Things You Didn’t Know About the Moon

  
  Blogoncherry — Authority: 151
  The Moon?Yes, I see the moon every night.“The Moon is Earth’s only natural satellite.”“The Moon is the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System.”“The Moon’s diameter is a little more than a quarter of that of the Earth.”…but, did you know that …1. Turtles were the first to orbit the moonSure, ...
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• Ancient Chinese characters come together at new museum

  
  Thaindian News — Authority: 726
  Beijing, Nov 18 (IANS) The full range and history of Chinese characters, one of the world’s most archaic writing systems which is still in practice, came together Monday when China’s first museum for sinograms opened, Xinhua news agency reported.The museum is located in Anyang city of central Chinese province of ...
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• Turtles Have Shells,But They Still Need a Place to Hide! – Part 2

  
  That Reptile Blog — Authority: 120
  Hello, Frank Indiviglio here.  Please see Part I of this article for general information concerning pet turtle shelters.  Today we’ll look at meeting the needs of a few specialists.Aquatic Bottom DwellersMata Mata Turtles (Chelus fimbriatus), Snapping Turtles (Chelydra serpentina), Alligator Snapping Turtles ...
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• How can we keep up in this fast-paced world?

  
  Blogs — Authority: 162
  It used to be we tried to keep up with the Joneses, those ubiquitous neighbors who seemed to really have it all together. If Mr. Jones got a sports car, guess what? You did, too. But over the years, the rules of the game have changed. We now are not only trying to keep up with the Joneses. We are also just trying to ...
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• Autumns Effect on Turtle, Lizard and Snake Appetites

  
  That Reptile Blog — Authority: 120
  Hello, Frank Indiviglio here.  As autumn approaches I invariably receive questions from reptile owners whose pets have lost interest in food.  This most commonly occurs among Red Eared Sliders, Box and Painted Turtles, and other North American species, but may show up in lizards and snakes as well. Amphibians in ...
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• Tortoise Skip the ZZ Top Section at Amoeba Records

  
  Spinner — Authority: 742
  Filed under: News , Video Its impossible as all heck to try to pin down Tortoise s sound, so just what the heck do the guys in the band listen to for fun? Bassist Doug McCombs and drummer John Herndon were caught shopping at Amoeba Records lately and bared the contents of their shopping bags for Amoebas film ...
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• [Competition] Win a pair of tickets to see Tortoise & Cluster at the Southbank!

  
  The Line Of Best Fit — Authority: 550
  It’s going to be the closing night of this year’s London Jazz Festival at the Southbank Centre and, what promises to be, a VERY special night. Tortoise are headlining the event, but will be joined by German legends Cluster ! Of course, being the Southbank Centre, this isn’t no ordinary gig. Cluster won’t ...
  2 weeks ago

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