Critter News

DECEMBER 7, 2009

In Cambodia. Cambodian police confiscated two tons of live snakes and tortoises and arrested two men trying to smuggle the slithering cargo up a river from Cambodia to Vietnam, authorities said Thursday. Tags: wildlife smuggling cambodia wildlife trafficking reptiles tortoises snakes. Yes, that's right.

Tortoises 100

Tortoises Cambodia Vietnam Pythons 100

10,000 Birds

JULY 19, 2018

401-600 sp: Honduras, Guatemala, Guyana, Suriname and French Guyana, Chile, Paraguay, Uruguay; the Sahel countries (Africa), Namibia and Botswana; Central Asian countries and Cambodia. Shown as a list, it looks like this: Less than 200 bird species: Antarctica; oceanic islands. 801-1000 sp. – 1201-1400 sp: Venezuela; China.

Equatorial Guinea 190

Equatorial Guinea Costa Rica Guyana Central African Republic 190

10,000 Birds

DECEMBER 24, 2014

Add 315 bird species, 42 species of mammals – including Vulnerable Irrawaddy and Endangered Ganges River Dolphins , 61 amphibians and reptiles – including Estuarine Crocodile , at least 150 species of commercially important fish and 334 plant species to the picture. Irrawaddi Dolphin photographed in Cambodia (Dan Koehl/Wikimedia Commons). *

Bangladesh 182

Bangladesh Dolphins Cambodia Cooking 182