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The Florida FWC illegally killed 34 pythons and one 10-year-old pregnant Boa constrictor

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New England Reptile Distributers just released a video explaining a terrible incident involving the FWC (Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission). FWC officers arrived at a reptile facility and forcefully killed 29 reticulated pythons, 5 Burmese pythons, and 1 pregnant Boa constrictor. How would people react?

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Crested Serpent Eagle

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FRIM (Forestry Research Institute of Malaysia) is open to the public who come to bathe in waterfalls, cycle, walk, picnic and attend educational events, but most of this takes part in a small section close to the entrance. But this post will feature a Crested Serpent Eagle which presented itself irresistibly on a perch beside the road.

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The New Neotropical Companion: A Book Review by a Lover of the Neotropics

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In a time of little published information about the rainforests of Central and South America aside from scientific journal articles and the works of 19th-century naturalists, the “little green book,” as it was called, became a must-read amongst nature-oriented travelers and researchers. is remarkable.

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Everglades Long-Legged Birds Feed Their Young To Alligators, Everything is Good.

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Previous research has shown that wading bird nesting colonies could provide substantial food for alligators in the form of dropped chicks. We compared alligator body condition in similar habitat with and without wading bird nesting colonies present.

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Turtles of the World: A Guide To Every Family–A Book Review by a Turtle Lover

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Turtles are the reptile everybody loves. It’s useful to remember the names of the two suborders of Testudines (the reptile order that includes all turtles): Cryptodira (turtles that retract their heads vertically and sea turtles–most of the turtles in the world) and Pleurodirans (turtles that retract their heads sideways).

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How much bird is there, anyway?

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Here’s some data from the famous research project of Manu, Peru, giving biomass in kilograms per hectare. Amphibian’s and Reptiles: 3.4 Comparing mammals, birds, and reptiles, for instance, what is the distribution and range of sizes? The data here are from the site of Manaus: All animals: 200 Mammals: 8.4

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Flying Dinosaurs: A Review by a Triceratops Fan

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So, I welcomed the opportunity to read and review Flying Dinosaurs: How Fearsome Reptiles Became Birds , by John Pickrell, published in the United States by Columbia University Press. And, he places current research within a framework of paleontological history of intrigue, backstabbing, and name-calling feuds. (No,

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