10,000 Birds

SEPTEMBER 2, 2013

One of Desi’s favorite things to do when we are visiting his grandparents is wander around the yard looking for bugs, amphibians, reptiles, birds, mammals – basically, anything living thing. But what we found hiding amid the Black-eyed Susans on Sunday was clearly his favorite creature of the year.

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Salamander Chipmunks Reptiles Cooking 179

10,000 Birds

NOVEMBER 19, 2012

And for those of you who are completely bird-centric, herps has less to do with diseases and more to do with reptiles and amphibians (and in a way, are not all birders technically herpers too?). The original salamander – the Fire Salamander.

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Salamander Germany Birds Blackbirds 140

Animal Person

APRIL 1, 2010

No living group of nonhuman animals--no existing species of invertebrate, fish, amphibian, reptile, bird or nonhuman mammal--is ancestral to humans. No frog, toad, or salamander ever was our forebear. Although we have reptilian ancestors, we didn't descend from reptiles or any species alive today (105).

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Speciesism Apes Advocacy Salamander 100

10,000 Birds

FEBRUARY 1, 2022

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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Turtles Tortoises Family Terrapins 211