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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Extinct Species, Reptiles & Amphibians, Science & Tech, Wildlife on 03 18th, 2009 | No Comments

Young Dinosaurs Roamed Together, Died Together

Young Dinosaurs Roamed Together, Died Together
photo credit: kekremsi A herd of young birdlike dinosaurs met their death on the muddy margins of a lake some 90 million years ago, according to a team of Chinese and American paleontologists that excavated the site in the Gobi Desert in western Inner Mongolia. The Sudden sudden death of the herd in...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Extinct Species, Reptiles & Amphibians, Science & Tech, Wildlife on 03 18th, 2009 | No Comments

Mini Dinosaurs Once Prowled North America

Mini Dinosaurs Once Prowled North America
photo credit: dyanna Massive predators like Albertosaurus and Tyrannosaurus rex may have been at the top of the food chain, but they were not the only meat-eating dinosaurs to roam North America, according to Canadian researchers who have discovered the smallest dinosaur species on the continent to...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Reptiles & Amphibians, Science & Tech, Wildlife on 02 25th, 2009 | No Comments

Tree Lizard’s Quick Release Escape System Makes Jumpers Turn Somersaults

Tree Lizard’s Quick Release Escape System Makes Jumpers Turn Somersaults
If you've ever tried capturing a lizard, you'll know how difficult it is. But if you do manage to corner one, many have the ultimate emergency quick release system for escape. They simply drop their tails, leaving the twitching body part to distract the predator as they scamper to safety. According...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Animals, Conservation, Endangered Species, Reptiles & Amphibians, Veterinary Medicine on 02 24th, 2009 | No Comments

Experts work to combat deadly amphibian fungus

Experts work to combat deadly amphibian fungus
The tiny Panamanian golden frog, with its sunflower yellow skin and dark brown spots, is usually a symbol of good fortune. But it appears the tropical frog's luck may have run out unless experts find a way to combat a deadly fungus threatening amphibian populations around the world. "This is not a natural...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Conservation, Reptiles & Amphibians, Science & Tech, Wildlife on 02 12th, 2009 | No Comments

Salamander Decline Found In Central America

The decline of amphibian populations worldwide has been documented primarily in frogs, but salamander populations also appear to have plummeted, according to a new study by University of California, Berkeley, biologists. By comparing tropical salamander populations in Central America today with results...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Conservation, Endangered Species, Featured Articles, Reptiles & Amphibians, Science & Tech, Wildlife on 02 10th, 2009 | 1 Comment

How to track the only wild Yangtze soft shell turtle in the world

How to track the only wild Yangtze soft shell turtle in the world
Send your animal-related questions to kittymowmowsanimalexpo@gmail.com, and I'll answer them here. A few days ago I received a question from a reader that goes like this: How do you keep track of the one Yangtze giant soft shell in the wild. -Bryce Hi Bryce, I didn't know the answer to your question,...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Endangered Species, Pets, Reptiles & Amphibians, Wildlife on 02 9th, 2009 | No Comments

Nelson bill to ban trade of pythons

U.S. Senator Bill Nelson is working to stop the spread of Burmese pythons. The large reptiles can grow more than 20 feet long and weigh up to 250 pounds. Pythons are capable of killing and swallowing animals as large as alligators. While just the thought of that is terrifying to most, it's troubling...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Extinct Species, Reptiles & Amphibians, Science & Tech, Wildlife on 02 9th, 2009 | No Comments

Monster Snake Slithered at 43 Feet Long

A colossal snake about the length of a school bus slithered about South America's rainforests some 60 million years ago, according to an analysis of the skeletal remains of what is now considered the largest snake ever identified. "It's the biggest snake the world has ever known," said Jason Head, a...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Extinct Species, Reptiles & Amphibians, Science & Tech, Wildlife on 02 9th, 2009 | No Comments

Texas May Replace Official State Dinosaur

Pleurocoelus has served ably as the official dinosaur of Texas. Sure, it was a plant-noshing herbivore in a fiercely barbecue-proud state, but the sauropod dwarfed most other dinos and lumbered with a 20-ton swagger. Then he was exposed as an East Coaster. Click here for the full article. I didn't know...
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Posted by kittymowmow in Reptiles & Amphibians, Science & Tech, Wildlife on 02 3rd, 2009 | No Comments

Ancient Turtle Migrated From Asia To America Over Tropical Arctic

Image via Wikipedia In Arctic Canada, a team of geologists from the University of Rochester has discovered a surprise fossil: a tropical, freshwater, Asian turtle. The find strongly suggests that animals migrated from Asia to North America not around Alaska, as once thought, but directly across...
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