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Snakes Make The Perfect Comic Characters
If you were to pick up a newspaper and look at the comics section, chances are you’ll find a bunch of cartoon depictions of people, cats and dog [...]
Snake Devours A Bat At Australian Home
A carpet python feasted on a bat in the backyard of Mille Stoevring and Shane Turner in Sunrise Beach, a suburb of Noosa in Queensland, Australia. The [...]
Five Loggerhead Turtle Nests Intentionally Destroyed In Florida
If suspects who destroyed the nests are found, fines of up to $100,000 and jail time is possible. [...]
13 Smuggled Green Tree Pythons Euthanized In Australia
Thirteen green tree pythons that were smuggled into Australia from Indonesia via the Australian Post Office were euthanized after the package the [...]
The Earth Is Headed To A 6th Mass Extinction, Study Says
The remaining animal species on Earth are disappearing at a rate that scientists say is 114 times higher than in the past, and the party responsi [...]
Watch This Treefrog Light Up After It Ate A Firefly
For those of you who’ve seen this its probably not too exciting but for those of us who haven’t, well, it is pretty cool.
Ter [...]
San Diego Zoo’s Galapagos Tortoise, Speed, Dies At 150+Years
One of the oldest Galapagos tortoises (Chelonoidis nigra) in captivity has died. Speed, who was brought to the San Diego Zoo in 1933 was es [...]
Veterinarians In Brazil Remove Calcified Egg From 16-foot Reticulated Python
A pregnant reticulated python (Python reticulatus) that had trouble laying her eggs naturally got an assist from a team of veterinarians in Brazil. Zo [...]
Chris Pratt’s Velociraptor Training Techniques Blow Up In The Socialsphere
If you haven’t yet seen Jurassic World, stop and click the next story on ReptilesMagazine.com
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Did Margarita Man Steal A Scene In Jurassic World?
Stop now if you haven't seen Jurassic World. I saw Jurassic World over the weekend. I admit it, I am a fan of the movies. Digital dinosaurs are alway [...]
Human Spray Paints Rattlesnake Pink In Utah
Someone in Salt Lake City spray-painted a rattlesnake with pink paint near a construction site, in a clear sign of animal cruelty. The snake, which is [...]
7 Pythons Stolen From Akron Ohio Reptile Rescue
The owner of a reptile rescue in Ohio is looking for seven pythons that were stolen from its facility last weekend. Robin Everley, owner of [...]
Los Angeles Zoo Successfully Hatches Gray’s Monitor Lizard
The Los Angeles Zoo has successfully hatched three gray’s monitor lizards (Varanus olivaceus), a feat that has not been accomplished by the zoo [...]
Zilla Donates $25,000 To USARK
Zilla, maker of reptile and amphibian products announced that it donated $25,000 to the United States Association of Reptile Keepers (USARK) at the Ma [...]
3D Image Shows Frog Within An Argentine Horned Frog
Most of us know that the Argentine horned frog (Ceratophrys ornata), aka the Pac-Man Frog has a fairly wide mouth and eats most anything that it can f [...]
Florida Plumber Pulls Green Iguana Out Of Clogged Toilet
A plumber was called out to a house in Fort Lauderdale, Fla. house to unclog a toilet and was shocked when she pulled out a dead green iguana (Iguana [...]
Hawk With Snake In Its Talons Causes Brush Fire In San Diego, Calif.
This probably never happened before but it is really interesting. A fire in San Diego, Calif. was caused by a hawk who struck a power line, was electr [...]
Coastguardsmen Untangle Two Sea Turtles Caught In Fishing Line Off Central America
Coastguardsmen on the Coast Guard Cutter Stratton out of Alameda, Calif. were on patrol looking for drug runners when they happened upon a pair of sea [...]
Scientists Try To Impregnate Last Yangtze Giant Softshell Turtle Known To Exist
Scientists say that the Yangtze giant softshell turtle (Rafetus swinhoei) is just a few deaths away from extinction if the only known female in the wo [...]
New Reptile Species Identified In The United Kingdom
A new species of reptile that lived more than 205 million years ago was recently described by an undergraduate student with the University of Bristol [...]
Maryland Couple Sues over “Snake Infested” House
A Maryland couple is suing the former owner and the real estate agent of a home they bought for failing to disclose that there were snakes living in t [...]
7 New Miniature Poison Frogs Discovered In Brazil’s Cloud Forests
The mountainous forests of Brazil have kicked out seven new frog species that are so small they can foot on the tip of your thumb. The frogs are no lo [...]
Virginia Beach Police Looking For 3 Teens In Snake Theft Case
If you live in Virginia Beach, VA or the surrounding area, and you know the teenagers in the photo, the police are looking for them.
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Man Gets Bit By Apparent Venomous Snake, Refuses To Get Treatment And Dies
Not sure what was going through the mind of Gilbert De Leon after he got bit twice by a snake May 22 while wading in the James River in Missouri, but [...]
