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Fossil hunters unearth galloping, dinosaur-eating crocodiles in Sahara
Washington :: DC :: USA | 6 days ago
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Todd Marshall/National Geographic Fossil hunters have uncovered the remains of primitive crocodiles that "galloped" on land and patrolled the broad rivers that coursed through north Africa one hundred million years ago. The skeletons of five creatures...
Tags: Sahara Desert, Saharan, ancient crocodiles, Africa, crocodiles species, McGill University in Montreal, Washington, Crocs, fashion, Crocodile, Dune, Crocodiles, Crocodylidae, Boulder County Colorado, Environment, Paul Sereno, Dinosaur, Sarcosuchus, Suchomimus, Baryonyx, Anatosuchus, Reptiles, Crocodilia
Giving up your exotic pets shows just how much you love them
There was a huge turnout last Saturday at the Wildlife Conservation Commission in Tampa Bay, Florida where 113 well loved exotic pets were brought in for amnesty day. Amnesty day helps prevent the abandonment of these exotic family members when they become...
Tags: tampa bay, amnesty, exotic, exotic pets, pets, snakes, reptiles, lizards, turtles, tortoises, florida, animals, pests
Pythons in Miami backyards
The world had witnessed major natural disasters in the form of Hurricane Andrew in 1992 and Katrina in 2005 when a large number of snakes escaped from their cages in the zoos, pet shops and reptile centers in the damages and chaos. These reptiles have...
Tags: Hurricane Andrew in 1992, Katrina in 2005, pythons, boa constrictor, reptiles, zoo, pet stores, wildlife
Iams Names Hilary Swank As Their 2009 Ambassador For Their Pet Drive
According to the well-known non-profit, Care2, actress Hilary Swank has added her voice to the cause of finding homes for homeless pets. She is working with the Iams Home 4 the Holidays campaign, which works to find homes for as many animals as possible...
Tags: Hilary Swank, care2, iams, home 4 the holidays, october 1, january 4, 1.5 million, karoo, rumi, 2009 ambassador, 8 million, 4 million, 1/4, dogs, cats, purebreds, rabbits, reptiles, birds, 9, www.iams.com
Nessie might just be real after all
What was usually being written off as nothing but figments of the imagination might just be real after all – it seems something like the Loch Ness monster Nessie has been seen on Google Earth. A Security guard Jason of Nottingham, while browsing...
Tags: loch ness monster, nessie, google earth, plesiosaur, reptiles
Crocodiles could pose security threats
The security at airports have to be beefed up because, innocent looking crocodiles could very well be the carriers of deadly diseases or even bombs. It is reported that a baby crocodile created panic in a Cairo bound Egypt-Air fight. Reports suggest that...
Tags: crocodiles, reptiles, bombs, diseases, Snakes on a plane (2006)
Biggest snake fossil found
Scientists have found a 60-million-year-old fossil of the world's largest snake, a 13m, one-tonne behemoth dubbed Titanoboa, in a coal mine in Colombia, the US Smithsonian Tropical Research Institute said on Wednesday. Read More: http://www.straitstimes.com/Breaking%2BNews/Tech%2Band%2BScience/Story/STIStory_334506.html...
Platypus genome is a mish-mash of reptilian, avian and mammalian genomes!
Biologists always considered platypus as one of the most unique animals that is so hard to accurately classify in any phyla of the animal kingdom. It now makes sense how correctly confused they had always been about this egg-laying...
Tags: Platypus, chromosomes, genetic sequence, mammals, reptiles, avian, egg-laying mammal
Platypus genome holds key to mammalian evolution
Sydney :: Australia | about 1 year ago
Credibility And now they know why it is part bird, part reptile and part mammal...Collins of the National Human Genome Research Institute. "But as weird as this animal looks, its genome sequence is priceless for understanding how mammalian biological processes evolved."
Tags: platypus, mammals, reptiles, platypus genomics, Australian National University, avian, genomics sequence, journal nature, Nature, Jenny Graves
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