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Outtakes and Vagabonds: One python, two pythons, three
Last year, the Times had a tale about a lady python who weighs 215 pounds. The story of her capture was kind of like a thriller, punctuated by a strong sense of humor among the biologists who tracked and grabbed … Continue reading
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Tagged Arizona king snakes, Bronx Zoo, herpetology, House of Reptiles Bronx Zoo, King cobras, pythons
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Animal news — the worst of ’em concerns the human animal
The British Trust for Ornithology lost access to its Twitter account after several posts about woodcocks*, and a pigeon that had been dyed pink, likely for a gender reveal, was in “delicate critical” condition after being rescued from a New … Continue reading
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Tagged British Trust for Ornithology, emperor tamarin monkeys, gender reveal, gibbon, male northern quoll, pink pigeon, pygmy goats, Twitter
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Animal question: What animals are bovines anyway?
That bit of news published in Harper’s Weekly Review, about a UK man who was trampled to death by “bovines” while on a lunchtime walk, led me to ask the question. So, Wikipedia: Bovines (subfamily Bovinae) comprise a diverse group … Continue reading
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Tagged African buffalo, apiral-horned antelopes, bison, bovines, cows, gaur, ungulates, water buffalo, Wikipedia
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