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For pets or status symbols, by chance or design, taking up serpents is taking off. - SALT LAKE CITY WEEKLY (Utah) 22 February 07
There are three reasons it took 20 years for me to get a snake. First, my grandfather was scared of them. When my great-grandfather caught a garter snake while fishing in Provo Canyon and gave it to me, his ultra-pious son-in-law drew a line in the
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"Extra" has 26 toes! - Sidney Morning Herald
Australian kitten born with 26 toes.
Thu Feb 22, 2007 - Hits: 78 (Report Dead Link?) |
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Charm of the guardians - THE STAR (Petaling Jaya, Malaysia)
...It's a story that one would probably find buried in the archives of Ripley's Believe It or Not, as the tale of how the Wagler Pitt Vipers came to be the temple's guardians is rather astonishing. ...
Tue Feb 20, 2007 - Hits: 98 (Report Dead Link?) |
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Pet owners warming up to keeping reptiles - TIMES UNION (Albany, New York)
East Greenbush: When an iguana mysteriously appeared in her uncle's garden three years ago, Darcy Colby was "scared to death" of the little green reptile. But after searching extensively for the lizard's owners, Colby took the tropical an
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You can have your snake and feed it too - Star Telegram
Thousands of snakes and other reptiles are slithering at the Arlington Convention Center this weekend.
Sat Feb 17, 2007 - Hits: 185 (Report Dead Link?) |
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Scientists date frog, but kiss off DNA prints - Chicago Tribune
A miner in the state of Chiapas found a tiny tree frog that has been preserved in amber for 25 million years, a researcher said
Sat Feb 17, 2007 - Hits: 142 (Report Dead Link?) |
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Frogs leap on to ark - DAILY TELEGRAPH (Sydney, Australia)
Australian zoos will join a worldwide fight to save the humble frog in an "Amphibian Ark" - as climate experts predict they are going the way of the dinosaurs.
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Turtle Survives After Spending Ten Minutes In Dog's Stomach - All Headline News
A red-eared slider turtle is reported to be doing fine after it spent nearly ten minutes in the belly of a golden retriever. The incident happened last week when Bella the dog, mistakenly or mischievously, gulped down Pepper the turtle from the batht
Fri Feb 16, 2007 - Hits: 140 (Report Dead Link?) |
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Man gets probation in snake mail prank - The Mercury News
A federal judge has sentenced a suburban Detroit man to six months probation after he placed a 6-foot boa constrictor inside his mailbox to scare his letter carrier.
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Paraguay swallows tall tale of husband-eating boa - Yahoo! News
ASUNCION (Reuters) - A bereaved widow's story about her husband being devoured by a boa constrictor made headlines in Paraguay on Thursday, but it turned out to be a tall tale by a woman who felt abandoned.
Fri Feb 16, 2007 - Hits: 71 (Report Dead Link?) |
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Madagascar Blind Snake Rediscovered After 100 Years - Fox News
A rare blind snake has been rediscovered in Madagascar a century after its last sighting. The snake, which looks like a long, skinny pink worm, was only known from two other specimens, both discovered in 1905.
Mon Feb 12, 2007 - Hits: 158 (Report Dead Link?) |
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State game officials put permit squeeze on python owners - Sun Sentinel
The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission is putting the squeeze on python owners.
Thu Feb 8, 2007 - Hits: 309 (Report Dead Link?) |
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Wellington Zoo welcomes rare species' new arrivals - Stuff.co.nz
Wellington Zoo is celebrating the birth of three Otago skinks, a lizard species thought to be one of the rarest in the country
Thu Feb 8, 2007 - Hits: 237 (Report Dead Link?) |
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Fisherman's friendship with crocodile draws crowds - Reuters
It's a love story with difference - the friendship between a Costa Rican fisherman and a four-and-a-half metre (15 feet) long crocodile.
Wed Feb 7, 2007 - Hits: 264 (Report Dead Link?) |
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Stand-off with brown snake - Moonee Valley Community
A KEILOR housewife took matters into her own hands, literally, when she trapped a 1.5-metre brown snake in her backyard last Thursday.
Tue Feb 6, 2007 - Hits: 175 (Report Dead Link?) |
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