News tagged with pet snakes
Good guy or bad guy? Diagnosing stomach disease in pet reptiles
Indigestion is surprisingly common in pet snakes and other reptiles. It frequently results from a parasitic infection known as cryptosporidiosis, to which reptiles seem especially prone. Cryptosporidiosis is highly contagious ...
May 31, 2011 |
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Florida grapples slippery giant snake invasion
Florida homes and swamps more used to dealing with dangerous critters like alligators now face a more foreign invader -- giant pet snakes escaped into the wild whose numbers are growing at an alarming rate.
Nov 06, 2009 |
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Fishermen blast premier dive sites off Indonesia
(AP) -- Coral gardens that were among Asia's most spectacular, teeming with colorful sea life just a few months ago, have been transformed into desolate gray moonscapes by fishermen who use explosives or ...
Apr 20, 2012 |
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Scientists discover new threat to birds posed by invasive pythons
Smithsonian scientists and their colleagues have uncovered a new threat posed by invasive Burmese pythons in Florida and the Everglades: The snakes are not only eating the area's birds, but also the birds' ...
Apr 05, 2012 |
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Illegal orangutan trader prosecuted
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) and the Sumatran Orangutan Conservation Programme (SOCP) announced today Sumatra's first ever successful sentence of an illegal orangutan owner and trader in Medan, ...
Feb 23, 2012 |
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Rare fungus kills endangered rattlesnakes in southern Illinois
A small population of rattlesnakes that already is in decline in southern Illinois faces a new and unexpected threat in the form of a fungus rarely seen in the wild, researchers report. The finding matches ...
Feb 21, 2012 |
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Pythons apparently wiping out Everglades mammals
A burgeoning population of huge pythons - many of them pets that were turned loose by their owners when they got too big - appears to be wiping out large numbers of raccoons, opossums, bobcats and other mammals ...
Jan 30, 2012 |
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US bans import of Burmese pythons
The United States announced Tuesday it is banning the import of Burmese pythons and three other species of giant constrictor snakes due to the danger they pose to local wildlife.
Jan 17, 2012 |
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New snake species announced
The Wildlife Conservation Society (WCS) announced the discovery of a spectacularly colored snake from a remote area of Tanzania in East Africa.
Jan 09, 2012 |
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Picture book portrays a 'hoppy' future for endangered frogs
Move over Kermit, there's a native frog rising in the West.
Dec 13, 2011 |
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Invasive amphibians, reptiles in Florida outnumber world
Florida has the world's worst invasive amphibian and reptile problem, and a new 20-year study led by a University of Florida researcher verifies the pet trade as the No. 1 cause of the species' introductions.
Sep 15, 2011 |
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Getting a read on wild animals' age
While pets and livestock often have known birthdates, the ages of animals in the wild have been difficult to track down, but that may change. A new skin analysis test can give accurate information about the ...
Sep 15, 2011 |
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