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Posts Tagged ‘reptile’
Videos & Documentaries, Wildlife & Flora, Aug 29th, 2010,
Illegally smuggled, abandoned and/or maltreated exotic pets get a second chance at life thanks to a unique animal hospital in Munich, Germany. Germany’s largest reptile rescue home takes in crocodiles, iguanas, snakes, turtles and more, giving them veterinary care and a suitable living environment. Many are seized in customs while being smuggled into the country as part of a global trade in exotic pets. The hospital often keeps these animals until it can find a more permanent place for them, such as a zoo. Almost 40,000 exotic animals and plants were found being smuggled in Germany last year alone. See…
Tags: animals, exotic, Germany, home, hospital, house, iguana, illegal, Munich, pet, reptile
Conservation, Nature, Weird Stuff, Wildlife & Flora, Jul 7th, 2010,
This week’s Creature Feature takes us to Round Island: an uninhabited nature reserve off the coast of Mauritius—which is also an island and approximately 560 miles east of Madagascar. The Round Island Boa (or Round Island Keel-scaled Boa) is an endangered species and the only existing member of the Bolyeriidae family. They can grow to a length of 5 feet (150 cm), are typically dark brown in color (with lighter-colored stomachs) and the males are typically smaller than the females. They can also shift their color from a darker shade during the day to a lighter color during the night…
Tags: Africa, Creature Feature, endangered species, Mauritius, reptile, Round Island, Round Island Boa, Round Island Keel-scaled Boa, snake
Climate Change, Nature, Weird Stuff, Wildlife & Flora, Jun 2nd, 2010,
This week’s Creature Feature takes us to the cloud forests of the Knuckles Mountains in Sri Lanka. The Leaf-Nosed Lizard, or Tennent’s Leaf-Nosed Lizard, is an endangered species that can only be found in Sri Lanka. Named for the leaf-like appendage on the tip of its nose, this lizard can grow over 8 inches in length (including the tail). Males tend to have longer appendages on their noses than the females and they are also typically greener in color. These lizards also have the ability to change color—in this case, a reddish brown—in order to blend in with their surroundings….
Tags: cloud forest, Creature Feature, endangered species, Knuckles mountains, Leaf-Nosed Lizard, lizard, reptile, Sri Lanka, Tennent’s Leaf-Nosed Lizard
Weird Stuff, Wildlife & Flora, Apr 28th, 2010,
Last week, a rather interesting critter was discovered in Perth, Australia. The creature appeared to be nothing more than a common Shingleback, or skink lizard. Well, with one exception: the lizard has 2 heads. The lizard is currently being cared for at a reptile park in Henley Brook. Unfortunately, two-headed lizards don’t have particularly long life spans and it probably doesn’t help that the larger head has been occasionally attacking the smaller one. This particular two-headed lizard eats from both heads, though, and it also has a healthy sibling with no signs of mutation. Polycephaly (the condition of having multiple…
Tags: australia, lizard, multiple heads, Perth, polycephaly, reptile, shingleback, two-headed
