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    Rattlesnake Class in Arizona, Dry Bites, and Venom Metering

    Seems a good approach to better acquainting the public to the "value of snakes including venomous snakes". Helps prevent undue killing of snakes. A note is the teacher indicates "up to 25% of bites are dry bites". Dry bites have been discussed in this FC Forum and in the media with some...
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    Farmed Herptiles for Food-Insecure Populations, And More

    Well written and balanced narrative about wild meat consumption, food insecure populations, endangered species, and so forth. While the article discusses wild meat consumption among many species – herptiles are also discussed. Key words of interest for this Forum include snakes, amphibians...
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    Human-Snake Conflicts Increase with Climate Change

    The University of Washington last year posted a newsfeed about “Human-Wildlife Conflicts Rising Worldwide with Climate Change”. February 27, 2023...
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    Qualifications of State Game and Fish Directors

    Leaders of every company / enterprise set the tone and culture for the employees to follow and emulate. Since state game and fish departments have oversight of herptiles (native and non-native) in each state, it is informative to review the backgrounds and preparation of individuals leading the...
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    Parasite in woman’s eye x2 years from crocodile meat

    Parasite in woman’s eye x2 years from crocodile meat I have previously posted on this Forum a case of carpet python parasite found in a woman’s brain (10/17/2023) and multiple cases of Salmonella from a group of imported bearded dragons (1/29/2024). Here a 2024 report of the parasite...
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    Viewer Count

    Is the viewer count in Classifieds on each section correct ?
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    CBB Pythons for Human Food Consumption Report

    “Snake Steak Could Be a Climate-Friendly Source of Protein” Scientific American March 14, 2024 Portions of the article below with link to entire publication. “Pythons turn their food into meat pretty efficiently, a study finds, making them an intriguing alternative to climate-unfriendly cows.”...
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    Circumstances of Snakebite Envenomation

    The research question for this presentation and Abstract (source below): ‘What were the circumstances around the snakebite envenomation?’ 'What was the victim doing?' Once again, reptile keepers must be vigilant about how data is reported, how much data is reported, how the data is analyzed...
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    Herptile Non-Profit Tax-Exempt Organizations per IRS

    Herptile Non-Profit Tax-Exempt Organizations per IRS Including Tax Schedule 990 – 2022 (if available) There are many herptile organizations which solicit donations. Such organizations are in two broad categories: 1. Conservation and research; and 2. Rescue and rehabilitation. To receive IRS...
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    Salmonella Infections and Hospitalizations from Bearded Dragons

    From March 2021 - September 2022 a specific serovar associated only with bearded dragons caused serious infections in two (2) Canada children and twelve (12) U.S. children. Five (5) of the U.S. children required hospitalization. The infected bearded dragons were traced back to a probable single...
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    Texas Doctor Wins Med Mal Lawsuit - Rattlesnake Envenomation

    Basic Story: 13 year old girl walks dog in yard and is bitten by rattlesnake. Patient to local hospital ER where doctor follows standard protocol for envenomation treatment. Anti-venom not given immediately per protocol and parents file suit alleging delayed anti-venom caused "suffering" and...
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    Higher environment temperature = more venomous snakebites

    An interesting bit of research. The importance of publications like this is that Game and Fish Commissions, regulatory bodies, and even academia will use the results to advance their own biases. Herpers really need to watch for these issues and be able to defend captive ownership and protection...
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    Invasive House Cat Diet - Reptiles and Amphibians

    "A global synthesis and assessment of free-ranging domestic cat diet" Published: 12 December 2023 Free-ranging house cats are by large margin the worst blight on native fauna, globally and in all continents except Antartica. House cats by far exceed the limited damage by snakes and other...
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    Eastern Hognose Snake Feeds on Endangered St. Andrew Beach Mouse (?)

    Gist of the story: five endangered animals and the animals which have a natural history life relationship with the named animal. Example is the St. Andrew Beach Mouse. The author explains this beach mouse needs protection as it is a food source for other animals. She indicates a snake that...
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    Florida firefighter captures 40-pound boa constrictor ‘menacing’ peafowl

    Florida firefighter captures 40-pound boa constrictor ‘menacing’ peafowl Readers - be sure to watch the video. Does this look like a 40 pound boa ? Does it look like a "red - tailed boa" ? It does not look like the pea fowl were "menaced" by the snake. The pea fowl look like they were...
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    This Flying Frog Spends Its Youth Masquerading as Poop

    Scientific American December 13, 2023 "These froglets disguise themselves as feces to gross out potential predators until they’re old enough to glide through jungle canopies" https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/this-flying-frog-spends-its-youth-masquerading-as-poop/
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    Salmonella from Turtles VS Salmonella from Cantaloupe

    Negative statements (in particular) about reptiles should always be fact checked for accuracy, and sensationalism. Particularly true related to snakes and especially venomous reptiles. Here is an interesting comparison of Salmonella from turtles and from cantaloupe. Thoughts and conclusions...
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    'We're releasing life': Heat wave speeds turtle hatching in Peru"

    "Around 3,200 yellow-spotted Amazon river turtles, known locally as taricayas, were freed as part of a plan to repopulate the species, which is threatened by hunting."...
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    India - Need for More and Newer Antivenin Production

    A very good narrative about snakebite in India, lack of antivenin production, and need for new antivenins for specific species. Description of the co-op making antivenins and the restrictive regulations are most interesting. "In India, a Need for New Antidotes to Curb Deadly Snakebites"...
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    Turtle Shells Record Nuclear History - Scientific American

    In the last few months several articles have appeared describing ability to track radioactive substances and time of encoding in turtle shells. Two such links here. Readers can Google 'bombshell radioactive turtle shells' for additional information and papers...
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