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    Texas: $2k Reward to Report Alligator Snapping Turtle Poachers

    Texas has increased its alligator snapping turtle poaching reward from $1k to $2k for conviction. https://www.foxnews.com/lifestyle/texas-awarding-2k-reports-alligator-snapping-turtle-poaching https://www.mysanantonio.com/news/local/article/alligator-snapping-turtle-18461620.php
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    Ball Python in Atlanta Home Yard

    Report of a ball python found in Atlanta home yard and efforts to catch it. As is typical, misinformation and sensational verbiage by the reporter. Methods to entice the python out of the hole are "interesting". Homeowners seem reasonable and desire for the snake's safety and rehoming...
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    Tens of Thousands of "Pickled" Snakes and Amphibians Acquired by Univ of Michigan

    Tens of Thousands of "Pickled" Snakes and Amphibians Acquired by Univ of Michigan Remarkable cause for celebration at UM. (Is "remarkable" the right word?) I once observed a western university storage room reported by the biology chair as containing >10,000 bullsnakes from a single state. I...
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    Carpet Python Parasitic Worm Found Live in Woman's Brain

    A remarkable description of "medical sleuthing and treatments" leading to a brain biopsy discovering the carpet python derived parasitic worm. Published September 2023. "Ophidascaris species are nematodes exhibiting an indirect lifecycle; various genera of snakes across the Old and New Worlds...
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    Humane Society Upset Animals Fed to Snakes

    San Diego Humane Society fears rescued mammals were fed to snakes in Arizona. "The San Diego Humane Society fears more than 250 rabbits, rats, guinea pigs and hamsters transferred to a rescue organization in Arizona to help create more shelter space didn't find their way to forever homes, and...
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    CDC and Salmonella in Turtles - Updated Release

    Previously in FC Forum(s) it was reported that the CDC had been receiving reports of Salmonella infections and hospitalizations in people with turtle pets. CDC first release was on 8/18/2023. This CDC release on 9/29/2023. The CDC indicates it is now aware of 59 illnesses (an increase of 39...
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    Global Snakebite Envenomation and Antivenin Report

    "Exact numbers can be hard to determine, but globally it’s estimated that as many as 2.7 million people are envenomed by snakes every year. Of these, up to 400,000 are permanently disabled, and estimates suggest that 81,000 to 138,000 die. Poorer nations suffer the greatest proportion of snake...
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    Orange Beach, Alabama Prohibits "Poisonous" Snakes and Pythons

    Orange Beach, Alabama now prohibits bringing "poisonous" snakes, pythons, and other "exotic" animals to the beach. Comments by the Alabama game and fish (ADCNR) included. Of course Alabama does virtually nothing about invasive animals including coyote, pigs, armadillo, house cats, feral...
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    Do Reptiles Dream ?

    "Today, researchers are finding signs of REM sleep in a broader array of animals than ever before: in spiders, lizards, cuttlefish, zebrafish." " Researchers have also observed a REM-like stage in bearded dragons by recording signals from electrodes in their brains." Also noted is the Argentine...
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    Coral Snake Bite (alleged) posted on Reddit

    Hopefully there will be knowledgable informed reptile keeper comments on this story. Comments in the Reddit post are ..... well ..... Posted 8/30/2023 https://www.reddit.com/r/therewasanattempt/comments/165vodg/to_catch_a_scarlet_kingsnake_turned_out_to_be_a/
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    Fluorescent Frogs

    8/22/2023. Atlas Obscura https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/glowing-frog-rave-in-the-amazon-for-science?utm_source=Atlas+Obscura+Daily+Newsletter&utm_campaign=3104630dfd-EMAIL_CAMPAIGN_2023_08_28&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_-3104630dfd-%5BLIST_EMAIL_ID%5D&mc_cid=3104630dfd&mc_eid=70ce818f28
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    Golden Lancehead and Snake Island

    Podcast and brief article 8/13/2023 https://www.atlasobscura.com/places/snake-island-ilha-de-queimada-grande https://play.headliner.app/episode/16273656
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    Burmese - Everglades - New Reports

    Several interesting comments by the scientists: 1. the Burmese python not likely to survive into Alabama and Louisiana - could not survive the necessary migration path 2. local native animals prey upon and kill larger number of juveniles than previously suspected 3. tech tracking techniques are...
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    Alabama Game & Fish Asks Public to Report Invasive Species Sightings

    The Alabama Game & Fish Department (ADCNR) has published its annual regulations for the 2023-2024 hunting and fishing season. A page titled "Invasive Species" asks the public to report sightings of "prohibited non-native invasive species such as the tegu ...". Furthermore it states, "It takes...
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    CDC Turtle Caused Salmonella 8/18/2023

    Click on the Map icon to see infection distribution by state. https://www.cdc.gov/salmonella/turtles-08-23/details.html
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    New Peruvian Snake Species

    Beautiful animal. https://www.conservation.org/blog/had-to-be-snake-new-species-gets-famous-name#:~:text=actual%20name%20is-,Tachymenoides%20harrisonfordi,-%2C%20and%20it%20is
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    Of Bees and Snakes and Snakes Don’t Make Honey

    Of Bees and Snakes and Snakes Don’t Make Honey 48 states have declared specific insects as “State Insects”. https://www.si.edu/spotlight/buginfo/state-insects https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_U.S._state_insects https://www.netstate.com/states/tables/state_insects.htm It is...
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    NatGeo Rescued Reptiles Article

    National Geographic August 2023 An interesting narrative in this month's National Geographic magazine. Cell phone pics of the pertinent reptile portions included. I thought reptile keepers, especially the boid fans would find the pic and narrative of Burmese python most interesting. Note it...
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    Stress and Social Buffering in Snakes

    Might social buffering in captive snakes reduce aggressive behavior ? Might social buffering improve breeding and reproduction ? Improve feeding and digestion ? Other thoughts ? https://www.cnn.com/2023/07/06/world/snakes-social-buffering-comfort-scn/
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    Largest Everglades Python To Date

    Any comments / thoughts about the assertion by the reporter that this snake is "malnourished" ? https://www.wesh.com/article/longest-python-ever-caught-florida/44531916
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