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by brian & jake
6 April, 03:19 PM
It’s Spring. It gets rainy. It gets warm. Amphibians live for this stuff. (And reptiles are soon to follow.)
I heard a bit on NPR this morning about people in Vermont helping salamanders cross roads during mating season. I looked it up online, and it’s happening in a lot of places. Here are some links.
Volunteers Help Salamanders Avoid Rodeway Massacre
I love the title of this one from the Filed under Outdoors and tagged with animals,
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15 January, 01:17 PM
It may be sad, but this gets me interested in our economic troubles more than stock market numbers and finger pointing. It’s quite cute, and creative.
Zoos matter, yes. If people (especially children) aren’t introduced to nature up close and personal, they will never develop the kind of ethic that creates the demand for conservation.
I thank the Mystic Aquarium for...
Filed under News, Science and tagged with animals, endangered species, wildlife, zoos.
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9 October, 01:36 PM
I’ve been keeping tabs on the manatee that has been hanging around in the waters of Cape Cod for the last few weeks. The Cape Cod Times is doing a nice job of informing those interested on its whereabouts and status. This video by the Dennis Selectman shows some lovely footage of the algae-covered creature.
The species has managed to stay around all these years despite being pretty slow...
Filed under Outdoors, News and tagged with cape cod, endangered species, manatee.
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