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Month: August 2020

Cat behavior

August 26, 2020
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Cats are amazing and fascinating animals. Their purr not only means they’re content, but also if they are worried or in pain. Did you know they even purr when they’re dying? It’s a way to comfort themselves as opposed to using it for communication. But maybe the most fascinating part about a cat’s purr is […]

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Posted in mammals Tagged cat behavior, cat extinctions, cat purrs, Cats, invasive cats, Nasa, why cats purr

Elapid snakes

August 23, 2020
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The Elapid snake family is home to some of the most venomous snakes in the world, including cobras, sea kraits, mambas, and many more. These snakes are similar to the colubrids in their body structure, with one large lung, and a complete absence of legs (unlike the constrictors). However, these are front fanged venomous, and […]

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Posted in Snakes Tagged deadly poisonous snake, deadly venomous snake, elapid, elapid snake, green mamba, most poisonous snake in the world, most venomous snake in the world, poisonous snake, venomous snake

Florida’s invasive animals

August 23, 2020
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Many people love keeping exotic pets (including myself) but not everyone necessarily should. With any pet, and especially exotics, it’s really important to know what you’re getting into first. You don’t want to get a chameleon and then be surprised that it eats insects. The likely case that started the invasive pythons of the Florida […]

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Posted in Biology Tagged Burmese pythons, invasive animals, invasive animals in the everglades, invasive species, invasive species in Florida, pythons in the everglades, the Florida everglades

Constrictors

August 23, 2020
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Constrictor snakes are a very large family of snakes. They aren’t quite as large as in the number of them out there, but they can reach a much bigger size and weight! The largest snake ever known to slither the earth is, unfortunately, the extinct Titan Boa. The Titan Boa could reach 42 feet long […]

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Posted in Snakes Tagged biggest snake in the world, boa, constrictor, heaviest snake in the world, how to tell a boa from a python, longest snake in the world, medusa, prehistoric snakes, python, titanoboa

Dangerous Snakes

August 22, 2020
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There are many snakes that may seem very dangerous. The Inland Taipan (Oxyuranus microlepidotus) has the strongest venom in the world. They are a species of colubrid endemic to Australia. The mycotoxins in the snake’s venom can dissolve muscle tissue. But an Inland Taipan has no desire to come out of its hole and hunt […]

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Posted in Snakes Tagged Copperhead, coral snake, coral snake rhythm, dangerous snake, deadly poisonous snake, deadly venomous snake, how to tell if a snake is poisonous, how to tell if a snake is venomous, poisonous snake, venomous snake
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