Meet the Zoo: Bearded Dragons - Patch.com

Meet the Zoo: Bearded Dragons
Patch.com
These spiny lizards offer some real opportunities for careful observation. Native to Australia, bearded dragons spend a lot of time perfectly posed on a warm rock or carefully perched on prickly branches. The tiny spines covering their heads and throat ...

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A Quick Weekend Jet-Away at the Four Seasons Nevis - BlackBook Magazine

A Quick Weekend Jet-Away at the Four Seasons Nevis
BlackBook Magazine
They serve Caribbean specialties, including spiny lobster, BBQ ribs, daily fresh-catch fish, and a heavenly dessert selection utilizing locally-sourced ingredients. The coconut tart and bread pudding cake are game-changers. The restaurant works with a ...

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'The find in our backyard' — Supporting the Paleozoic Trackways - Las Cruces Sun-News

'The find in our backyard' — Supporting the Paleozoic Trackways
Las Cruces Sun-News
The main hunter of the time was the dimetrodon, a large alligator-lizard creature with clawed feet that was about 12 ;feet long with a large, spiny sail on its back. These early creatures left their foot prints and bodies in the coastal waters and mud, ...

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Zoologger: Gecko's amputated tail has life of its own - New Scientist

Zoologger: Gecko's amputated tail has life of its own
New Scientist
Many lizards and snakes do it, as do octopuses, spiders and even a few mammals: threatened Cuvier's spiny rats sometimes shed their tails. Sea cucumbers are the true champions, though: when predators attack they literally spill their guts.

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Baby boom at St. Louis Zoo: Penguin, banteng and dozens of bugs - STLtoday.com

Baby boom at St. Louis Zoo: Penguin, banteng and dozens of bugs
STLtoday.com
The white-spotted assassin bug poisons defenseless crickets and lizards, slowly sucking the life out of its prey. On New Year's Day, 67 assassin bug babies arrived at the St. Louis Zoo along with a number of walking sticks and katydids.

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Dinosaur Division is All in the Hips - Smithsonian (blog)


Smithsonian (blog)
Dinosaur Division is All in the Hips
Smithsonian (blog)
The idea that some hadrosaurs used their crests as air-supply tanks and the notion that the most spectacular of dinosaurs became so big and spiny that they doomed themselves to extinction are among the ideas that have been tossed.

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Pinyon Wash/Harper Flat - San Diego Reader

Pinyon Wash/Harper Flat
San Diego Reader
Ocotillos reach multiple long, spiny arms toward the sky. If it has rained recently, each branch will be tipped with brilliant red flowers. Creosote bushes are mounded plants waist to head high characterized by tiny deep-green leaves, open branching ...

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