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Tarantulas and Other Spiders: Dangerous vs. Beneficial Species – Part 1

While most people acknowledge that spiders perform a valuable service by consuming harmful insects, there remains the lingering belief that the vast majorities are dangerously venomous, and do more harm than good. Today I’d like to pass along some facts and figures that you may find interesting. Venom All spiders […]
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The Chuckwalla – a Hardy, Personable Candidate for the Desert Terrarium – Part 2

[…]available vegetables, along with occasional feedings of crickets, mealworms, beetles and other insects. I’ve found dandelion flowers to be a great favorite, and usually mix some soaked Tortoise Pellets into the salad as well. A Unique Defense Chuckwallas spend a good deal of time basking on rocks to achieve their […]
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My Leopard Gecko Is Not Eating: What To Do

[…]food items.  Dietary variety is important for health reasons.  But providing different types of insects can also incite new interest in feeding.  We see this most commonly in chameleons, but the enthusiasm your Leopard Geckos will show for novel foods will leave you with no doubt as to their value. […]

First North American Captive Breeding of the Giant Horned Lizard

[…]well-experienced and able to provide for their very specific needs. Those that accept a variety of insects, such as the Short-Horned Lizard, Phrynosoma douglassii, are better choices than the ant specialists.  The Short-Horned Lizard, I learned to my surprise and delight many years ago, also gives birth to live young. […]
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Cicadas – An End of Summer Treat for Pet Reptiles, Amphibians and Invertebrates

[…]The waning days of summer bring with them the annual die-off of untold millions of large, juicy insects – the annual and periodical cicadas. More than 100 of the world’s 2,000+ cicada species make their home in North America, and they are widely distributed. I still hear them regularly in […]
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Snake Surprise – “Virgin” Female Boa Constrictor Gives Birth

[…]reproduction or parthenogenesis – producing young without mating – is well known among insects and certain fishes (including Hammerhead Sharks), some of which can even switch sexes several times.  It has also been recorded in a small number of reptiles, such as the Brahminy Blind Snake, American Whiptail Lizards and […]
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The Cuatro Cienegas Slider (Trachemys scripta taylori) and other Unusual Relatives of the Red Eared Slider (Trachemys scripta elegans)

  Note: For further information on red eared sliders in the wild and captivity, please see The Red Eared Slider in Outdoor Ponds  and Typical and Atypical Habitats of the Red Eared Slider The red eared slider is familiar to herp enthusiasts the world over, but many of its relatives […]
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2012’s New Species – Spiders, Roaches, Millipedes, Wasps – Which is your Favorite?

[…]of all tarantula genera, seem to live only in plants known as Tank Bromeliads.  There they ambush insects that are attracted to water that collects at the bromeliads’ bases.  Among the newly-described species (genus Typhochaena) we also find the world’s smallest arboreal tarantulas.  Please see the article below for natural […]
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Interesting Facts and the Care of the Senegal Chameleon

[…]second day hunting accuracy rises to 20%.  On day 4, the one-eyed hunters successfully capture insects on 50% of their attempts. Senses of Hearing and Smell Chameleons do not hear well …like snakes, they detect air vibrations and low-pitched sounds only. The Jacobsen’s organ, which allows many other reptiles to […]
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My Experiences with Snake Necked Turtles in Zoos and at Home

[…]efficiently.   Fish are favored by most, but tadpoles, crayfish, snails, carrion, worms, and insects are also taken; larger species occasionally add small lizards, frogs, snakes, and mammals to the diet.   Pet Snake Necks fare best on a diet comprised largely of whole organisms such as earthworms, occasional pre-killed […]
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