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Protecting the Guatemalan Beaded Lizard

September 19, 2007 – 9:41 pm

From The Nature Conservancy.
Is it more poisonous than a rattlesnake? Does it cause lightning strikes? And can it make a pregnant woman miscarry if she just looks at it?
These are just some of the many myths that surround the wildly misunderstood Heloderma horridum charlesbogerti — more commonly known as the Guatemalan beaded lizard. Actually, the [...]

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Singapore’s First Wildlife Rescue Center

August 20, 2007 – 10:28 pm

From International Primate Protection League.
The ACRES Wildlife Rescue Centre (AWRC) (located in Sungei Tengah Agrotech Park) will occupy two hectares (five acres) and will provide a safe haven for more than 400 wild animals rescued from illegal trade, potentially including primates (such as gibbons, macaques, and lorises), marsupials, reptiles, small ungulates, and small carnivores. The [...]

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