Tag: nature
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Understanding Python Mating: The Role of Pelvic Spurs
If you ever need a reminder that snakes have a sense of drama, spend a breeding season watching a male python pursue a female twice his size. For all our talk about reptiles being “cold” or “simple,” nothing about their courtship behaviour is either of those things. And recently, inside the Indian Rock Python enclosure…
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Innovative Nesting: Burrowing Behavior of Rose-Ringed Parakeets
If you ever need reminding that birds are far more inventive than we give them credit for, spend some time watching rose-ringed parakeets in a large, mixed aviary. They may look like cheerful green blurs with predictable habits, but beneath that familiar exterior sits a very adaptable little mind. And earlier last year, in the…
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