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		<title>T-U-R-T-L-E Power! Part 2: The weird and wacky origin of turtles.</title>
		<link>http://reptilis.net/2010/06/26/t-u-r-t-l-e-power-part-2-the-weird-and-wacky-origin-of-turtles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 26 Jun 2010 22:15:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is a long overdue follow up to my original Turtle Power article back in&#8230;yeah never mind the date. As established previously, turtles are a strange, and highly diverse group of animals, but how did they come to be this way? The turtle bauplan has been a phylogenetic double edged sword. On the one hand, [...]


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		<title>New study suggests that group nesting should be the norm &#8211; not the exception &#8211; in reptiles.</title>
		<link>http://reptilis.net/2009/12/14/new-study-suggests-that-group-nesting-should-be-the-norm-not-the-exception-in-reptiles/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Dec 2009 21:39:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Continuing my trend of &#8220;catching up,&#8221; an article in the November issue of Natural History magazine, talks about a new study in the Quarterly Review of Biology, that finds group nesting to be very common place among extant reptiles. That study would be: Doody, J.S., Freedberg, S., Keogh, J.S.  2009. Communal Egg-Laying in Reptiles and [...]


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<li><a href='http://reptilis.net/2008/02/19/another-short-day/' rel='bookmark' title='Permanent Link: Another short day'>Another short day</a></li>
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		<title>T-U-R-T-L-E Power! Part 1: Turtles are Weird.</title>
		<link>http://reptilis.net/2009/01/21/t-u-r-t-l-e-power-part-1-turtles-are-weird/</link>
		<comments>http://reptilis.net/2009/01/21/t-u-r-t-l-e-power-part-1-turtles-are-weird/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 22 Jan 2009 04:58:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[As the meme goes: I like turtles! They are such a unique group of animals, that one can&#8217;t help but be drawn to them. Yet despite their uniqueness, turtles tend to get thrown into the wastebin of “living fossils.” It&#8217;s not uncommon to hear documentaries, or books refer to turtles as having been static since [...]


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		<title>Bloody slow.</title>
		<link>http://reptilis.net/2008/03/21/bloody-slow/</link>
		<comments>http://reptilis.net/2008/03/21/bloody-slow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 21 Mar 2008 08:13:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It has been a painfully slow week in terms of herpetology and paleo. I&#8217;ve noticed that when I tend to talk about things being slow, there is usually a sudden surge in topics. Here&#8217;s hoping that will happen this time too. Until then, let&#8217;s all congratulate Chrysemys picta bellii for becoming Colorado&#8217;s official state reptile. [...]


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		<title>Owen and Mzee</title>
		<link>http://reptilis.net/2008/02/09/owen-and-mzee/</link>
		<comments>http://reptilis.net/2008/02/09/owen-and-mzee/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 10 Feb 2008 07:36:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jura</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Though their&#8217;s is an old story, it&#8217;s so unique that I felt it deserved mentioning on my site at least once.Plus it was recently dugg, so I felt a need to respond. For those who don&#8217;t know the story; back in 2004 during the infamous tsunami disaster, a baby hippo was found stranded on a [...]


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