reptile
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Documents said the abandoned venture planned to include "reptile, mongoose and several animal enclosures".
From BBC ● Oct. 9, 2026
The alarming reptile was “last seen in a tree within a residential neighborhood near Main Street and Edinger Avenue,” according to the department’s warning to the public.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 29, 2026
Years later, after Ruane became a scientist who sometimes has the opportunity to assign official names to newly recognized reptile species, she returned to that old magazine interview.
From Science Daily ● Sep. 18, 2026
There were two other sightings of the species in Orange County in January and November of 2018, said Greg Pauly, a reptile expert with the Natural History Museum of Los Angeles County.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 17, 2026
The reptile attacks again, but the Obayifo is quicker than expected.
From "Kwame Crashes the Underworld" by Craig Kofi Farmer
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Working with the Zoological Society of London, WWF tracks nearly 36,000 populations of almost 6,000 species of mammals, birds, fish, reptiles and amphibians.
From BBC ● Oct. 8, 2026
The reptiles also are illegal to own as pets in California.
From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 1, 2026
"It is also striking that Austronaga had a fairly short and uncomplicated digestive tract, very similar to that of today's fish-eating reptiles."
From Science Daily ● Sep. 29, 2026
Hannah Ellins, head of reptiles and invertebrates, said: "We do a lot of work with exotics, but it's cool being able to help our animals here."
From BBC ● Sep. 23, 2026
I'll watch a movie in which an attractive woman in a sports bra, a handsome widower, and a pair of weak-chinned cowards are pursued by mighty reptiles or visitors from another galaxy.
From "Me Talk Pretty One Day" by David Sedaris
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