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Shinisaurus crocodilurus Photo by JK.

No excuse for Shark-fin soup.  A faux-fin soup fools all the experts.

Discerning chromosome number through frog calls. This is really cool.

Killing cholera with bio-films.  A UCSC research project, but maybe more importantly, the story features a certain Mr. Walter Bray M.S. who went to High School with your blog authors.

Adorable pics of baby crocodile lizards, Shinisaurus crocodilurus. One of my all-time favorite reptiles and I am excited to see the Woodland Park Zoo breed them.  If memory serves me correctly I used to care for a male that ended up there.  Maybe the dad?

Scientists hack an Xbox Kinect to study glaciers.

Minke Whale washes ashore in Marin County.


That lone wolf made it into California!


We will be back next week with some actual (non-link dump) blogging.

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image by elizabeth heffernan

US Federal guidelines for when you find a Yeti in Nepal.

World's First captive bred Ozark Hellbenders.

Awesome Toucan plates from 1806.

I missed the Lame Coon Pun meme, but somehow searchers for "Raccoon Pun" are getting to CTC.

Great documentary on the silky sifaka lemur, a species in peril.

Wolves in CA? !

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Ban the sale of bullfrogs in California. A pretty good idea IMO.

Want camera trap images sent to your smart phone. There's an app for that.

Jaguar in Arizona treed by Mt. Lion hunter. UofA deploys 240 camera traps!


Ca Condors in the Grand Canyon lead authorities to a body.

A week old but the greatest video from space ever.

Humbolt Squid are shrinking.  I was going to make a joke about the water getting colder, but turns out it is because the water is getting warmer.

Killer Whale washes up on the shores of Pt. Reyes.

Fishers back in their old habitat in Northern Sierras. I expect some pictures Codger.

Sorry this post has been sitting around in the draft pile for some time.