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'"Did you know..."'
editJuly 2007-March 2008
editApril 2008
edit- ...that Bitis gabonica has the longest fangs of any venomous snake?
- ...that in Thailand, the word Water monitor is used as an insulting word?
- ...that the Scheltopusik's name comes from a Russian word meaning yellow-bellied?
May 2008
edit- ...that the Emperor newt (pictured) has an especially thick bone on the top of its vertebrae and skull?
- ...that Chapman Grant, a herpetologist, was the last living grandson of United States President Ulysses S. Grant?
- ...that despite the appeal, Green Iguanas in captivity often do not live longer than a few months?
June 2008
edit- ... that Gerobatrachus, an extinct genus of early amphibian, is considered by some scientists the missing link between frogs and salamanders?
- ... that the Gharial is the second-longest of all living crocodilians?
- ... that Desert Tortoise eggs can get so shiny they look like hardboiled eggs?