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<title>Tiny tots face-to-face with a tarantula</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186835983</link>
<pubDate>6 Sep 2008 20:59 GMT</pubDate>
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...  had a visit from Samantha Galbraith, an animal ranger with Zoo Lab. She brought in  ...  American corn snake, and a large African snail for the children to get up close  ...
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<title>Exotic climbing liles set the stage for fall bloom</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186823752</link>
<pubDate>6 Sep 2008 17:29 GMT</pubDate>
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...  on roses. Alternating weekly with a second or third fungicide is more effective. Control slugs and snails by sprinkling commercial bait at the base of tender plants. To send questions or  ...
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<title>Taking Aim at Brain Cancer</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186794372</link>
<pubDate>6 Sep 2008 05:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  up a fragment of the mutant protein to a larger protein from a giant sea snail (the keyhole limpet) that looks foreign and can rev up the immune system. Then,  ...
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<title>Just Me: Sheila Hancock on coping with life without her beloved John</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186786547</link>
<pubDate>6 Sep 2008 04:46 GMT</pubDate>
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...  the food. I sampled frogs&apos; legs and snails. Even salad was a revelation. Aromatic leaves  ...  We decamped to their villa by the sea. In Monsieur&apos;s absence, no sooner had one  ...
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<title>Yes, size matters as Scotland&apos;s smallest snail wins protection</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186770896</link>
<pubDate>6 Sep 2008 01:55 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Measuring less than a millimetre across, the snail is one of the smallest in the  ...  environment minister, said he wanted to protect species of &quot;all sizes&quot; as he announced the  ...  amount of space taken up by the snails, it was important to designate the whole  ...
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<title>ANIMALS: Watch your pets for poison</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186719166</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 19:56 GMT</pubDate>
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...  dog suffering from convulsions caused by eating slug pellets and this made me wonder about  ...  potentially fatal effects following the ingestion of snail pellets. This brings me back to the  ...
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<title>Nevada and California wildlife commissions to meet jointly</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186709469</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 18:59 GMT</pubDate>
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...  bear management, interstate mule deer management, and a report on the status of invasive species and management of quagga mussel, New Zealand mud snail and Barramundi. Staff will provide a report on the status of greater sage-grouse management  ...
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<title>Special protection for rare snail</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186701342</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 18:37 GMT</pubDate>
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... One of the world&apos;s smallest and rarest snails is to receive Scottish Government protection, it  ...  and enhancing Scotland&apos;s biodiversity and that includes species of all shapes and sizes.&quot; Declaring the  ...  scrutiny. The minister said: &quot;The narrow-mouthed whorl snail is clearly one of our smallest, but  ...
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<title>Snail sanctuary</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186679039</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 16:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  home to the narrow-mouthed whorl snail. The species is only found in 10 areas in  ...  Minister Mike Russell said: &quot;The narrow-mouthed whorl snail is clearly one of our smallest, but  ...  the sites across the UK where the snails are found are within special areas of  ...
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<title>NINE CREATURES NAMED FOR CELEBRITIES</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186672499</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 15:19 GMT</pubDate>
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...  Colombian tree frog. 7. Bufonaria borisbeckeri. This sea snail shares a name with German tennis great  ...  Avahi cleesei. Comedian John Cleese had this species of lemur named after him in tribute  ...
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<title>Zoo Programme is breeding success</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186672340</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 15:18 GMT</pubDate>
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...  as just benefiting the city. Jo Elliot, animal registrar, says their breeding is now done  ...  brilliant to be involved in this.&quot; PARTULA SNAILS Once inhabiting the French Polynesian islands, this  ...  mm. In 1967, the Giant African land snail was introduced to some of the Polynesian  ...
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<title>Spring&apos;s darlings</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186656607</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 14:09 GMT</pubDate>
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...  appear, and then again straight after flowering. Be sure to protect new shoots from slugs and snails. Daffodils can be left undisturbed for several years and only need lifting and dividing  ...
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<title>Culling Kermit, one zap at a time</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186644242</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 12:31 GMT</pubDate>
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...  a diverse diet that includes crayfish, salamanders, snails, newts, garter snakes, baby turtles, small mammals  ...  American bullfrog populations begin to eliminate native species &quot;through predation and competition.&quot; Then, when existing  ...  be sent to the BC SPCA Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre in Metchosin, which feeds the  ...
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<title>One man&apos;s war on frogs</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186631116</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 06:28 GMT</pubDate>
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...  a diverse diet that includes crayfish, salamanders, snails, newts, garter snakes, baby turtles, small mammals  ...  American bullfrog populations begin to eliminate native species through predation and competition. Then, when existing  ...  be sent to the BC SPCA Wild Animal Rehabilitation Centre in Metchosin, which feeds the  ...
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<title>Animals behaving badly</title>
<link>http://www.inboxrobot.com/news.php?fid=186621615</link>
<pubDate>5 Sep 2008 04:47 GMT</pubDate>
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...  equally true of the bewildering variety of animals with whom we share the planet. And  ...  and slugs, but also among fish. Some species engage in &quot;sequential hermaphroditism&quot;, in which they  ...  have both male and female sexual organs. Snails and earthworms both do this. Sea slugs  ...
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