reptile
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Under its strictures, Mr. Wells had been forced to turn over his reptile collection to a university, but the young Mr. Hoser refused to follow a law he thought of as unjust.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
Zookeepers will need to coax every bird, reptile, fish and mammal - from the largest rodents in the world to the greenest katydids - to the weighing scale.
From BBC ● Aug. 24, 2026
“Law enforcement has good intentions but they sometimes backfire with unintended consequences. Often, the more laws you create to prevent people from having a reptile, the more they want them. But sometimes prohibition does work.”
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
Often described as a "dinosaur-killer," the enormous reptile was almost certainly the leading predator in its ecosystem.
From Science Daily ● Aug. 5, 2026
On weekends, little Immie played Lego, baked cookies, and went to the American Museum of Natural History, where she loved the reptile skeletons best.
From "Genuine Fraud" by E. Lockhart
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The Assn. of Zoos and Aquariums Wildlife Confiscations Network was notified about a box truck filled with more than 2,000 animals, including fish, reptiles, invertebrates and amphibians, according to the release.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 28, 2026
Mr. Hoser was already battling the governmental authorities over his license to keep reptiles; now the scientific community had rebuffed him.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 28, 2026
La Ferme aux Crocodiles bills itself as Europe's largest wildlife park with a focus on reptiles.
From Barron's ● Aug. 26, 2026
In recent years, customs officials have repeatedly intercepted passengers arriving from south-east Asia with live reptiles, birds and primates concealed in their luggage.
From BBC ● Aug. 13, 2026
We were from different groups, our own version of mammals, reptiles, and fish.
From "Auggie & Me" by R. J. Palacio
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