Category Archives: Reptiles
No clues for stolen snake
Here is a good one for you. A man from Michigan’s upper peninsula reported his snake stolen, the unusual part is he claims his snake was stolen in November 2009. He claimed to know who stole it but when asked why it took him 14 months to report it he only said at the time he was doing some bad stuff with bad people. Police questioned the woman that he claims stole the snake but of course she denied it and stated he more than likely misplaced the animal. There are currently no leads in the case.
Lizard in food AGAIN
Another lizard has been found in some processed food but this time it was alive. The Mediterranean Gecko apparently not only survived the process but also a 1,000 mile refrigerated journey to where is was finally found by a 62yo woman while she started cutting the bag opened.
At first she was startled but later collected the lizard and brought it to the vet where it is currently being rehabilitated. The company who bagged the food “Tesco” sent her a $10 voucher with an apology and claim to be investigating the circumstances.
One tough director
The Deputy Director of an education department drove himself to the Hospital after being bitten by a snake but not before catching the snake and dropping by the Vets office to get it properly identified as a Puff Adder. The conservation department got the snake from the vet later that day. There is no word what will happen to the snake but the victim is expected to fully recover.
45,000 bucks in reptiles stolen
66 reptiles were stolen from Lost World Reptiles on Monday. Apparently the shop had no security cameras in place and the owners nor the authorities have any ideas who took the animals. The owners are devastated as most of the animals were imported from the U.S. as babies and raised by them and now they will have to start over. The police did state that this dose not appear to be the act of opportunistic burglars but rather a planed out calculated hit by someone that knows about reptiles and was probably a customer who knew the shop lay out.
f you can help phone Sittingbourne Police on 01795 419182 or Kent Crimestoppers anonymously on 0800 555111 quoting crime number CY/000188/11.
A 2nd chance for a near endangered snake
Well the Cyprus Grass Snake may be getting a second change. Snake George presented a petition to the minister calling for immediate government action to save the snake whose numbers have fallen at alarming rates. We have talked about this species before and while the local government always appeared to be on board they never really did anything to stop the hunting and development that were killing off the snakes. Now in front of a European court they are pledging 80,000 for the lake where Snake George says the snake use to be found but is no longer found there. Snake George has also asked for immediate assistance on starting a captive breeding program to ensure the species future. There is no word yet if they do plan to help with the program.
Another orange gater
Well looky what we have hear, another orange Alligator. This one was found in Texas. This one in particular was using an old rusted culvert as a home which explains the orange coloration. It is suspected the one found last week also lives near a similar culvert but experts are for the most part still out.
There was mention last week that Orange is one of the UOF team colors and their mascot happens to be an Alligator but there have been several explanations come across the board, so far the jury is still out however this rusty culvert story is starting to sound good.