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FRANKFORT, Ky. State wildlife specialists say the spring turkey hunting season might be 1 of the best in a decade. Steven Dobey, a wild turkey biologist with the Kentucky Department of Fish and Wildlife Resources, says the reason is record reproduction in 2008. Dobey said in a news release that conservation officers and wildlife biologists counted 3.7 turkey chicks per hen in 2008, the most ever counted in the state. ]]>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 5:08:00http://t.love.com/310596503Fri, 19 Mar 2010 4:57:00http://t.love.com/310593051Fri, 19 Mar 2010 4:38:00http://t.love.com/310589745Fri, 19 Mar 2010 4:26:00http://t.love.com/310583030Fri, 19 Mar 2010 3:58:00http://t.love.com/310582448
Identical twins are babies that are formed from the same fertilised egg, as opposed to non-identical twins which are formed from two fertilised eggs. The creation of identical twins - or monozygotic twins - happens when the fertilised egg splits into two halves. This leads to the development of two individual embryos. ]]>Fri, 19 Mar 2010 3:57:00http://t.love.com/310579395Fri, 19 Mar 2010 3:47:00http://t.love.com/310579088Fri, 19 Mar 2010 3:46:00http://t.love.com/310569476Fri, 19 Mar 2010 3:02:00http://t.love.com/310548775Fri, 19 Mar 2010 1:27:00http://t.love.com/310547979Fri, 19 Mar 2010 1:26:00http://t.love.com/310546898Fri, 19 Mar 2010 1:23:00http://t.love.com/310537351Fri, 19 Mar 2010 0:13:00http://t.love.com/310533013Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:51:00http://t.love.com/310527524Thu, 18 Mar 2010 23:21:00http://t.love.com/310519241Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:32:00http://t.love.com/310517744Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:28:00http://t.love.com/310514581Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:13:00http://t.love.com/310513582
New legislation in Georgia could spare some lost pets from meeting an untimely death. The House voted unanimously to require Georgia's animal shelters to find a microchip in animals when they are brought in. If the animal has one, officials must make a reasonable effort to find the owner. ]]>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 22:06:00http://t.love.com/310509053
As part of my research I "followed" Marque when he trapped. I observed how the traps were made, what factors influenced their exact location on the landscape, what worked and didn't work, and mainly (because it interfaced with my own research) where on the larger scale the "trapline" was arranged. Marque was a very successful trapper. ]]>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 21:41:00http://t.love.com/310500470
Three bear cubs orphaned by their mother's life of crime have been given a new lease on life in the Nevada outback. Biologists and volunteers used snowmobiles and sleds Wednesday to haul the 200-pound, 1-year old bears to artificial dens in the Carson Range along the eastern Sierra southwest of Reno. After the snow melts, experts hope the bears will emerge as natural backcountry wanderers, not the trash-raiding troublemakers they were learning to be when wildlife officials were forced to kill their mot]]>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 20:48:00http://t.love.com/310479477Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:24:00http://t.love.com/310474893Thu, 18 Mar 2010 19:08:00http://t.love.com/310469552Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:48:00http://t.love.com/310462267Thu, 18 Mar 2010 18:21:00http://t.love.com/310454101Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:49:00http://t.love.com/310446005Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:29:00http://t.love.com/310437989Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:08:00http://t.love.com/310435373Thu, 18 Mar 2010 17:00:00http://t.love.com/310418453Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:09:00http://t.love.com/310400841
The difference between lab animals and us, however, is that overstimulation for animals isn't present in nature. It can really only be found in the laboratory. If an animal escapes to its natural environment, it will return to natural stimuli and responses. ]]>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:14:00http://t.love.com/310399495
It appears we are stuck on stupid when it comes to dealing with wild animals. Like a dangerous intersection, how many tragedies need to take place before someone figures out that having vehicles traveling toward each other from four different directions can be a potentially deadly circumstance? To avoid traffic fatalities we control the traffic. ]]>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 15:09:00http://t.love.com/310374004Thu, 18 Mar 2010 14:04:00http://t.love.com/310371034Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:53:00http://t.love.com/310362122Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:29:00http://t.love.com/310359146
After a long winter stuck inside, no one's looking more eagerly toward spring than Baltimore families. It's time to get the kids outside and reconnected with nature, wildlife and the exotic critters someone can run into only at a zoo, aquarium or nature center. Over the chilly months, some of the area's favorite animal attractions got older, wiser and -- who knows? -- maybe even a bit cuter, even as a new baby or two arrived on the scene. ]]>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:21:00http://t.love.com/310357367Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:15:00http://t.love.com/310323458Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:53:00http://t.love.com/310315854
So it goes at the cramped Humane Society, where space is at a premium and animals can end up being housed in any open nook. "We make do with what we have," said Kristin Branagan, director of animal placement and education. Not for much longer. ]]>Thu, 18 Mar 2010 11:34:00