well today is a sad sad for for reptile keepers and herpetologists everywhere, news broke this morning that lonesome george the tortoise, the last of his species, has died.
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-18574279
rest in peace george, you tried your best to save your species
loves xx
Monday 25 June 2012
Sunday 24 June 2012
of costume making and EU bans
ooohhhh this last few days of blogging more has uncovered some interesting things!
i found the stats part on my login homepage! and i discovered from this that i've had 9 page views of the EU invasive species ban posts!looks like people like my strange and hard-to-read-in-some-places map diagrams! thats more than i normally get so looks like i may just blog about the ban a bit more, since it appreciated. next up in the EU ban series, i'm going to look at individual species, starting with my own, first up my sticky footed geckos so rhacodactylus species, and the mollucan giant geckos.
I've also looked at how the american invasive species ban is going so far, and how similar theories could be implemented in the EU, should the ban go through here. will have a dedicated post for that in bit though.
in other news, i purchased a teaching assistant course, studied at home, over a year ago and even after an extension i'm still not finished! oops! its due in on the 28th, so looks like lots of typing to do in the next 4 days. determined to finish something though, uni went a bit disastrously and this will not be a repeat performance! and off to typey type.......
loves xx
i found the stats part on my login homepage! and i discovered from this that i've had 9 page views of the EU invasive species ban posts!looks like people like my strange and hard-to-read-in-some-places map diagrams! thats more than i normally get so looks like i may just blog about the ban a bit more, since it appreciated. next up in the EU ban series, i'm going to look at individual species, starting with my own, first up my sticky footed geckos so rhacodactylus species, and the mollucan giant geckos.
I've also looked at how the american invasive species ban is going so far, and how similar theories could be implemented in the EU, should the ban go through here. will have a dedicated post for that in bit though.
in other news, i purchased a teaching assistant course, studied at home, over a year ago and even after an extension i'm still not finished! oops! its due in on the 28th, so looks like lots of typing to do in the next 4 days. determined to finish something though, uni went a bit disastrously and this will not be a repeat performance! and off to typey type.......
loves xx
Friday 22 June 2012
EU invasive species, reptiles
another quick update, after another consideration of temperature variations, also known as lewis's sarcastic comments
bit less confusing and a little bit prettier too!
loves x
bit less confusing and a little bit prettier too!
loves x
EU invasive species ban, reptiles
just to put it in perspective, heres all of my animals on the risk map
at least 6 of the species i keep are at risk, looking at species individually i would also consider new caledonian species to be at risk, as they are kept at temperatures below 26 celcius in captivity
hopefully this series of posts puts the risk into perspective for a lot of keepers
loves x
at least 6 of the species i keep are at risk, looking at species individually i would also consider new caledonian species to be at risk, as they are kept at temperatures below 26 celcius in captivity
hopefully this series of posts puts the risk into perspective for a lot of keepers
loves x
EU invasive species ban, reptiles
another update to my EU invasive species ban blog posts, i've put together a risk map! yes i've had a very productive day, sort of.
click it! it should get bigger, and readable because it's a little bit small to read i think!
quick key - the numbers refers to how many species of reptile we are currently aware live in each continent. i've split the map into 3 sections by temperature, going on 2011 figures on june highest temperatures and january lowest temperature ranges.
SECTION ONE MOST AT RISK
....north american species = 255 species
....asian species = 1387
total risk = 1642
SECTION TWO MODERATE RISK
....asian species = 360
....african species = 660
....asian species = 693
....north america species = 1145
....aquatic = 500
total risk = 3358
SECTION THREE NO RISK (HOPEFULLY)
....africa species = 660
....australian = 850
....south american = 1560
....aquatic = 610
total risk = 3680
so there we go, for all the reptile keepers out there, this is what is at risk!!!!! we need to stand up against the ban!!!!
loves x
edit - from approximately half way down south america, draw a line horizontally, anything below this line could potentially be considered for the act too, as the temperatures last year averaged 20 celcius upward throughout the year and thus species in this section could be supported in a europian climate
loves again x
click it! it should get bigger, and readable because it's a little bit small to read i think!
quick key - the numbers refers to how many species of reptile we are currently aware live in each continent. i've split the map into 3 sections by temperature, going on 2011 figures on june highest temperatures and january lowest temperature ranges.
SECTION ONE MOST AT RISK
....north american species = 255 species
....asian species = 1387
total risk = 1642
SECTION TWO MODERATE RISK
....asian species = 360
....african species = 660
....asian species = 693
....north america species = 1145
....aquatic = 500
total risk = 3358
SECTION THREE NO RISK (HOPEFULLY)
....africa species = 660
....australian = 850
....south american = 1560
....aquatic = 610
total risk = 3680
so there we go, for all the reptile keepers out there, this is what is at risk!!!!! we need to stand up against the ban!!!!
loves x
edit - from approximately half way down south america, draw a line horizontally, anything below this line could potentially be considered for the act too, as the temperatures last year averaged 20 celcius upward throughout the year and thus species in this section could be supported in a europian climate
loves again x
EU invasive species ban, reptiles
well as followers may know i have one or two pets of the scaly type.....well.....48 reptiles!
and as i'm all finished uni now i thought i'd direct my blog towards more personal things than just wingeing about uni. so, my pets are endangered! following the ban in america europe has followed suit. europe now has movements in place considering a ban on invasive species, including reptiles!
this could potentially mean keepers are banned from breeding and selling reptiles, or could go as far as keepers being forced to have their pets euthanised!!! different species will be evaluated, if they are considered potentially invasive species anything could happen!!!
while the EU had published a questionnaire regarding the ban, they missed the point of freedom of speech all together! most of the questions in the questionaire had attached conditions, for instance what would happen to the species already kept in captivity, what about breeding, etc. people answering could not select one right answer without condemning their pets due to the selective wording of the questions.
continuous updates of the progress can be found on www.reptileforums.co.uk, and anyone out there who supports our hobby needs to be vigilant! please help the reptile keeping community in any way now while you still can!
and as i'm all finished uni now i thought i'd direct my blog towards more personal things than just wingeing about uni. so, my pets are endangered! following the ban in america europe has followed suit. europe now has movements in place considering a ban on invasive species, including reptiles!
this could potentially mean keepers are banned from breeding and selling reptiles, or could go as far as keepers being forced to have their pets euthanised!!! different species will be evaluated, if they are considered potentially invasive species anything could happen!!!
while the EU had published a questionnaire regarding the ban, they missed the point of freedom of speech all together! most of the questions in the questionaire had attached conditions, for instance what would happen to the species already kept in captivity, what about breeding, etc. people answering could not select one right answer without condemning their pets due to the selective wording of the questions.
continuous updates of the progress can be found on www.reptileforums.co.uk, and anyone out there who supports our hobby needs to be vigilant! please help the reptile keeping community in any way now while you still can!
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