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Turtles already hatching in Prospect Park

underground turtle nest

Red-eared slider hatchlings, nesting snapping turtles and sunning logs abound in Brooklyn’s Prospect Park.

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Brooklyn's biggest turtle?

huck meets turtle 008

A snapping turtle a couple feet across may live in the lullwater of Prospect Park, Brooklyn.

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Atlantic City seal hospital gears up for busy season

Bill Deerr lassos a seal

January is slow season for beach tourists, but busy for the Marine Mammal Stranding Center to get calls for beached seals.

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I'll have a rare crocodile with my Mexican-themed kitsch, please

alligator mississippiensis at South of the Border's Reptile Lagoon

South of the Border now lures I-95 travelers with a roadside reptile lagoon full of alligators, turtles and snakes and endangered crocs.

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Houston organizes rehabbers in Wildlife Center of Texas

TX armadillo

The women who care for wildlife around Houston have professionalized the group, which treats mockingbirds, armadillos, pelicans, sea turtles and anything covered in oil.

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How to Celebrate World Turtle Day

soft shell turtle

If you have the chance, help turtles cross roads. Otherwise, avoid certain shrimp caught overseas (or maybe in LA) til shrimpers start really using turtle exclusion devices

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See horseshoe crabs mate tonight and at full moon in June

horseshoe crabs mating

The full moon, high tide is the best night this month to see masses of horseshoe crabs mate in Delaware Bay and all along the east coast. Also try the full moon in June.

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NY Feral Pigs: A problem caused, not solved, by hunters

A feral pig family / NY DEC

Feral hogs are now in NY. The USDA says they come from game farms, especially one on the PA-NY border.

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SeeTurtles.org expanding to see (and help) other wildlife

See The Wild trip to India

SeeTurtles.org is expanding to show people how to go see and help animals around the world with seethewild.org

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Squirrel stalls car with 6 lbs of peanuts; Why not to try “suicide by bear”

Berwick-upon-Tweed mechanic Stuart Gillies shows off the squirrel's cache of peanuts.

Ambitious English squirrel used Kia as stash. Killer, buying the grizzly attack myth, tried to commit suicide by bear by ODing in Yellowstone. Yellowstone bison saved by public. More animal news

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