Anthony man-crushes on our staff member, Ben. John and Anthony also highlight this TED talk from Jon Mooallem, a new blog from Anthony, and spent some time talking about everyone’s favorite, tiny, elusive turtle.
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Dare to reverse the trend that has led to countless suffering animals There is a common, but wholly inaccurate, view that the turtle species most often seen in captivity are the best fit for a family pet or first turtle. I am here to tell you that this common view is not only completely incorrect, but also potentially dangerous for the animals and aspiring keepers
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Most of the discussion from your hosts, John and Anthony, centered on a controversial topic — “If you had to pick one species to go extinct to help save other species, which species would you pick?” This topic of discussion was inspired by this article on the Devil’s Hole Pupfish.
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Kévin Labille joined Anthony and Steve to talk about African Chelonian Institute, which launches their first website on Monday, March 9th. Please go visit the page and sign up for their newsletter! We’re excited to partner with them in the development of their new site! Kévin also challenged Anthony to identify the species in their logo – watch to see how Anthony fared, find out what species it is, and how to identify it!
Anthony and Steve also talked extensively about the development of our new logo and new website, as well as which species we used as a basis for the silhouettes in our new logo.
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A very special guest, good friend Chris Leone, joins John and Anthony for this episode. We talked about keeping turtles and tortoises in colder climates successfully, as well as the Western Hermann’s Tortoise Studbook, and many other related topics. Please visit his websites, Garden State Tortoise and Hermanni Haven to learn more about Chris, Garden State Tortoise, and Hermann’s Tortoises.
Also, check out this video from when Steve and Anthony visited Chris and his animals last June.
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theTurtleRoom Visits Chris Leone and His Animals This video gives a behind the scenes look at one of the most successful cold-climate tortoise breeders in the world. Chris has a reputation as providing great customer care and producing some of the healthiest tortoises available in the trade. We weren’t surprised to see his thoughtful enclosure design and healthy tortoises in person, but it provided a
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Andrew Hermes of Arizona Tortoise Compound joins John and Anthony to talk about how he successfully built a business focused on raising tortoises.
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Guest Kévin Labille joins John and Anthony to talk about the Chelonians of Africa. Topics include: Pelusios seychellensis never existed; Cyclanorbis elegans (Nubian Flapshell Turtle) is nearly extinct, but almost noone seems to notice; Pelomedusa being split into 10 species from 1; Lack of interest in African freshwater turtles by American keepers; and the work now being done by Tomas Diagne and the African Chelonian Institute (ACI). Stay tuned for increased collaboration between the ACI and tTR.
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While this list does not cover those species in the most dire situations, it is my best attempt to develop a list of animals for those considering keeping for conservation for the first time. While so few captive animals are sent from the US back to range countries, it has happened, and will occur more…
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