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Mississippi Mounds
Amy Corbin The five most important mound complexes in North America -- the Great Circle Earthworks, Octagon Earthworks, Great Serpent Mound, Alligator Mound and Cahokia Mounds -- had to weather ... Society archaeologist Brad Lepper suggests that Serpent Mound and Alligator Mound were built as shrines to these underworld spiritual beings. Though the Serpent Mound (pictured at top) remains an ...
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Species Accounts: amiss.htm
Females construct a mound nest and lay 30–50 eggs. Females open the nest and will remain near the ... people and dwellings (termed nuisance alligator control) are an integral part of alligator management and conservation. In some states, near the periphery of the alligator’s distribution, alligator populations are less dense and are ...
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Species Accounts: asine.htm
Species Accounts Alligator sinensis Common names: Chinese alligator, Yangtse alligator, T’o, Yow Lung Range: China Conservation overview CITES: Appendix II (Captive bred population) ... American alligator, Chinese alligators make a mound nest of decaying vegetation. Nesting takes places in mid-July, and clutches typically contain 10–40 eggs. Conservation and status The Chinese alligator is ...
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Stock List :: Phillip Colla Natural History Photography
Feeding (1) Southern Stingray (8) Thornback Ray (2) Yellow Stingray (4) Reptile (196) Alligator (1) American Alligator (1) Iguana (37) Galapagos Land Iguana (1) Marine Iguana (36) Lizard (10) Marine (74 ... Spring (2) Liberty Pool (1) Morning Glory Pool (4) New Blue Spring (21) Orange Spring Mound (9) Rainbow Pool (1) Sapphire Pool (3) Shell Spring (2) Shield Spring (2) Silex Spring ...
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2007 Refuge Photo Contest
Bufflehead, Niqually NWR, WA Colin Smith of Tulsa, OK for photo of Alligator Snapping Turtle, Quivira NWR, KS Ted Steinke of Layton, UT for photo of Great Blue ... Prairie, WA for photo of Ruby-crowned Kinglet, Ridgefield NWR, WA Les Zigurski of Scales Mound, IL for photo of Bald Eagles, Upper Mississippi NW&FR, IA The following special recognition ...
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San Diego Zoo's Animal Bytes: Alligator & Crocodile
Conservation status: American alligator is stable; Chinese alligator Alligator sinensis is at critical risk; caiman species are ... a unique way to give a gift. Sound Byte: Alligator Reptiles: Alligator & Crocodile Alligator and Caiman Range: alligators are found in the ... nest to lay her eggs. Some species make a mound nest out of soil and vegetable material; others dig ...
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American Crocodile - Defenders of Wildlife
Also unlike the alligator, the fourth tooth on the bottom jaw of the ... female crocodile will build a nest of loose dirt in a mound by the water's edge and lay her eggs. She ... -- Desert Forest Grasslands Marine Wetlands Dolphin Choose an animal or habitat Alligator Bald Eagle Bats Beluga Whale Bighorn Sheep Bison Black Bear ...
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