Marine explorer; Randy Wells enters the world of dolphins
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Zoologist Randall S. Wells is the chief scientist of the Dolphin Biology Research Institute and a conservation biologist with the Chicago Zoological Society. Wells is based at Sarasota, FLA's Mote Marine Laboratory and began his study of dolphins in 1970, at age 16. A quarter century of research have added to human understanding of Tusrsiops truncatus. It is now known that the life span is twice as long as science once thought. For male dolphins it is about 40 years, while females live into their fifties. The dolphins on Florida's Gulf coast live in established communities, where migration is negligible.
Publication Name: Wildlife Conservation
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1048-4949
Year: 1996
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Not just another pretty face
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The naked mole-rat has developed some unique survival and social characteristics. The mole-rat is a mammal but lives in a class-structured colony similar to social insects such as ants or bees. Each colony works as a team to dig new burrows and locate food. Its loose skin makes crawling in tight burrows and maintaining a cold-blooded body temperature easier. The mole-rats' natural habitat is in Africa's desert areas. Volcano-like dirt formations signal their presence, but mole-rats are rarely seen.
Publication Name: Wildlife Conservation
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1048-4949
Year: 1997
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The comeback crocodiles: The count is up in South Florida
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The current South Florida crocodile count is about 800 to 1,000 adults and juveniles, where the crocodiles seem to be managing their own comeback. Florida is the only state in the United States to have crocodiles and the only place in the world where crocodiles and alligators both live.
Publication Name: Wildlife Conservation
Subject: Zoology and wildlife conservation
ISSN: 1048-4949
Year: 2005
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