Fish and Amphibians

Wallabies at Alexandra Park Zoo You have probably noticed a few wallabies jumping around Alexandra Park Zoo but did you know it's home to two different species of wallaby? Both the swamp wallaby and the parma wallaby call the zoo home. Swamp wallabies, Wallabia bicolour are different from all other wallabies due to their unique teeth and lower number of chromosomes. They have a very broad premolar which is used to help them eat very coarse plant material. These animals have a very different hop to kangaroos, keeping their head down and tail straight out instead of keeping their head up. Parma wallabies, M acropus parma are the smallest of the kangaroo, wallaby and wallaroo species. They were discovered in 1840, but due to their shy nature they were thought to be extinct. Find out more about the wallabies here. Other stories: We're going to Graceland at the Moncrieff

Don't you love to find a great spot for food and friends? We found a great one on Sunday. Sheelen's Crossing is an Irish Pub and restaurant in Fanwood, Union County, NJ. One side of the place is the Irish pub and on Sundays they have a Bloody Mary Bar complete with shrimp and bacon for you to build your own. It's awesome. The bar also serves up some great local beer from craft brewers around the Garden State. Perhaps the best part is the fish market on the restaurant side of the pub. Owner Sean Flannery runs a strong business and has been hurt by the misguided policies in the state. He's among the outspoken business owners who want to see New Jersey turn in the direction of supporting small businesses. It was an honor to be invited into the Pub as a part of our "Common Sense tour" around the state. We have to elect smarter, more focused people in the Legislature. We need to rid the halls of power of professional politicos and replace them with grounde...

Robin Lehner has been sidelined all season after undergoing hip surgery during the summer. (Photo by Jeff Vinnick/NHLI via Getty Images) Golden Knights goalie Robin Lehner was sued for nearly $4 million just months before he and his wife Donya filed for Chapter 7 bankruptcy in December, according to the Las Vegas Review-Journal. Lehner estimates his assets to be worth between $1-10 million while his liability to creditors is between $10-50 million, according to the public filing. Among the companies Lehner allegedly owes money to, according to the LVRJ, are "multiple entries" located in several states under different versions of a company called Solarcode, as well as a Wisconsin company, Eclipse Service Inc., — with the latter reportedly suing the former last June over the failure to repay a loan they provided to Lehner and his father Michael. Last Friday, the Lehners requested that bankruptcy hearings be delayed until Feb. 3 while they gather their financial statements, sayi...

[unable to retrieve full-text content] Go wild and get hooked at Ecola Seafood Restaurant and Market    North Coast Citizen

How will salmon, shrimp, crab, whitefish and all of America's other seafood favorites perform this year in the US market? Experts on retail and foodservice trends, macroeconomics and species outlooks offered their insight at the National Fisheries Institute's Global Seafood Market Conference last week, and Executive Editor John Fiorillo was on-hand to soak it all up. In this week's podcast, we discuss what the year holds for shrimp, whitefish and salmon in the US market, and why one of them (guess which one) seems immune to inflation.

[unable to retrieve full-text content] East Veterans to be home of the blue sharks    Gloucester Daily Times

ORLANDO, Fla. — For many Northerners, winter means breaking out salt and snow shovels while dealing with short days and gloomy weather. Here in Florida, the sunshine is still abundant but the temperatures are cooler than typically experienced during the state's endless summer. As average temperatures dip into the 60s and 70s, take advantage of time outdoors by embarking on a hike, a bike ride or a camping trip. Even without leaving the city, there are plenty of festivals and farmers markets to take advantage of.

Soaring pet adoptions is one of the few positive storylines from 2020. In September, the national nonprofit Shelter Animals Count announced that shelter euthanasia was down 46 percent. That factoid is particularly relevant to a growing metropolis like Charlotte, where new landmarks cater to millennials and their canines. Breweries boast spacious patios with water bowls, upscale apartment complexes advertise on-site dog parks, and co-working spaces teem with entrepreneurs and their furry co-conspirators. In this city, you could conceivably go to work, dine out, and grab a beer with friends and meet a different goldendoodle at each location. Even before COVID-19, a majority of homes had animal occupants, too. As of January, 67 percent of U.S. households had pets. That's 85 million mixed-species families that spent 2020 navigating a pandemic in close proximity, a number that'll shoot even higher by the end of the year. For many families (including our publisher's), a stay-at...

In recent times, intensive awareness created by conservationists has significantly improved the relationship between humans and animals. This includes both wild species and domestic animals, thus human beings and animals relate to each peacefully. It's therefore common to hear that some people have gone further to adopt tigers, snakes and lions as their pets.  However, the appearance of a snake in the neighborhood of Ngleshie Amanfro-American Farm in the Ga South Municipality of the Greater Accra Region, proved contrary to the supposed new friendship between humans and their animal counterparts. The incident aptly reechoed the Biblical toxic relationship between the serpent and human being, which resulted from the eating of the forbidden fruit. The snake was spotted seemingly enjoying fresh air under a noni tree in front of one of the houses. Incidentally, where the brave snake was resting serves as a walkway for other residents. It is close to t...

PASADENA, Texas (KTRK) -- City officials in Pasadena and Deer Park are issuing updates as residents work towards recovery following Tuesday's destructive thunderstorms and tornadoes. Power restoration According to CenterPoint Energy's tracker, there were still about 10,000 customers without power as of 9 p.m. Wednesday. Over 217,000 customers have had their power restored in the 24 hours following the storm, according to the company. "Our biggest challenge is getting power restored," Deer Park Mayor Jerry Mouton Jr. said at a press conference Wednesday afternoon. CenterPoint said its transmission feed was damaged. AT &T crews brought in a temporary cell tower to replace the one that was destroyed. CenterPoint has over 300 trucks in Pasadena and Deer Park working to restore power, according to Pasadena officials. SEE ALSO: Storm damage seen across Pasadena after tornado hits during severe weather in SE Texas "The destruction is equal to what you might see ...

PHILADELPHIA — Just as they had this summer, Kyrie Irving's camp has reiterated his desire to stay in Brooklyn.  And the lack of a suitable offer from the Nets.  Irving wants a contract extension to stay with his hometown team, but productive talks haven't materialized, according to the All-Star point guard's agent.  "Around Kyrie and staying with the Nets? I have reached out to the Nets regarding this. We have had no significant conversations to date," Irving's agent/stepmother Shetellia Irving told Bleacher Report. "The desire is to make Brooklyn home, with the right type of extension, which means the ball is in the Nets' court to communicate now if their desire is the same."  There are all-important caveats there. The right type of extension, followed by a huge if.  After the Nets had given Irving permission to seek trade partners over the ...

An ongoing water case in Colorado's Division Five water court in Glenwood Springs could impact a vital source of water for users across the Western Slope.  The case developed from a dispute between the Snake River Water District in Summit County and the state's Division 5 Engineers regarding administration of Green Mountain Reservoir's Historic User Pool.  The case could affect thousands of water users in Colorado's portion of the Colorado River Basin, including many in the Roaring Fork Valley, who rely on releases from Green Mountain Reservoir.  Snake River and the Division 5 Engineers of the Colorado Division of Water Resources disagree on whether Snake River can benefit from water in Green Mountain's Historic User Pool. Snake River relies on water from the HUP to replace the water it removes from the Snake River system with several well...