hoffmans reptiles - amphibians

Concerning pet box turtles, is it okay to have corncob as a ground for them to walk on and lay eggs, etc.?

The place where I bought the box turtles, Hoffman's reptile shop, said that corncob works just fine and I want to know if this is sound advice.
My mom say's that the corncob is fine and that I shouldn't worry about it.
Unfortunately, the


box turtles need high humidity. Corn cob bedding has no humidity and if you get it wet enough to provide humdity to the enclosure then it molds and becomes swiftly toxic.

So no its not your best choice.

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Rodney Cutler for Ulta Beauty at Carlos Miele: The hair was smooth and shiny for the 2012 fall/winter collection by Carlos Miele. MODERN met with Rodney Cutler for the Salon at Ulta Beauty who was finishing up his last model before she hit the catwalk. "The look is quite feminine and effortless," Cutler told us as he put the finishing touches on his last model after getting the word he had just a few minutes left. Click the link for a how-to, finished photos, AND our exclusive interview with the man himself.

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My Future Pet

I went into Hoffman's Reptiles in Concord to get Sarone a couple of mice and met this dude. I've been in love ever since! ... jochickadee ...

Reptile Dysfunction Redux « Hansi's Hallucinations

I mean, how long can a group of young men angrily scream about how they’re not getting laid, in a thrash metal band, before one of them actually does get laid, and comes to the conclusion that he much more prefers Barry White to punk music,... A few years ago there started to appear on television, really ambiguous commercials featuring older couples longingly looking at each other with sappy looks on their faces, who ended up in separate bathtubs out in the country or at the end of a pier....

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Science Games, Grades 1-2
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Science Games, Grades 1-2

Creature Categories Life Science—Types of Animals—Amphibians, Mammals, Reptiles, and Birds • Organisms have basic needs. ... Tidbits for Teachers • Mammals, amphibians, reptiles, and birds all have backbones and internal skeletons ...

Reptiles of North Carolina
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Reptiles of North Carolina

Other publications during the decade were Gray (1941) , reptiles and amphibians of Duke Forest; ... Hoffman (1949), geographic variation in Cnemidophorus sexlineatus., and Neill (1949a), new subspecies of Elaphe obsoleta with remarks on ...

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The producers had ordered two thousand snakes to fill the floor, but when they tested the set and spread out the snakes, the reptiles ... So they brought in another three thousand mechanical snakes made of rubber and operated by wires.

Sexual Behaviour In Animals
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Sexual Behaviour In Animals

Hoffman's (1959) studies of lizards have supported the endogenous control hypothesis. Hoffman maintained lizards eggs under one of three conditions, eighteen-hour days consisting of nine hours of light and twelve hours of dark; ...

Ancient Marine Reptiles
501 pages
Ancient Marine Reptiles

The story, as related by Faujas Saint Fond (quoted by Williston, l898:84-85, and Leidy, 1865131) and Baron Cuvier (1808), descibes the efforts of a surgeon, Dr. CK Hoffman, to recover the specimen. Found at a depth of 90 ft below the ...

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Crocodile a surprise feature in fountain gardens at famed Miami attraction
A local trapper captured the reptile after nearly an hour's struggle. “He may have been spotted here as a much more immature animal, and so I guess he may have been sort of feeling a little nostalgic for Viscaya,” said Joel Hoffman, the executive

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Crocodile removed from local landmark
Crocodile removed from local landmark nostalgic for Viscaya," said Joel Hoffman, the executive director of Viscaya Museum & Gardens. The crocodile will soon be microchipped and possibly released into Biscayne Bay. The reptile will not be euthanized, because it is a protected species.

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Forest preserves eyed for reviving marshland
(Photo courtesy of the Chicago District of the US Army Corps of Engineers) In an effort to reintroduce frogs, salamanders and native vegetation into forest preserves in Hoffman Estates and Barrington Hills, engineers have to figure out how to plug