tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448716.post8256892275063834915..comments2023-10-11T06:28:51.492-04:00Comments on Invasive Species Weblog: Slider ShowJennifer Forman Orthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09541113905903121231noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448716.post-24343714529987174482008-02-01T15:05:00.000-05:002008-02-01T15:05:00.000-05:00Yep, it appears I accidentally reversed the taxono...Yep, it appears I accidentally reversed the taxonomy...not that anything taxonomic is solid and uncontroversial these days. Will fix. And <A HREF="http://www.itis.gov/servlet/SingleRpt/SingleRpt?search_topic=TSN&search_value=173823" REL="nofollow">here's an ITIS link</A> for anyone that wants to look into it more.Jennifer Forman Orthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09541113905903121231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448716.post-57074848089637807052008-02-01T14:53:00.000-05:002008-02-01T14:53:00.000-05:00"(Chrysemys scripta elegans, formerly genus Trache..."(Chrysemys scripta elegans, formerly genus Trachemys)"<BR/><BR/>Huh? This is, to the best of my pretty-well-informed knowledge, incorrect. These guys were forever Pseudemys, then got synonymized with Chrysemys, then split back out to Pseudemys, but for at least the past 15 years they've been solidly and uncontroversially Trachemys. (sorry, just too lazy to stick in all those italics tags)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448716.post-69312413837379027502007-05-10T20:54:00.000-04:002007-05-10T20:54:00.000-04:00Hi Ryan,Thanks for the reply. Of course this sort ...Hi Ryan,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the reply. Of course this sort of thing is all automated, I say it more to point out that it is in poor taste (there's a red-eared slider *in* the ad!) than to accuse the Sentinel of anything nefarious.<BR/><BR/>However, automated systems should be getting smarter about such things. There should be a way to indicate "not [keywords]" for when you post an expose or something that depicts said keywords in a negative light!Jennifer Forman Orthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09541113905903121231noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448716.post-55565633629486044202007-05-10T20:21:00.000-04:002007-05-10T20:21:00.000-04:00Re: The ad. Ugh. It's a contextual Google ad, unf...Re: The ad. <BR/><BR/>Ugh. It's a contextual Google ad, unfortunately, which can have that sort of effect from time to time. <BR/><BR/>We're certainly not advocating or endorsing any sort of turtle purchase-and-release pattern...<BR/><BR/>-- Ryan the Online Editor from the SentinelAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3448716.post-45671473350555792042007-05-10T15:46:00.000-04:002007-05-10T15:46:00.000-04:00oy! I have two sliders that live quite nicely in a...oy! I have two sliders that live quite nicely in a 180 gallon tank with great filtration and UVB lighting. One I bought in Chinatown NY after a drunken 'goodbye' luncheon (most women pick up sailors, I buy street turtles). Most expensive 25cent pet I ever bought, in retrospect.<BR/><BR/>the other I got from someone who was going to 'let him live free in the pond at the park'.<BR/><BR/>:(<BR/><BR/>I'm lucky, somehow I got two males (each about 10 years old). The females can be the size of a dinner plate, easy. <BR/><BR/>They're amazing animals that can adapt so easily..and unfortunately they're set free by people who haven't fully evolved, mentally <BR/><BR/>:::(((fuzzyturtlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12488287356134718443noreply@blogger.com