Happy
National Reptile Awareness Day!
Reptiles
are “an
evolutionary grade of animals, comprising today's turtles, crocodilians, snakes,
lizards, and tuatara, as well as many extinct groups.” They first surfaced
approximately 310-320 million years ago. The “Age of the Reptiles” took place
in the Mesozoic era, a time frame that spanned from 252 to 66 million years
ago. It was within this era that dinosaurs dominated the earth. Gideon Mantell,
a 19th century paleontologist coined this phrase. Today, there are
several reptiles that live amongst us (such as the ones mentioned in the
definition of reptile).
So now that
you have been made aware of reptiles, why not vote
on the Daily Poll?!
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