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! y* t% g; o% L; ^8 ^ The Memphis Zoo recently welcomed the hatching of one of the rarest snakes in America 鈥?a Louisiana pine snake.The zoo posted a video of the snakelet meeting its mother behind an enclosure. Its the first of stanley mug 114 eggs to hatch 鈥?the largest amount of eggs the zoo has seen in a season since starting its breeding program for the species.The zoo said the viability of the clutches of eggs depends on many factors, but typically 50% to 70% will hatch successfully from their colony of Louisiana pine snakes. RELATED STORY | Scientists discover cocaine in sharks off the coast of BrazilThe hatchlings will be kept at the zoo for eight to nine months before being released into the wild in April or May.Memphis Zoo has stanley mugs produced over 150 Louisiana pine snakes, an endangered species found in the wild in Louisiana and parts of Texas.In collaboration with partnering institutions, the zoos reintroduction program has released over 400 Louisiana pine snakes back into p stanley cup rotected habitat.The Louisiana pine snake has been part of a managed breeding program, led by Memphis Zoo, within the Association of Zoos and Aquariums since 1984.The release of captive-bred hatchlings began back in 2010.RELATED STORY | Ohio zoo celebrates birth of critically endangered western lowland gorillaMemphis Zoo said the goal of the breeding program is to sustainably manage an ex-situ population while supporting in-situ conservation of this species through releases. When the program first began, the captive co Yfie Taylor Swift postpones Brazil Eras Tour show due to extreme heat
/ [9 ~% j9 Y( L: P+ c" ] MILWAUKEE 鈥?Marquette University has expanded one of its scholarship p stanley italia rograms so that 40 people can now receive full-tuition, four-year scholarships every year.Participants must be high-achieving, low-income students from high schools in the Milwaukee area.Urban Schola stanley cup rs scholarship was founded in 2006 to offer scholarships to graduating seniors with a history of leadership and service. Since it began, the scholarship has a graduation rate of over 90 percent with a near-99 percent retention rate following the first semester, according to Marquette.Interested high school seniors should apply for admission to Marquette now and complete the Urban Scholars Program application in mid-October. Urban Scholars has an application deadline of Jan. 15, 2021, for fall 2021 applicants.The award is renewable each year for up to five years, or 10 semesters, as long as the student remains in good academic standing and annually files for FAFSA. A select number of room and board scholarships are also available, according to the university. The expansion of our Urban Scholars Program reaffirms Marquettes commitment to serving low-income scholars from our city, Marquette President Michael R. Lovell said in a news release Monday. Through the Urban Scholars program, students will be provided support and resources within a program that has demonstrated a record of student success, as well as insti stanley borraccia tutional knowledge often missing for first-generation students, according to Lovell.Report a typo o |
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