reptiles
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The dinosaurs were reptiles.
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Insects, reptiles, trees, lichens and mosses have been killed.
From BBC ● Aug. 8, 2026
“In the ’70s and ’80s, I even bought reptiles from some of the very people that I chronicle in ’Monsters of God,’” he says.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 6, 2026
A similar technique would be used to disguise rare species themselves, shipping them with ordinary reptiles.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 4, 2026
Paul Davies, countryside manager for the area, says a large number of nesting birds will have died as well as reptiles, small mammals and amphibians.
From BBC ● Jul. 31, 2026
So their ancestors sped through swamps where huge reptiles lived.
From "Silent Spring" by Rachel Carson
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