The Natural World: Platyhystrix

The Natural World Has Moved!

For a fresh start, The Natural World has moved to a new address at thenaturalworldconnections.wordpress.com. In regards to this blog, I've learned a lot in the years since I've started this blog, and I've definitely learned a lot about fact checking. Only in the last year or so have I gotten better about fact-checking, using more credible and reliable sources, and citing those sources. So if you're reading a post from before 2014, use a bit of caution. I look forward to providing all of you with the most accurate and up-to-date information that I can in the coming years. Thanks for your support!

Word of Advice

List of Abbreviations

BBC: British Broadcasting Corporation
BC: British Columbia
BCR: Big Cat Rescue
BJ: Buteo jamaicensis (used in conjunction with BOP)
BOP: Bird of Prey
BWDS: Best Western Denver Southwest

CAR: Central African Republic
CAS: California Academy of Sciences
CMZ: Cheyenne Mountain Zoo
CZ: Cincinnati Zoo
DMNS: Denver Museum of Nature and Science
DNM: Dinosaur National Monument

DPP: Dinosaur Provincial Park

DRC: Democratic Republic of the Congo
DRT: Dinosaur Road Trip

FMNH: Fernbank Museum of Natural History
GA: Georgia Aquarium
HMTHC: Heritage Museum of the Texas Hill Country
IUCN: International Union for Conservation of Nature
KCAL: Kremmling Cretaceous Ammonite Locality
MMC: Marine Mammal Center

MNHM: Morrison Natural History Museum
NOB: Nature's Own Breckenridge
OZ: Oregon Zoo
PZ: Phoenix Zoo

REF: Raptor Education Foundation

SA:V: Surface Area: Volume Ratio
SAZ: San Antonio Zoo
SDZ: San Diego Zoo
SS: Sanctuary Spotlight

TIMSC: Tybee Island Marine Science Center
TLD: The Living Desert
TSTP: Tybee Sea Turtle Project

UK: United Kingdom
WPZ: Woodland Park Zoo

ZS: Zoo Spotlight

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