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Cayman Brac article translated from German for free.. How done...

Rhino2 Aug 11, 2005 01:00 AM

Highlight it, copy and paste it into googles translation feature. The below is a copy of an article translated from the German Society for herpetelogical and amphibian and reptile husbandry.

Endangered iguana of the Cayman islands (18.07.05) the iguana Cyclura nubila caymanensis, to that endemically on the two Karibikinseln Cayman Brac and Little Cayman lying between Cuba and Jamaica seems is seriously endangered on Brac. Young animals are eaten by cats and dogs, which adulten animals frequently when warming up on the roads from cars over-drive. In order to protect the remaining animals, their number estimated on fifty to two hundred copies, by the iguana frequently frequented road sections of signs were attached on; still practice-experienced animals are discovered nevertheless. The population on Brac could be strengthened by integration by animals by Little Cayman. After DNA there are investigations no differences between the populations of both islands. Further possibilities for the protection of these threatened animals would be fences, in order to protect the boys against, and breeding programmes. Above all however first the exact number of the animals on Brac would have to be determined. (source: Cayman Net new one, 1.Juli 2005)

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desiree Aug 11, 2005 08:09 AM

Here's the full article:
"Iguana population struggling on Cayman Brac"
http://www.caymannetnews.com/2005/07/870/sister/iguana.shtml

Hoping if I can make it back to Grand Cayman in December, I can hop over to Cayman Brac and Little Cayman to observe the caymenensis. Back in early June, the weather was challenging and the fieldwork was important to attend to when weather was good; unfortunately, the team couldn't get away for that day outing.
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