Finding Wild Reptiles in Costa Rica!!
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- Опубликовано: 30 дек 2021
- In today's Costa Rican journey, we go searching for wild reptiles and amphibians! We found some amazing black-banded cat eyed snakes (a first-time for us!), among other unique species!!
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The poison cane toads secrete is actually called Bufotoxin, and its really potent. A purified version is or was used for heart surgery because of how it relaxes vascular muscle.
It's also the reason my common European toad is called beauford, because of his Latin name being bufo bufo which is where the name of the toxin comes from
Woah
"gotta give up the toad"
I know so many dogs that have died from eating them :(
I didn't know that. Thanks for the info.
Another reason they were introduced was to get rid of cane beetles
WHOA when she found a cane toad my first thought 'oh invasive?' but NO! Costa Rica is their actual home that's crazy! I'm so used to them being the status of invasive species I completely forgot where they are supposed to live.
Hunh. TIL! I only ever see them as invasive too!
Theres so many really incredible native species of reptiles from Costa Rica! The cane toad just happens to be one of those species
mood xD i always forget invasives have a home somewhere
yup. One crazy thing is they're native as far north as south Texas. So they're native pretty close to where I am but invasive over in Florida.
Extremely underrated as pets - and ethical to buy 'wild' caught, since they're generally wild-caught in their Florida invasive range. They're like a (subjectively) more handsome, more hardy pixie frog.
@@nerodia I didn't realize florida had cane toads. I lived in cocoa Beach for a long time and i never saw one. I guess they are down south?
They've developed a new trap in Australia using the pheromones of cane toad tadpoles to trap other cane toad tadpoles (since of course they're cannibalistic).
It's great because it only targets cane toad tadpoles, not native species, and can remove thousands of potential toads from the environment with very minimal effort.
That's so cool, sounds like such an efficient way to deal with an invasive species
Yeah they’re a real problem here in Australia hey
Simple yet effective
I didn’t know that that’s cool
That sounds like a potentially really effective method
Ugh, you make me want to go to Costa Rica! I am going somewhere pretty rad soon!
@Christofer Pezet Clint does... its kind of his tag line... he's 'Stinkin' Rad'! Go watch his channel. :-D
Hope its somewhere warm!! Happy New Year!!!
You’ve got to go! You’ll love it! It’s like walking around a giant terrarium! Crawling with life everywhere!
we are going th hawaii in feb!!!!!
i liked this reply and got my unlucky number :(
That spiny-tailed opening his mouth was hilarious for some reason. And the refusal to bite. (I would have used a leaf to test that though...) The common Mexican tree frog hunkering down on Emily's hand was just so sweet.
Emily's different shirts: 5
Ed's different shirts: 3
Em actually had 5 shirts.
@@Vickie-Bligh Oh? I wonder which one I missed.
@@_Fizel_ This is what I saw: Black sparkly tank, Black prism t-shirt, Grey rose patterned t, Blue caffeine t, Black snake patterned tank. I totally missed one of Ed's shirt changes. lol
@@Vickie-Bligh Ah I thought the two tanks were the same one. Hard to see if the first shot has the snake pattern on it plus the second one is sparkly as well, and she is wearing the same headlamp unlike in other shots.
And yeah you just see a red shirt in the montage after his glow in the dark Snake Discovery shirt. Also can't see the shirt front during the teeny tiny house gecko so I can't count it but it may be the same as his snake clip so...
@@_Fizel_ well the sparkles were actually from her bikini underneath rather than the top itself but I wasn't keeping track otherwise
Some ravens here in Australia have learned that you can flip cane toads over and eat them from the belly in. But it’s taken a lot of trial and error for them. They’re still a huge problem and invasive pest here.
Truth
Now I kind of wish you could interview a raven to figure out what the story is behind figuring that out
Omw to australia to make sure all ravens there leart this from each other
And the red bellied black snakes have developed smaller heads so that the cane toad isn’t viable to eat anymore!
They are aren't they
As an Australian it is very strange to hear a cane toad has a native environment. But I guess they had to come from somewhere!!
We turn them into fertiliser. We have special bins for them too. They have caused SO much destruction here.
Didn't they bring them there to kill some other introduced pest(rabbits maybe?) but it didn't work because the toad was nocturnal and the other animal wasn't so then there was an infestation of both?
@@mbgal7758 I thought it was to eat the sugar cane beetles like Emily said. Because in FNQ we have a lot of sugar cane plantations (and other broad acre crops). But now they're just spreading. And destroying everything. Our snake population is suffering big time 😫
I'll make it worse, the ones that were imported to Australia were from Hawaii. Where they, too, had the exact same issue and used the same "bright idea".
@@Ragetiger1 why do humans f*ck EVERYTHING?!
@@jordannahgalea9506 cause that's what humans do best.
You guys have completely changed my pov of snakes in the last year. Although it doesn't help that my family hates them☹️. Keep it up and happy new year!
Same😂
Same but more like 3 years for me 😅
Snakes have a bad reputation, they are seriously awesome animals! Maybe your family needs to watch the channel too! 🐍🐍
Luckily my fam are fine with snakes. Hope you can convince your fam.
I'm planning on taking my sister to Snake Discovery next month in the hopes that she sees how cool they are, lol
Curious thought, whats a funny story you've had where you had to stop and explain to someone that you were looking for animals? I can only imagine getting some stares from other guest, residents etc in some of the various places you've herped.
I was watching a hawk from my car with binoculars. I was pulled over on the side of the road in the middle of agricultural land. I had a mexican family pull over to ask if I needed help. No, sorry just creeping on birds. I was a bit embarrassed but it was nice of them.
I was sitting on a bush-beach, dangling my feet in the water, watching some shrimp hide between my toes every time the waves came in. Had some older passing hikers come up and ask if I was okay.
Hi! Costa Rican here! One time I saved an iguana from one of my dogs and it was really funny because it just kept still the whole time I was holding it to see if it was hurt in any way (it wasn't)
I left it alone for like 10 minutes and when I came back it was trying to run away again (although it was on a ceramic floor and it just kept sort of frantically moving its legs without moving). Eventually I returned it to the wild and a couple of months afterwards I saw it again in perfect health.
The wealth of information that Emily and Ed have on so many species, never ceases to amaze me! Like the way Emily was identifying each reptile was so impressive, while still taking the time to double check and being more than willing to admit that she could have it wrong.
the fact that you guys are more than willing to film DURING YOUR VACATION??? that's some dedication to the world of reptiles.
The iguana non-bite made my day, I laughed SO hard, hahahaha. Happy New Year!
I would've laughed that hard if my sister wouldn't murder me if I made even the sound of a door shutting
When you found the cane toad I thought “oh no not there too” coming from Australia 🇦🇺 that’s my first thought but I have now learnt were they are native too, thank you and yes people have been known too lick them !
I heard it gives you an effect similar to that of DMT. Im not willing to try it cause I'd rather not be known for dying from licking a toad hahaha
I went camping at Peacock Creek here in NSW Australia on Thursday night and I hit so many cane toads on the way to camp, the pricks just kept jumping in front of my car, I didnt try to hit them even though I dont like them.
@@thebluewolf2472 yeah I wouldn’t want too be known as that person either lol 😝
@@louiselangley9773 it would be a pretty funny way to die. Like that segment of Horrible Histories called "stupid ways to die" or something.
@@thebluewolf2472 imagine the headstone … told not too lick a toad but licked the toad and ended toes up!
@@louiselangley9773 more like "toads up" 😂😂
One of the (many) cool reptiles I got to see in Costa Rica was a cat-eyed snake (different species but same family) that was stalking a little lizard (no idea what species). Initially, we were determined to watch the whole process and see if the lizard got eaten or if it escaped, but the snake was moving SOOOOOOOOOOOO SSSSSSSSLOOOOOOOOOOOOOW that we gave up, went for a hike, came back, tried again, and gave up again. The lizard was still sitting there being cute and the snake was still moving a millimeter at a time closer to its prey, like a possessed stick in a weird tropical horror movie.
It was so cool to see a Cane Toad where its meant to be! I'm so used to them been considered a horrible creature that must be eradicated. I'd really only ever heard of people going out to catch them to kill them. (In Australia)
The amount of happiness I get by looking at a toads grumpy face is immeasurable😂 they’re just so freaking cute. Even though they’re invasive in some areas, I would absolutely love to have a cane toad of my own.
Fun fact: Most snakes aren't immune to their own venom, and can bite themselves accidentally and be affected by the venom. King Browns, (Most venomous snake in the world!) are an example of this.
I work at a theme park and someone came in with a snake Discovery pride shirt today! It was a fun experience! I hope you two have a good new year!
Hey did you tell them that you watched snake discovery?
I am from Costa Rica! Welcome and thanks for coming. It’s super meaningful to see Costa Rica being mentioned in a channel like yours.❤️ Hope you enjoy the vacation
Explaining the Latin names was a great addition to this helping video. I'd love more of those tidbits in videos!
Most people on vacation at night: Sleeping or laying in a hotel bed watching a movie.
Emily and Ed: I know we should be sleeping in those comfortable beds, but we're never been to Costa Rica before so let's go film some quick footage of a few creatures. Then sleep until lunchtime.
Me: I know these two enough, there's nothing quick about this nighttime adventure.
They likely adopted a sleep schedule that is not that dissimilar from my own. The sleep schedule will be going to bed somewhere around 4:00 or 5:00 a.m. waking up somewhere between noon and 2:00 but otherwise just going about your day normally
@@the_undead I would agree if it wasn't for the facility building update videos. They confirmed they hated working from 6 am to 10 pm, meaning they don't do it often. I'm not sure how they do it, but about once a month they go on some nighttime adventure to see the nocturnal animals. Though, half that time now is dedicated to watching their nocturnal reptiles they acquired for their zoo.
@@notyesbetothefallssorcerer3272 they probably hated working 6:00 a.m. to 10:00 p.m. because that is a 16 hour shift. Also like Emily said in the video pretty much all reptiles in Costa Rica are nocturnal, so you're going to have to be awake at night and if you're going to be awake pretty much all night looking for reptiles and you may as well adopt a sleep schedule that allows you to be awake mostly at night,
@@the_undead I don't they might work overtime, through their facility opens at noon and closes at 8pm, but they half the time there at midnight. So their sleep schedule is probably between 10pm and 10am, as they try to show up about a hour or 2 before opening hours.
I see Emily is giving into her intrusive thoughts with that spiney-tailed 😂
Ed please tell Emily this: you should make a giant board with all your feathers on it and under each feather is information on each bird or it could be a challenge to see who can name the most birds
omg YES
Good idea
oH MY GOD I LOVE THAT IDEA!
That’s such a great idea! +
That sounds like such a fun little game!
It just warms my heart how comfortable Ed is being on camera now! 😄
I'm SO glad you got a vacation, doing exactly what you love, but getting away from the 2 year+ Zoo build (NOT that you don't love that too!).
Happy New Year to ALL of the Snake Discovery Team!
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(talking about the frog) "and this is full size, too!"
me over here, always amazed at what frogs are considered small, because the only frog or toad I've ever seen in the wild is a pacific tree frog. They grow to 2" max, apparently. I have never seen one more than about an inch and a half long lol.
This video brought back so many Costa Rica memories for me! I went there on a summer class trip in high school and saw SO MANY cool creatures! There was a huge group of green iguanas hanging out in a tree outside our hotel, and house geckos in our hotel rooms. One night, I was walking along a path like you were showing, and thought I saw a pile of horse manure (there were horses wandering the property where we were staying) but then it HOPPED AWAY, it was a giant toad of some kind! Never got a close enough look. Also saw a sea turtle laying eggs on the beach in the middle of the night during a thunderstorm. An unbelievable and unforgettable experience. Thank you for rejuvenating those memories!!
excellent and educational video, glad you guys did the googly on the cat-eye, it is important to let people know that double checking and looking up information is ok and should be done. love the vibe here, ya'll really are making huge strides in education, and it is what I am here for.
That cane toad Emily found is HUGE! And he’s pretty calm
Dear snake discovery I never thought I’d want a snake but after watching ur channel I got the best pet ever!!!!! Thank you so much
when i was in CR in early 2020 it was amazing, i loved that everywhere you go, there are iguanas :)
We even came close to a baby viper in the jungle
I lived in Hawaii for a few years and the cane toads there were absolutely enormous! Brings back memories seeing one again:D
This video sparked my memories of living in Hawaii too!! However, mostly bad memories of finding house geckos in my shower and bedsheets lol
That little iguana was all bark but no bite!! Meaning... he was climbing up the bark... 😂 sorry bad joke! But great finds!! I especially love the baby house gecko. Those eyes were adorable!
Hope you guys enjoyed your vacation! After spending all year building a heckin’ zoo, you deserve it.
So glad you made the herping bit of this trip a separate video from your invertebrate one 🙏🏾
This arachnophobe thanks you 🙏🏾
Thank you, Snake Discovery, for always being such fun and entertaining channel... today of all days, this morning I found out my pet snake had died overnight from an unknown reason. This video was the one thing that helped me feel a little better for a bit.
You guys make me miss herping, I've been a fan for a few years now and I've always loved your videos keep it up
Thank you guys for helping me learn how to properly take care of snakes I hope you guy’s have a great New Years.
U too
Just a small check but.
2 hides, one hide on the warm side one hide on the cold side, frozen thawed feeding, and no cohabitation right?
@German Shepherd dog German Shepherd dog w h a t
Yay I woke up to a snake discovery video and my hognose finally shed! He looks so pretty!
Let's appreciate Emily and ed for providing us content when they are on vacation, happy new year x
I am super jealous!! My favorite was definitely the cat eyed snake, but it would have been awesome to see a wild boa constrictor! I have a boa constrictor myself and I just have a sweet spot for boas in general 😁 I also loved that iguana when he was doing his I’m so tough don’t mess with me posture, but didn’t even bite Emily when she stuck her hand right in his face 😂
The second you showed that cane toad, I immediately swore 😅 I’m Australian, and where I used to live we had a tooon of cute little frogs, but over the years the cane toad population took over, which completely broke my heart :(( it’s pretty cool to see them in their natural habitat though!
Great work Ed and Emily, you deserve that vacation!
All of those animals are so adorable. I think my favorite was the Ctentosaura similis. I feel like if those lizards stayed that size, they would be perfect. The Cat eyed snake was cool too!
House geckos(house lizards as we call them here) are basically one of the most versatile lizards ever. They lay their eggs everywhere hidden. They are also known for their "laughing" sound that sometimes coincide when youre having a hard time which makes it seem that theyre laughing at you.
Ive had both kookaburras and these geckos laugh at me. I was not impressed.
I hope y’all had a wonderful trip! It was great getting to see the native species of Costa Rica! My favorite has to be the common mexican tree frog.
Happy new year 🥳. Last year I started watching you and it has made me love snakes and reptiles 🥰
Here’s to another year of great Snake Discovery content.
Thank you for all you do for these beautiful creatures and for us viewers.
Wishing you a healthy, happy, successful 2022
Big hug from Curaçao ❤️
Hello to fellow ABC island person! I am on Bonaire! Does Curaçao have any native snakes? Bonaire has 1 species of tiny fossorial snake
Never had any inside our rentals when I went to Costa Rica, but I loved spotting them everywhere outside :)
Actually here in australia there is a snake called the keelback snake and it can actually tolerate the cain toads poison!
15:40 Ed is like poke him👉🐸 🤣😂to funny. Keep safe & have a great time. Thanks for your time
I love when you guys go herping it’s been so long since you’ve her
Whoever reads this Happy New Year!
They put out a herping video about a month ago! (Even though it was in trash). Definitely check it out if you haven’t, happy new year!!
I don’t like to toaching these reptiles but I love them you help me study them more You made me over fear touching some reptiles thank you and happy new year!
That big toad is so cute!! I bet it feels fun to hold, all chunky and squishy!
The spiny tailed Iguana was awesome!! The bite test was funny. When the spiny Tails reach adulthood, their first instinct is to tail whip and stun their prey!! They will only bite after the prey has been stunned by the tail. They also grow to enormous sizes. My Aunt was tail whipped accidentally and required physical therapy for years.
She kept her iguana for years after all that!
Omg, I love to see you enjoy my country. I wish I could come across you, will you be visiting the Arenal Volcano?
I’ve never seen or heard of a cat eye snake! That’s so cute! You learn something new everyday…. Lol
I was shocked to see Emily casually holding the cane toad because as a kid I watched a sensationalized documentary about them which portrayed them as a terrifying all-powerful beast which can kill you on contact.
It was nice to see what they are actually like in their native habitat and learn that they can be handled! It sucks that they are so uncontrollable as an invasive species but I'm glad I learned more about them from this video. Thanks for sharing your herping adventures Emily and Ed! I wish you could have found a boa, that would have been awesome!
It was super cool to see u in CR and I can’t believe that the house geckos aren’t native since they are all over my house (I live in CR)
growing up in Australia, i often went cane toad hunting as a kid (collecting live ones for euthanasia) my area was flooded with them and they were terrible for the environment here. there were big metal bins where you can leave cane toads, dead or alive and they'll be picked up in the morning, sorted, euthanised and safely disposed of
Oh my gosh emily I love love love how your top sparkles via flashlight! Hope you two have a wonderful vacation!!!! You definitely deserve a break :)
I feel like every second video with Ed and Emily has something along the line "Lets see if this bites." And I live for it
wow! I found a cane toad once and apparently he didnt like me way too much. he started exerting that toxin. I had no idea it was so toxic, good thing i washed my hands.
by the way emily tickling that iguana has to be the funniest thing lol
That one in the beginning looks like the kind that sometimes appear in my grandma's house in the Philippines! She calls them our little friends because they eat the bugs haha
It's a house gecko, and I think they do live in the Philippines! And I think that's why they're called house geckos.
i would love it if you guys could do a video all about grey tree frogs!
I'm glad you guys had Fun Herping Over here, love you guys, good vibes From Costa Rica ❤️✌️✨
Ok funny story, one time we were visiting some relatives of my dad, and they lived in the middle of a forest, and we could hear the king frogs we were surrounded by them, and one of them hopped on the porch of the house and scared the living Daylights out of my mom, and now she cannot even see frogs on a screen 😂😂😂😂
As someone from the Caribbean, this is probably the closest I’ll come to seeing you guys with reptiles that are literally in my yard lol 😆
Yay. Hope you are having an amazing time and that you find many more exotic animals
I’ve been waiting for this since the invert video !! I’m exited to watch :)
Loved all of them so much but the Kane Toad was a gentle kinda guy who seemed very comfortable while Emily showed him off definitely my favorite ❤
OMG as a native Costa Rican this video makes me so happy, I was just watching your Florida invasive species video and it made me think back to my child hood when my cousin, friends, and I would go outside after school and look for different reptiles, spiders, and flowers.
The bird noises do not bother me, to me they it sounds/reminds me of natures melody.
Looks like you guys stayed close to where my husband and I stayed at the nayara resort. I love Costa Rica it's the happiest place on earth. Pura vida guys!!
Ps Ed looks awesome in the glow in the dark shirt!
Beautiful animals of my country!!
Enjoy your vacations!!!
😍😍🤩
Pura vida!!
I much prefer your herping videos as they remind me of Brave Wilderness. That channel was my childhood
Snake discovery has been a large influnce for me and they are my favotite channel ever!!
Glad to see them taking time off!!
I love you guys and your vlogs are amazing happy new year to you both ♥️
That baby iguana false bite was so cute! 🥺
I'm stuck at home with pneumonia. Been binge watching all the SD I can. Thanks for helping me feel not so crappy.
Emily: *talking about the toxins the toad would release if she threatened it enough*
Ed: "Poke him" 😈
Oh gosh, knowing that you were here I would have invited you home, we could have gone herping!! Please next time remember this if you ever come back to Costa Rica, more than invited!!
The fact that Cane toads exist somewhere natively is such a wild yet obvious thing to randomly learn at three in morning
Ah, you folks are so cool! Thanks for taking the time to show us these very cool animals! ❤️😎
Ohh the toad was amazing as I learned about them in Australia. I was shocked because the guide killed it without any warning but explained it afterwards. Some Australien citizens will lick same as you said because of the hallucinogen.
Animals found:
House gecko
Baby house gecko
Black bandit cat-eyed snake
Young spiny tailed iguana
Another black bandit cat-eyed snake
Common Mexican tree frog
Cane toad
This was amazing! Between you guys and Dayyan & Adam, my interest in going to Costa Rica is at a peak. Gonna go start planning a trip now!
🔵 Glad to see herpers/wildlife people are coming back here to Costa Rica 🇨🇷
Nights hikes are becoming so popular...so much fun!
I find it strange that the animals are generally feared, like snakes, lizards are the most handleable even in the wild. I just can't imagine a wild cat for example would have been so peaceful.
Funny herping story. I once found a huge legless lizard and managed to catch it. Not before it slapped me in the face with his tail and musked all over me
My cousin was living the last 17-18 years in Costa Rica. Now he lives with his mother next to me and can three languages. German, English and Spanish.
I love the vegetation of Costa Rica and it ist so cool to see all this amazing animals.
Btw. pls excuse my English. Every time I think, I wrote some sh*t.😅 Grammar is not my friend.
What ever.
Oh.
Happy new year everyone!🥳
Watching this video was a lot of fun. It goes to show that Costa Rica is an awesome place for wildlife.
Hi Emily and Ed, over here In Australia, we have the freshwater snake or keelback (Tropidonophis mairii) that eats cane toads and is successful if it doesn’t eat too many. Also, some dogs get ‘high’ licking the backs of cane toads.
Crows will also flip them over and eat them upside down to avoid the toxins
@Beemo, I have one 😂 we toad proofed our yard because of it.
@@nursingandoutdoors I didn’t know that, but we don’t have crows where I am, except sometimes the migratory torresian crow
@@stephaniebarden8926 I'm in Queensland with the same crow, them and water rats can eat cane toads by avoiding the toxin glands, it's a learnt behaviour passed on through the generations, I think its quite common in the population now though
I think everyone (including the frogs) would appreciate you using gloves when handling amphibians. Liked the video, but you know...
Hoping yall have a awesome new year! Lots of cool reptiles! I love videos like this
We love seeing our king and queen *attempt* to vacation. But I don’t think it counts since they still filmed this amazing experience for us. Can’t wait to hear that they went on an actual vacation and actually spent the whole time vacationing.
Your herping videos make me so happy. I love to learn, and your energy really gets me excited. Lol
Hi Emily! Hi Ed! I love the work and ya'll inspire me because I LOVE reptiles all through my heart from the bottom to the top!!
So cool! Thanks for sharing some of your adventure!
I lived in Costa Rica for about a year and it is so cool to watch you guys run around at night catching animals