I know it wasn't mentioned in the video, but I still want to shout out the team at Tesoros de Colombia for their efforts to curb the exportation and poaching of wild dart frogs for the pet trade by pioneering some of the earliest captive bred dart frog operations! I always want to show my thanks!
When I was in fourth grade, my teacher gave us sheets of paper with frogs and told us to color it in. I used blue because I had seen the poison dart frog. My teacher told me there was no such thing as blue frogs.
I used to have one when I was a teenager. I rescued it from a pet store - it had an injured leg and they were going to kill it so I told them I would take it off their hands. I nursed it back to health and it did great.
I avoid rescuing from stores. Because you still give them the money for the animal. Then they'l just buy more to abuse. Dont buy the animal to rescue it. No sale money means they wont profit therefore not worth stocking and selling. Yeah it sucks that a few animals will die if not rescued. But rather a few martyrs then many many more abused animals.
@@MalonzeProductionsGaming, not all pet stores are awful. All of my animals are super healthy and were when I got them and thrive. I have never seen anything to make me worried or feel the animals are in danger. I am grateful for the services and items they provide.
I met Josh(Josh's Frogs) at Tinley and he seemed surprised that I asked for a photo with him. The man and his company has done so much for these frogs in captivity and the amount of good they do for conservation it was an honor to shake his hand.
Lol they are poor climbers compared to tree frogs, they are excellent climbers compared to most other frogs... Their genus name "Dendrobates" basically translates to "one that walks on trees"
I don't think they sponsor his channel. I they have just given him things, he likes them and their products so he shares the info. He's a nice guy that wants us to get the right stuff and be happy too.
I already culture my own flies but I think that is certainly a good idea for a future video, especially since you have already shown many animals that can feed on them.
Tbh it was a lot better than hearing about the patreon for 5 mins which is pretty much unrelated to the topic. At least here he never goes off track and just goes like "if you want this go check this store its the best" lul.
Why did I get the feeling that Clint found out the hard way about flighted fruit flies? As they say "Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana."
Great video! Can you please make a video all about fruit flies. I'm so terrible at working with fruitflies...they got everywhere...so I can't get a dart frog yet.
Easy fix, every time you open a container, chill it in the fridge for a few minutes first, it will slow them right down so you can transfer them. Don't leave them in the fridge though, that will kill them.
I have purchased geckos, plants and bio active supplies from Josh’s Frogs and I have always received high quality products and hardy animals. I have considered getting a frog at some point and Josh’s is the only place I would consider because it is obvious that they care about their animals, and plants too for that matter. They are the only company I have done business with that take the time to ask if you know how to care for the animals and if you have a proper enclosure. How cool is that? Everything is well-packed to make sure it arrives in great condition, too. I am very happy with their service and thank you Clint for spotlighting the frogs and Josh’s. I am so glad I found your channel!
This is the first foreign reptile or amphibian I learned about. I remember I was around 5-7 found a encyclopedia of animals and plants of the world and would spend hours reading about them all xD
@@ClintsReptiles they really are and I didn't know I needed this video but I do. Okay, I probably actually need a higher dose of my antidepressants but I won't see my psychiatrist until next week so in the meantime this is a decent substitute
Before I knew what I was doing, I bought 3 dart frogs from a large retail pet store. 5 months go by and they all passed 😔 My two dart frogs that I’ve bought from Josh’s Frogs are still going strong and are doing great!!! I’m obsessed with Josh’s Frogs and love their company so much!!! 😁 Plus they send little notes with their products thanking you for your purchases lol They’re great!!
I genuinely had no idea about flightless fruit flies so the majority of the video I was trying to figure out how one would transfer flying bugs that are virtually impossible to see into a glass box lol
6:48 : I can't comment on the way this was done in South America, but in Mesoamerica, or at least in Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, feather gathering for use in luxury art, regalia, warsuits/shields, banners, etc (There are also some gorgeous surviving examples of "paintings" featuring catholic religious motifs made entirely from hundreds of thousands of feathers by Aztec artisans during the early colonial period) wouldn't have been unfortunate for the birds, at least some of the time: A major source of feathers were royal aviaries next to Moctezuma II's palace, where attendants who cared for the birds would collect the feathers as they fell off, or in a sustainable manner which was non fatal to the birds, as described thusly by the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo: "I am forced to abstain from enumerating every kind of bird that was there and its peculiarity, for there was everything from the Royal Eagle and other smaller eagles, and many other birds of great size, down to tiny birds of many-coloured plumage, also the birds from which they take the rich plumage which they use in their green feather work. The birds which have these feathers are about the size of the magpies in Spain, they are called in this country Quezales, and there are other birds which have feathers of five colours-green, red, white, yellow and blue; I don’t remember what they are called; then there were parrots of many different colours, and there are so many of them that I forget their names, not to mention the beautifully marked ducks and other larger ones like them. From all these birds they plucked the feathers when the time was right to do so, and the feathers grew again. All the birds that I have spoken about breed in these houses, and in the setting season certain Indian men and women who look after the birds, place the eggs under them and clean the nests and feed them, so that each kind of bird has its proper food. In this house that I have spoken of there is a great tank of freshwater and in it there are other sorts of birds with long stilted legs, with body, wings and tail all red; I don’t know their names, but in the Island of Cuba they are called Ypiris, and there are others something like them, and there are also in that tank many other kinds of birds which always live in the water." Unfortunately, the Aviary, alongside the Royal Zoo (which even had a bison! Macaws were also traded by Mesoamericans all the way up in Arizona, New Mexico, etc), Aquarium, and Botanical gardens were all burned when the city was sieged by Conquistadors and armies from other local city-states. There's a few papers and studies you can look up on remains excavated from the area which have found that the animals were pretty well cared for, I recall a paper noting how some of the animal remains showed broken bones that were treated by people, for example, indicating they even received medical care; though that's not as surprising as it may seem given how developed Aztec medical and botanical science and sanitation practices were in general: Bathing was pretty common even for commoners across the region, with Tenochtitlan in particular also having it's streets and buildings washed daily by a fleet of civil servants, who also collected waste from public toilets to be reused for dyes and fertilizers. We have multiple documents which have hundreds of recorded medical and herbal treatments, much of which have been found to be medically effective, and even innovative: They had the first use of intramedularly rods for setting fractured bones, and even the modern birth control pill was synthesized from a plant used as an aborficant in indigenous cultures in Mexico. A lot of their understanding of herbal remedies came from academic botanical gardens, where plants were experimented with, studies for medical properties, and even sorted into a formal binomial taxonomic systems, centuries before Carl Linnaeus. Even Francisco Hernández de Toledo, the personal royal court physician and naturalist to the Spanish king, ended up traveling to Mexico and adapting Aztec records on Flora, Fauna, and medicine and begrudgingly admitted that Aztec sciences in those areas were superior to those of Spain's (a claim others, including Cortes, also made). I realize this was a large tangent, but it incidentally touches on quite a few things that came up in this video or the channel regularly covers: The feathers, animal care, taxonomy, etc. If you're interested feel free to let me know and I can send some papers, studies, excerpts, etc on more of this stuff (there was actually a conference pretty quickly on some surviving shields and how feathers were sourced for the feather mosiac outer covering they had, which bird species were used, etc)
@@trav537 No problem, always happy to share information about Mesoamerican history. If you're curious for more you can DM me on twiter, I'm Majora__Z there
Hey Clint, I really hope that one day you'll cover hermitcrab care! I am very active in the subreddit and it just happens too often that people buy them at a beach store for $1 and then don't know how to care for them, and you covering that topic may safe some lives!
I'm looking forward to the day when clints covers pixie frogs and Pac-Man frogs as possibly the best pet amphibians. I'm really interested to hear what he has to say about those big boys!
I don’t know, I think it’s easier than constantly buying crickets. We’ve been running off of the first culture we bought 6 months ago. Six months for about $35 spent and 5 minutes every other week (to cycle cultures) is a snap.
Crickets are easier to find in a pinch than fruit flies. More than once I've paid the >$50 for priority overnight shipping to get fruit flies after my own culture crashed. At least in my area all of my local pet stores have crickets. The fruit flies though are small, expensive, winged, and often out of stock or it's a green culture not yet producing enough food.
Fruit walks are easy to keep as a colony. I recommend that the container be very tall and that the lid be of the variety that snaps down, not threaded because the larvae can get out of a threaded lid. Also, the taller the container, the easier it is to tap down the little crawlers to keep them from swarming out. Next, I recommend having a large Tupperware to tap some fruit walks out into as a way to control how many come out when you shake it. Finally, don't let other fruit flies get into your culture. Keep them in your fridge and don't open them if you have fruit flies infesting your home. Why? The same reason Clint said not to mix the varieties of fruit walks. Because it refreshes the gene pool and makes it so that they fly again. Also, it doesn't even have to be specifically another variety of fruit fly. Mycovore gnats are close enough in relation that the species often interbreed. Mycovore gnats are also called beer flies or bar flies. They eat the yeast and mildew build-up around drains in human houses and food service businesses. So cover your drains and occasionally use the appropriate pest control to prevent getting infestations from your feeder colonies. Trust me, that's an embarrassing problem to have. We all have probably had cricket problems before. Fruit flies are just as annoying.
I'd love to see a video on the Australian Olive Python. They're beautiful snakes and can be amazing and calm natured creatures but are massive and even capable of eating crocodiles. Given the amount of Australian reptiles kept by keepers over there in America, I'm sure you'd be able to find one.
I really love how you are paying so much attention to reptiles Reptiles hardly get attention and everyone takes reptiles as those huge lizard like deadly creatures but you are one of those people who prove them wrong and are giving reptiles the attention they deserve Reptiles can be as beautiful and interesting as mammals if you just pay attention and you have my full support 💖
Never in million years did I think I'd get into frogs but my husband got is first auratus frogs last November, leucs earlier this month and I'm getting some leucs too! They are so relaxing to watch and growing the bioactive tank is half the fun!
I recently discovered your channel and I’m really enjoying these videos. I never really cared much about reptiles, but your enthusiasm and passion has got me really interested! Keep it up, Clint!
Great video, as always! I’d love to see you start a new type of video where you compare very closely related species, or different localities of the same species. For example what’s the difference between green, blue, and black tree monitors, or what are the differences between all the Green Tree Python localities, or between all the different milksnakes? There isn’t enough information about that type of stuff out there! It would be super helpful to know too as a lot of these different species/localities also have slightly different care requirements.
I like that your back to making videos on animals that make reasonable pets. Don't get me wrong I like large dangerous animals too, but I like being introduced to animals I was unaware of and that make great pets. Still waiting on a Durmerils boa video.
You're so cute Clint! The problem is is that you make me want whatever you're talking about! Except penguins. Yup. You completely talked me out if ever wanting one of those.
I love when you do amphibians!!! You should do tiger salamanders :) I have one and I love him so much, he’s the only animal of mine who comes to the glass when I walk in the room
I had a tiger salamander. He would exit his burrow and put his hand on the glass in anticipation of food whenever he saw me. Never even minded being held either. Probably the hardiest and most affectionate pet amphibian ever.
@@scizorzzz same! He stands up against the glass when he sees me and if I open the doors he walks right onto my hand. I even hand feed him, I love him so much
I have 5, They are super hardy little beasts. As long as you do lots of research beforehand and construct a proper enclosure that can retain humidity, they are phenomenally easy to care for. I spend maybe 20-40 min. per week taking care of them. Breeding them is also very easy. Fruit flies are incredibly easy and inexpensive to culture for them as well. Apart from some moderately high upfront costs ($300-$700 for everything, depending on how many you want and how extravagant of an enclosure you want) they are dirt cheap to maintain. $10 for misting water / water treatment and ~$40-60 on fly culture supplies for an entire year for 1-5 frogs.
I myself have dendrobates Leucomelas and i can not tell you enough i am so in love with them they are so cute and funny to watch and their calling is really relaxing i would highly recommend getting those frogs and i am looking forward to get some others!!!
I was obsessed with poison dart frogs for a while as a kid (a not too uncommon thing, I imagine, especially for folks who end up liking this sort of content!). I had these two little plastic toy ones that I'd carry around with me everywhere.
They are nice because they LOOK like something so exotic it would be almost I possible to care for easily, but in reality they are very easy to keep happy.
Clint:"you can do it by hand if you're very diligent" Me with ADHD:"a misting system it is" (if I ever get animals like these that need very regular misting)
@@samanthamotley712 if I'm getting these kinds of animals, I'm more than happy to spend a little more on a misting system for my peace of mind, but good to know
I remember when I was younger, I was told to never EVER touch these Frogs, because one touch was enough to poison and kill you. Then when I got older I was later told, it's only some species of Dart Frogs that will do that, most of them you can handle just make sure to wash your hand afterwards. And now I'm being told you can handle any Dart Frog, just be sure to wash your hands afterwards. But learning that when I was younger you can imagine my confusing as to why people had these frogs as pets. Because I was thinking "why would you want a pet that can kill you the second it touches you?" But I do know better now, and I do agree these are some of the prettiest most beautiful frogs in existence. Though the Red-Eyed Tree Frog is still my favorite. ------------------------------------- Also can we get a video on the Basilisk Lizard some time? Particularly the Plumed Basilisk. (Also called the Green Basilisk)
So I've been thinking about a large bio-active enclosure for a good while, like a little chunk of rainforest to put dart frogs in. What I wanna know is how yhey all do with co-habbing, like these and a Strawberry and some others? The only ppl I know that have any are just random Internet people, I can't go see any firsthand stuff.
Clients videos are perfect for when I'm crafting. Trying to paint so I have to look at what I'm painting obviously but I can still listen to what Clint is saying and glance up once in a while to see the animal. Its nice because most other channels or movies i just miss everything 😂🤦♀️ but i like the background noise and sometimes I'm just not in the mood for music because I listen to it so often, songs tend to get repetitive so Clint gives me a nice break from that. Also its nice to learn new things while I'm doing my arts and crafts lol like studying my biggest passion (keeping animals) but having fun at the same time while I'm sewing or making jewelry. Whatever I happen to be doing.
I know how to run Fruit Fly farms pretty well. In AP Bio, we bred fruit flies for 4 months in our genetics unit to learn about sex linked traits, dominant and recessive, and the like. Because of that, I now am able to effectively run a farm for Apterous Fruit Flies! Thank you, Mrs. Young!
I vote yes to a video about how to cultivate fruit flies. Your videos are very informative and if you're going to inspire viewers to maybe get a pet reptile/amphibian then they should really know about stuff like that, not just fruit flies but feeders like silkworms too. Some feeders are simple enough to mush together in one video.
Just wanted to stop by and say thank you for bringing us all these video's. I've always had a thing for the more weirder animals living on this planet, I suppose my allergy to cats also helped me down my path in preferring Reptiles and Amphibians. Today marks the day of me finally, after 15 years of interest, getting my own pet snake. While not from a specialized breeder, since we didn't have any of those where I live, my Cornsnake Herman and I quite enjoy each other already. Ironically, I came across him in the store while I was shopping for my terrarium and other requirements as I was going to go on a trip later to get a hognose. Instead, I saw a small hatchling Corn', that had such a funky pattern, having both 2 quite-different patterns as well as 2 shades of color. I knew then, that I had to get him, I guess that's how every owner feels when they come across their new friend, hahaha. Anyways, thanks once again for all of the information and video's, hope you have a great day! (And of course, excuse my english, non-native speaker.)
Yes please, do the fruit fly video. I know there are a lot of them out, but I need more details. Like how long does it take from setting new culture to new flies, if I keep them warmer, will they hatch sooner and how do I know all larva has developed? Sooo many questions....
Got some last October and it’s been a blast! The setup is tough on your pockets but worth every dime. Josh Frogs definitely made the process easy with frogs and setup. Been breeding my own crickets, flies, and springtails (that part is harder than keeping the frogs lol)
So can they become poisones in private care if the kids keep it feeding outdoor insects ? -Like different poisoness ants and beetles which I assume are the base of their natural poison -maybe the frog convert the beetle poisons (or not) to their frog posion
Depends on the plants the bugs are eating. If you feed them captive ants, no toxins to sequester. If you feed them wild ants, maybe- if the plants/fungi they are eating have the correct toxins that the frogs can uptake.
Dart frogs are awesome! We have two sets of Tinc's and really enjoy them. Fruit flies are easy enough to culture but there are only a few older videos on culturing them out there....hint-hint. It would be of great assistance to anyone looking to start keeping Dart frogs 🐸
I'd love to see a video on the Mata Mata! Theyre so cool and Im interested in having one some day but I want to make sure I fully understand, and your videos are always so helpful with that
Thanks for covering one of my favorites! Though I wish other popular species such as leucomelas, galactonotus, and the eponymous terribilis had been included so viewers don’t get the impression that there is only one species or genus of dart frogs. I would love to see you cover rain frogs, i.e. “potato fairies”. They’ve become popular online due to their cuteness but there seems to be a lot of misinformation regarding their care.
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I know it wasn't mentioned in the video, but I still want to shout out the team at Tesoros de Colombia for their efforts to curb the exportation and poaching of wild dart frogs for the pet trade by pioneering some of the earliest captive bred dart frog operations! I always want to show my thanks!
Very cool
yeah they are great!
my day is always made better when I get to hear about the 5 categories of "Handleability, Care, Hardiness, Availability, and Upfront Costs"
For me it begins at "Oh hi there!" 😁
I cannot explain why, but it’s the way he says “upfront costs” that gets me every time
@@sourcererseven3858 It starts with that and continues with Clint’s infectious love and enthusiasm for the animals he talks about,
When I was in fourth grade, my teacher gave us sheets of paper with frogs and told us to color it in. I used blue because I had seen the poison dart frog. My teacher told me there was no such thing as blue frogs.
Lol gotta love it. She's just didn't know, but it's still funny.
That’s pretty messed up
Well bless her heart...😝.most my science teachers were guys ✌👍🖐🐸
I love dumb teachers
had the same issue but with ladybug pictures...colored black and red spots, orange, yeallows...my teacher scholed me badly.. :/
I used to have one when I was a teenager. I rescued it from a pet store - it had an injured leg and they were going to kill it so I told them I would take it off their hands. I nursed it back to health and it did great.
Very cool
I avoid rescuing from stores. Because you still give them the money for the animal. Then they'l just buy more to abuse. Dont buy the animal to rescue it. No sale money means they wont profit therefore not worth stocking and selling. Yeah it sucks that a few animals will die if not rescued. But rather a few martyrs then many many more abused animals.
@@MalonzeProductionsGaming I didn’t pay them for the animal. They gave it to me for free because they were going to euthanize it otherwise
@@bubbajenkins123 fair enough
@@MalonzeProductionsGaming, not all pet stores are awful. All of my animals are super healthy and were when I got them and thrive. I have never seen anything to make me worried or feel the animals are in danger. I am grateful for the services and items they provide.
I met Josh(Josh's Frogs) at Tinley and he seemed surprised that I asked for a photo with him. The man and his company has done so much for these frogs in captivity and the amount of good they do for conservation it was an honor to shake his hand.
Annoys me hes in the US only, would kill for some of the things theyre selling
Enjoyed reading this.
Thank you so much for the kind words!
@@JoshsFrogs You guys need to open branches around the world to help stop the exportation of wild frogs
@@joseonwalking8666 It's definitely something we hope to accomplish in the future!
"These guys aren't very good climbers."
Snap cut to these guys climbing wet glass at a 90 degree angle.
Maybe he was comparing their ability to climb to himself.
Lol they are poor climbers compared to tree frogs, they are excellent climbers compared to most other frogs... Their genus name "Dendrobates" basically translates to "one that walks on trees"
@@therealjoshsilva I don't really know anything about frogs, I just thought it was a funny moment in the video lol.
@@KuyaB69 He was saying they need more land area, for that reason, so a horizontal tank might be great if that's what someone has.
Well hi there! If you're in Utah, I hope to see you today at the Wasatch Reptile Expo!
I would truly appreciate a fruit fly culture video please!
I would want to be there but i am in Australia
What that's really close to my house but I cant go I just bought a new pc
W video
More frog videos please! Please do a video on fire belly toads
I wish more RUclipsrs would get sponsored by frog shops, it's a nice change of pace from Raid Shadow Legends
I don't think they sponsor his channel. I they have just given him things, he likes them and their products so he shares the info. He's a nice guy that wants us to get the right stuff and be happy too.
I already culture my own flies but I think that is certainly a good idea for a future video, especially since you have already shown many animals that can feed on them.
This week on Clint's Reptiles: an 11 minute Josh's frogs commercial 😂😂😂
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Tbh it was a lot better than hearing about the patreon for 5 mins which is pretty much unrelated to the topic. At least here he never goes off track and just goes like "if you want this go check this store its the best" lul.
...and a nod to Snake Discovery.
It was a 11:30 minute commercial for Josh's Frogs. Ribet. 🐸
Why did I get the feeling that Clint found out the hard way about flighted fruit flies? As they say "Time flies like an arrow, fruit flies like a banana."
Great video! Can you please make a video all about fruit flies. I'm so terrible at working with fruitflies...they got everywhere...so I can't get a dart frog yet.
Easy fix, every time you open a container, chill it in the fridge for a few minutes first, it will slow them right down so you can transfer them. Don't leave them in the fridge though, that will kill them.
@@Violet-Lily Wow!! I totally hope I remember this tip, if I or my daughter get frogs! Thank you!
Oh man i sure hope these fellas don't start falling from the sky out of nowhere
meanwhile in Florida 2011
I have purchased geckos, plants and bio active supplies from Josh’s Frogs and I have always received high quality products and hardy animals. I have considered getting a frog at some point and Josh’s is the only place I would consider because it is obvious that they care about their animals, and plants too for that matter. They are the only company I have done business with that take the time to ask if you know how to care for the animals and if you have a proper enclosure. How cool is that? Everything is well-packed to make sure it arrives in great condition, too. I am very happy with their service and thank you Clint for spotlighting the frogs and Josh’s. I am so glad I found your channel!
Thank you for supporting us!
Providing the temperatures in Celsius is appreciated! Providing them in Kelvin is just funny :D Keep it up Clint.
Well, frogs do survive freezing pretty well, but I'm not sure about liquid hydrogen temperatures.
This is the first foreign reptile or amphibian I learned about. I remember I was around 5-7 found a encyclopedia of animals and plants of the world and would spend hours reading about them all xD
When I was around 9 my grandma bought me an animal book and my favorite were the sunbeam snakes :)
@@xaviervalentine2815 that's so cool😀 the feeling of discovery is timeless
Cheyenne never asked to be brought into this conversation 😂
lmfao
hahaha
I would personally love it if you did videos on creating different colonies of feeders like fruit flies, dubia roaches, and meal/super worms.
The climbing frog was so cute!
They're such cuties!
@@ClintsReptiles they really are and I didn't know I needed this video but I do. Okay, I probably actually need a higher dose of my antidepressants but I won't see my psychiatrist until next week so in the meantime this is a decent substitute
@Maze Monkie challenge accepted...
@Maze Monkie no but seriously, if the use of medicines is tmi I honestly don't know what to say, I'm sorry but I really don't see it
Before I knew what I was doing, I bought 3 dart frogs from a large retail pet store. 5 months go by and they all passed 😔 My two dart frogs that I’ve bought from Josh’s Frogs are still going strong and are doing great!!! I’m obsessed with Josh’s Frogs and love their company so much!!! 😁 Plus they send little notes with their products thanking you for your purchases lol They’re great!!
Love this! Thank you for supporting us! We're so glad to hear that you enjoy the notes! And that your frogs are doing well!
I genuinely had no idea about flightless fruit flies so the majority of the video I was trying to figure out how one would transfer flying bugs that are virtually impossible to see into a glass box lol
6:48 : I can't comment on the way this was done in South America, but in Mesoamerica, or at least in Tenochtitlan, the Aztec capital, feather gathering for use in luxury art, regalia, warsuits/shields, banners, etc (There are also some gorgeous surviving examples of "paintings" featuring catholic religious motifs made entirely from hundreds of thousands of feathers by Aztec artisans during the early colonial period) wouldn't have been unfortunate for the birds, at least some of the time: A major source of feathers were royal aviaries next to Moctezuma II's palace, where attendants who cared for the birds would collect the feathers as they fell off, or in a sustainable manner which was non fatal to the birds, as described thusly by the Conquistador Bernal Diaz del Castillo:
"I am forced to abstain from enumerating every kind of bird that was there and its peculiarity, for there was everything from the Royal Eagle and other smaller eagles, and many other birds of great size, down to tiny birds of many-coloured plumage, also the birds from which they take the rich plumage which they use in their green feather work. The birds which have these feathers are about the size of the magpies in Spain, they are called in this country Quezales, and there are other birds which have feathers of five colours-green, red, white, yellow and blue; I don’t remember what they are called; then there were parrots of many different colours, and there are so many of them that I forget their names, not to mention the beautifully marked ducks and other larger ones like them. From all these birds they plucked the feathers when the time was right to do so, and the feathers grew again. All the birds that I have spoken about breed in these houses, and in the setting season certain Indian men and women who look after the birds, place the eggs under them and clean the nests and feed them, so that each kind of bird has its proper food. In this house that I have spoken of there is a great tank of freshwater and in it there are other sorts of birds with long stilted legs, with body, wings and tail all red; I don’t know their names, but in the Island of Cuba they are called Ypiris, and there are others something like them, and there are also in that tank many other kinds of birds which always live in the water."
Unfortunately, the Aviary, alongside the Royal Zoo (which even had a bison! Macaws were also traded by Mesoamericans all the way up in Arizona, New Mexico, etc), Aquarium, and Botanical gardens were all burned when the city was sieged by Conquistadors and armies from other local city-states. There's a few papers and studies you can look up on remains excavated from the area which have found that the animals were pretty well cared for, I recall a paper noting how some of the animal remains showed broken bones that were treated by people, for example, indicating they even received medical care; though that's not as surprising as it may seem given how developed Aztec medical and botanical science and sanitation practices were in general:
Bathing was pretty common even for commoners across the region, with Tenochtitlan in particular also having it's streets and buildings washed daily by a fleet of civil servants, who also collected waste from public toilets to be reused for dyes and fertilizers. We have multiple documents which have hundreds of recorded medical and herbal treatments, much of which have been found to be medically effective, and even innovative: They had the first use of intramedularly rods for setting fractured bones, and even the modern birth control pill was synthesized from a plant used as an aborficant in indigenous cultures in Mexico. A lot of their understanding of herbal remedies came from academic botanical gardens, where plants were experimented with, studies for medical properties, and even sorted into a formal binomial taxonomic systems, centuries before Carl Linnaeus. Even Francisco Hernández de Toledo, the personal royal court physician and naturalist to the Spanish king, ended up traveling to Mexico and adapting Aztec records on Flora, Fauna, and medicine and begrudgingly admitted that Aztec sciences in those areas were superior to those of Spain's (a claim others, including Cortes, also made).
I realize this was a large tangent, but it incidentally touches on quite a few things that came up in this video or the channel regularly covers: The feathers, animal care, taxonomy, etc. If you're interested feel free to let me know and I can send some papers, studies, excerpts, etc on more of this stuff (there was actually a conference pretty quickly on some surviving shields and how feathers were sourced for the feather mosiac outer covering they had, which bird species were used, etc)
thanks for taking the time to type this, i enjoyed reading.
@@trav537 No problem, always happy to share information about Mesoamerican history. If you're curious for more you can DM me on twiter, I'm Majora__Z there
Hey Clint, I really hope that one day you'll cover hermitcrab care! I am very active in the subreddit and it just happens too often that people buy them at a beach store for $1 and then don't know how to care for them, and you covering that topic may safe some lives!
I'm looking forward to the day when clints covers pixie frogs and Pac-Man frogs as possibly the best pet amphibians. I'm really interested to hear what he has to say about those big boys!
I second this
He's partially covered Pixie Frogs already but I would love to see a full video on them!
man, these frogs are so incredibly nice to look at! just so pretty i will always be in awe of their colours no matter how long i stare at them!
The worst thing about having dart frogs is that you have to constantly breed fruit flies for them
they flies are defiantly the BIG rub!
I don’t know, I think it’s easier than constantly buying crickets. We’ve been running off of the first culture we bought 6 months ago. Six months for about $35 spent and 5 minutes every other week (to cycle cultures) is a snap.
@@FamilyTanks, we live the cricket story! I love all of our crested geckos though. We live a F/T mouse story too :P
Crickets are easier to find in a pinch than fruit flies. More than once I've paid the >$50 for priority overnight shipping to get fruit flies after my own culture crashed. At least in my area all of my local pet stores have crickets. The fruit flies though are small, expensive, winged, and often out of stock or it's a green culture not yet producing enough food.
You are correct and that's nothing, so really they are awesome, easy to keep jewels of the jungle.
I remember when i went to florida, the blue ones were falling from the sky for some bizarre reason
Fruit walks are easy to keep as a colony. I recommend that the container be very tall and that the lid be of the variety that snaps down, not threaded because the larvae can get out of a threaded lid. Also, the taller the container, the easier it is to tap down the little crawlers to keep them from swarming out. Next, I recommend having a large Tupperware to tap some fruit walks out into as a way to control how many come out when you shake it. Finally, don't let other fruit flies get into your culture. Keep them in your fridge and don't open them if you have fruit flies infesting your home. Why? The same reason Clint said not to mix the varieties of fruit walks. Because it refreshes the gene pool and makes it so that they fly again. Also, it doesn't even have to be specifically another variety of fruit fly. Mycovore gnats are close enough in relation that the species often interbreed. Mycovore gnats are also called beer flies or bar flies. They eat the yeast and mildew build-up around drains in human houses and food service businesses. So cover your drains and occasionally use the appropriate pest control to prevent getting infestations from your feeder colonies. Trust me, that's an embarrassing problem to have. We all have probably had cricket problems before. Fruit flies are just as annoying.
I've actually been working on a bioactive dart frog tank! Almost done with the background. I was thinking about dendrobates auratus.
I definitely think a video on establishing feeder colonies would be great!
I'd love to see a video on the Australian Olive Python. They're beautiful snakes and can be amazing and calm natured creatures but are massive and even capable of eating crocodiles. Given the amount of Australian reptiles kept by keepers over there in America, I'm sure you'd be able to find one.
Explored your channel just today and I absolutely love it.
Usually I hate when people mention sponsors but I could listen to you talk about joshs frogs all day
Clint seems like such a nice dude
I really love how you are paying so much attention to reptiles
Reptiles hardly get attention and everyone takes reptiles as those huge lizard like deadly creatures but you are one of those people who prove them wrong and are giving reptiles the attention they deserve
Reptiles can be as beautiful and interesting as mammals if you just pay attention and you have my full support 💖
1:13 it has a lil smiley face on its head 🥺
Never in million years did I think I'd get into frogs but my husband got is first auratus frogs last November, leucs earlier this month and I'm getting some leucs too! They are so relaxing to watch and growing the bioactive tank is half the fun!
Would LOVE a video on culturing your own fruit flies!
I love dyeing poison dart frogs... they are soooo pretty! “Not because they have a habit of becoming deceased...” Gotta love Clint, too!
I recently discovered your channel and I’m really enjoying these videos. I never really cared much about reptiles, but your enthusiasm and passion has got me really interested! Keep it up, Clint!
Striking coloration, wonderful personalities, in other words, stinking rad! Love the video my friend!
Great video, as always!
I’d love to see you start a new type of video where you compare very closely related species, or different localities of the same species. For example what’s the difference between green, blue, and black tree monitors, or what are the differences between all the Green Tree Python localities, or between all the different milksnakes? There isn’t enough information about that type of stuff out there!
It would be super helpful to know too as a lot of these different species/localities also have slightly different care requirements.
I like that your back to making videos on animals that make reasonable pets. Don't get me wrong I like large dangerous animals too, but I like being introduced to animals I was unaware of and that make great pets. Still waiting on a Durmerils boa video.
A big YES for Josh,s Frog,s. I don't do PDF,but they have great stuff for all animal keepers.I keep tarantulas,and regularly buy from them.
Thank you for the support!
You're so cute Clint! The problem is is that you make me want whatever you're talking about!
Except penguins. Yup. You completely talked me out if ever wanting one of those.
I've been waiting for this episode. Ive been debating if I want these or not.
Get them! They’re so great 😄
I love when you do amphibians!!! You should do tiger salamanders :) I have one and I love him so much, he’s the only animal of mine who comes to the glass when I walk in the room
I had a tiger salamander. He would exit his burrow and put his hand on the glass in anticipation of food whenever he saw me. Never even minded being held either. Probably the hardiest and most affectionate pet amphibian ever.
@@scizorzzz same! He stands up against the glass when he sees me and if I open the doors he walks right onto my hand. I even hand feed him, I love him so much
I have 5, They are super hardy little beasts. As long as you do lots of research beforehand and construct a proper enclosure that can retain humidity, they are phenomenally easy to care for. I spend maybe 20-40 min. per week taking care of them. Breeding them is also very easy. Fruit flies are incredibly easy and inexpensive to culture for them as well.
Apart from some moderately high upfront costs ($300-$700 for everything, depending on how many you want and how extravagant of an enclosure you want) they are dirt cheap to maintain. $10 for misting water / water treatment and ~$40-60 on fly culture supplies for an entire year for 1-5 frogs.
Lol I like the mention of Cheyenne from Snake Discovery
I myself have dendrobates Leucomelas and i can not tell you enough i am so in love with them they are so cute and funny to watch and their calling is really relaxing i would highly recommend getting those frogs and i am looking forward to get some others!!!
These are, hands down, my favourite frogs!
Yes! Please explain how one starts and maintains a fruitful colony
I was obsessed with poison dart frogs for a while as a kid (a not too uncommon thing, I imagine, especially for folks who end up liking this sort of content!). I had these two little plastic toy ones that I'd carry around with me everywhere.
Little plastic dart frog gang sounding off
This is my favorite color of dart frog! Super cool to see you featuring them.
Thank you Dr. Clint! got my first dart frogs, ive wanted them since i was a kid. you answered all the questions i had about keeping them.
I would also love to see yellow spotted climbing toads! They have them at Josh’s frogs
They are nice because they LOOK like something so exotic it would be almost I possible to care for easily, but in reality they are very easy to keep happy.
Thank you so much I love dart frogs they’re so colourful and just a joy to watch
Looking forward to the stinking rad enclosure vid :D
Fruit fly culture would be awesome!!!
I love that you gave the temp in Kelvin lol
Poison dart frogs have to be the most cutest and most beautiful amphibian, but I don’t wanna keep one.
Clint:"you can do it by hand if you're very diligent"
Me with ADHD:"a misting system it is" (if I ever get animals like these that need very regular misting)
Hi Merlijn
Or get a bluetooth humidity monitor with an alarm to notify you when it drops. Cheaper than a misting system.
@@samanthamotley712 if I'm getting these kinds of animals, I'm more than happy to spend a little more on a misting system for my peace of mind, but good to know
A better title would be "Poison Dart Frog, Best Pet Living and Interactive Painting in Frog Form?"
I'll consider it
I remember when I was younger, I was told to never EVER touch these Frogs, because one touch was enough to poison and kill you. Then when I got older I was later told, it's only some species of Dart Frogs that will do that, most of them you can handle just make sure to wash your hand afterwards. And now I'm being told you can handle any Dart Frog, just be sure to wash your hands afterwards.
But learning that when I was younger you can imagine my confusing as to why people had these frogs as pets. Because I was thinking "why would you want a pet that can kill you the second it touches you?" But I do know better now, and I do agree these are some of the prettiest most beautiful frogs in existence. Though the Red-Eyed Tree Frog is still my favorite.
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Also can we get a video on the Basilisk Lizard some time? Particularly the Plumed Basilisk. (Also called the Green Basilisk)
They are poisonous in the wild with the right diet.
But in captivity and fed fruit flies they are not.
So I've been thinking about a large bio-active enclosure for a good while, like a little chunk of rainforest to put dart frogs in. What I wanna know is how yhey all do with co-habbing, like these and a Strawberry and some others? The only ppl I know that have any are just random Internet people, I can't go see any firsthand stuff.
Clients videos are perfect for when I'm crafting. Trying to paint so I have to look at what I'm painting obviously but I can still listen to what Clint is saying and glance up once in a while to see the animal. Its nice because most other channels or movies i just miss everything 😂🤦♀️ but i like the background noise and sometimes I'm just not in the mood for music because I listen to it so often, songs tend to get repetitive so Clint gives me a nice break from that. Also its nice to learn new things while I'm doing my arts and crafts lol like studying my biggest passion (keeping animals) but having fun at the same time while I'm sewing or making jewelry. Whatever I happen to be doing.
I know how to run Fruit Fly farms pretty well. In AP Bio, we bred fruit flies for 4 months in our genetics unit to learn about sex linked traits, dominant and recessive, and the like. Because of that, I now am able to effectively run a farm for Apterous Fruit Flies! Thank you, Mrs. Young!
I don’t have any dart frogs at the moment, but Josh’s Frogs (and Pangea) are great places to get reptile supplies from.
I vote yes to a video about how to cultivate fruit flies. Your videos are very informative and if you're going to inspire viewers to maybe get a pet reptile/amphibian then they should really know about stuff like that, not just fruit flies but feeders like silkworms too. Some feeders are simple enough to mush together in one video.
Just wanted to stop by and say thank you for bringing us all these video's.
I've always had a thing for the more weirder animals living on this planet,
I suppose my allergy to cats also helped me down my path in preferring Reptiles and Amphibians.
Today marks the day of me finally, after 15 years of interest, getting my own pet snake.
While not from a specialized breeder, since we didn't have any of those where I live, my Cornsnake Herman and I quite enjoy each other already.
Ironically, I came across him in the store while I was shopping for my terrarium and other requirements as I was going to go on a trip later to get a hognose.
Instead, I saw a small hatchling Corn', that had such a funky pattern, having both 2 quite-different patterns as well as 2 shades of color.
I knew then, that I had to get him, I guess that's how every owner feels when they come across their new friend, hahaha.
Anyways, thanks once again for all of the information and video's, hope you have a great day!
(And of course, excuse my english, non-native speaker.)
YES THIS IS THE ONE I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THANK YOU CLINT
This video was so helpful. I’ve been looking for a good dart frog for awhile and now I know the best one! Thank you so much Clint!
Just picked two groups of 3 for my kids from Josh at the Phoenix expo! Excited to finally get my first darts.
Yes please, do the fruit fly video. I know there are a lot of them out, but I need more details. Like how long does it take from setting new culture to new flies, if I keep them warmer, will they hatch sooner and how do I know all larva has developed? Sooo many questions....
Yes please show tank setup!! I’ve wanted one for a long time, but the habitat always worries me!
D Y E R S C O L O U R S✨
I saw that video
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A SMOL BEASTE WIÞ FORE LEGGYS, WHICH LIEÞ BOOÞ ON WOTER AND ON LOND!!!
Got some last October and it’s been a blast! The setup is tough on your pockets but worth every dime. Josh Frogs definitely made the process easy with frogs and setup. Been breeding my own crickets, flies, and springtails (that part is harder than keeping the frogs lol)
ive had my leucomelas for years and they are so easy to care for
YOU DID IT!!!!!!!!!!!I HAVE BEEN ASKING SOOO MUCH!!!!AND U DID IT
Clint came through! I think I saw comments asking for a dart frog video.
I didn't ask for it, but it's a good video.
Alot of people have been waiting awhile for this one!
Clint: "They need a ton of humidity."
Me: "I'm from South Carolina; not a problem."
Glad to know captive bred ones exist and aren't particularly dangerous.
So can they become poisones in private care if the kids keep it feeding outdoor insects ? -Like different poisoness ants and beetles which I assume are the base of their natural poison -maybe the frog convert the beetle poisons (or not) to their frog posion
Depends on the plants the bugs are eating. If you feed them captive ants, no toxins to sequester. If you feed them wild ants, maybe- if the plants/fungi they are eating have the correct toxins that the frogs can uptake.
These cuties are amazing. Nature’s colours are magnificent 🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗🤗
Me, an aggressive dart frog fan and vivarium grower, before even starting the video: "YES, CLINT, YES THEY ARE."
I just unboxed one of your Hodies on my content blown away how good they are! Thank you
Dart frogs are awesome! We have two sets of Tinc's and really enjoy them.
Fruit flies are easy enough to culture but there are only a few older videos on culturing them out there....hint-hint. It would be of great assistance to anyone looking to start keeping Dart frogs 🐸
Wow. This is perfect, I am literally setting up our dart frog enclosure right now!!
Would love to see a video comparing and contrasting the different types of dart frogs!
Hey Clint! What do you think about a video for collared lizards. They are stinkin rad to me and a video what be cool
I'd love to see a video on the Mata Mata! Theyre so cool and Im interested in having one some day but I want to make sure I fully understand, and your videos are always so helpful with that
I just got a dart frog from Josh’s frogs two weeks ago and I was just amazed by how bright the colors were on it
Thank you for the support!
Thanks for covering one of my favorites! Though I wish other popular species such as leucomelas, galactonotus, and the eponymous terribilis had been included so viewers don’t get the impression that there is only one species or genus of dart frogs. I would love to see you cover rain frogs, i.e. “potato fairies”. They’ve become popular online due to their cuteness but there seems to be a lot of misinformation regarding their care.
We dont need you to ask, we love everything you upload
I love your videos in fact you're the one who inspired me to make my own reptile RUclips channel
the fact he brang Cheyanne up xD
shes having a good time with those specially knitted shirt thingys that match with her and are season themed
Definitely a video on culturing insects! :)
Just got a tinctorius tumucumaque pair today, so I very much hope they're the perfect frog for me!