This shows how we end up with multiple genes that are the exact same thing ( since they come from the same clutch) but end up with different people who prove them out and name them. Usually the best one at marketing wins
It also shows how common a lot of morph genes are in wild populations. I knew spider was extremely common in the wild but I didn't realize how many others are as well. I saw a few unusual genetics in the temple pythons too.
For context on my spider comment. Specimens, like really old ones I first looked at in college as well as black and white photos included them to the point I assumed it was officially documented as a natural morph. I was very surprised when I found out how long it took for live ones to make it to the USA
Eeeh those poor babies all piled up like that...tossed around like they are oranges at a grocery market or something. I'm excited for the green one...."African Olive" ball python... unless it's green green...I don't know. But I'm glad for the ones you are bringing home. They will be in good hands.
As much as heaps of baby ballpythons sounds like a dream, I find it hard to watch how they're treated. What happens with all the "normal" (no oddities) normals, is there enough demand for those? How many baby snakes die in those facilities? Also sceptical about the sustainable harvest. Sure, they release the female back into the wild but it still cuts down on the number of ballpythons in the wild when those babies are sold off instead of being part of the next generation living in the wild.
Awesome video Dav!!! I can’t imagine being able to go through all of those hatchlings! It’s also really awesome that you brought some back to sell and help freshen up the gene pool here at home! I’m really looking forward to the ball python movie!
I have to admit I was a bit freaked out about sooo many snakes but the dark ones, WOW 😍 can not wait for the movie too, these little clips have already been so informative!
Green?! GREEEEEEN?!?!!!! Now THAT is exciting! I’d love to have one but I don’t breed mine so it’s better for someone who does breed to have them, since that’s your intention. I had missed feelings watching the facility footage. I love my BP’s so much and it was difficult for me to see a bunch of balled up (scared) babies dumped out of a bag. I’m too sensitive I guess. I’m so excited for the Ball Python movie!!!!!
They were beautiful little things, but like you said there was definitely something unpleasant about seeing so many babies. It was very much a business, which I suppose is the reality of breeding for profit, but it doesn't sit well. I have 2 17 year old corns at the moment. I don't think I'll have reptiles when they're gone. I'm sure lots of snakes are not bred like this at all, but I found it something I didn't want to be part of.
@Jo Talbot if you’re not getting imports from a huge breeder, you won’t be getting snakes from a situation like this. The huge majority of ball pythons (and other snakes) in the US and Europe are captive born and bred, meaning they were never in a situation like this. You just have to know who you’re buying from.
If you think that's bad, I am a pet rat lover! So I could never keep a snake even though I love them. I have that hypersensitive empathy to animal stress too and it has only become more acute the older I get (I'm 61), but I actually didn't get too sad seeing the big bags of baby pythons. I try to think of it from the point of view of what that particular species senses and is comfortable with in nature. The people handle them casually, but hurting the snakes would only negatively affect them financially, so although they are crowded temporarily, as long as they are being fed, kept at their native temperature and humidity, and not injured, I'm not sure it's that stressful for them, but I know how you feel. I worry more about when they are kept by someone who neglects them or just sets them free outside when they are tired of them. It's kind of admirable that the locals have a way to make a living from nature in a sustainable way that doesn't hurt the snake populations or habitat or kill the animals. Pretty rare business model in this world we live in. If you ever get a chance to go to Africa in your life--take it! Places like this look a little chaotic, but the people are so friendly and there is so much more nature than in our "civilized" countries. I spent a day walking alone along a river backwater and every five minutes a giant Nile monitor came flying out from the shade of the shrubs, crossed in front of me and dove into the water and disappeared. I kept trying as hard as I could to see one BEFORE it saw me, but they were so camouflaged, it was impossible! Maybe for the best because I really wanted to touch one, lol. I love reading comments by people like you on Dav's channel. It's very hard to go through life being sensitive to suffering--things other people think are funny can ruin your whole day. But you are the best of peoples!! Hang in there and spread the love.
@@jotalbot2719 You have some lucky snakes! I was impressed that they only collected the eggs and released the adults back into the wild. I am having a hard time thinking of another business that "exploits" a species without killing them, hurting their populations, or destroying their habitat, especially in a poor country. They are treating the snakes casually, but actually mistreating them would hurt them financially, so it probably looks more stressful than it is. A snake mostly wants to be warm and fed and not eaten or injured itself, so they may not mind the crowding or occasional toss into a pile as much as we think. I am sooo sensitive to animal suffering myself, so I know how you feel--I am glad there are people like you on the planet to care for the little guys.
@@scrubjay93 The reason that certain animal populations are destroyed or mistreated is because they are in black markets. If you allow the free trade of every animal, the populations would increase, not decrease.
Genuine question-could you explain how the captive farmed ball pythons are more sustainable? I’ll need to rewind a bit to confirm, but if the hunters are picking up gravid females (even if they’re returned to the wild after laying), I don’t see how that would be ecologically sound. Leaving breeding-sized adults in the wild probably wouldn't help the wild populations much when their entire clutches (thousands of hatchlings!) are being removed. The new potential morphs are pretty, but even if ball pythons aren’t currently endangered, rapidly decreasing wild populations to bolster the pet trade isn’t great.
@WiredPyro I’m of the same opinion, but I thought I’d at least ask in case there’s something I’m missing here. My best guess on what might be “sustainable” about the ranches is that captive born (but not captive bred, of course) snakes might be slightly less stressed during the exporting process than wild-caught adults? But that still doesn’t cover any of the environmental concerns. As cool as new morphs are, aesthetic should never be prioritized over conservation.
It's something you learn in ecology called "sustainable yield" or "sustainable harvest"--google those terms to learn more. As a salmon ecologist, I can give you that example. A Pacific salmon lays a couple thousand eggs but there is only habitat for a limited number of juveniles in the stream to hide from predators and keep from being washed downstream in high flows. Ones that can't find good habitat get displaced downstream (where they die) or get eaten. Then there is a limited amount of good spawning habitat (nice oxygenated gravels of certain size) when the adults return, so if double the number come back to spawn, there will still only be enough spawning habitat for a fixed number of eggs to survive--the rest spawn in poor habitat where the eggs may die, or they spawn on top of other nests, killing the eggs in that nest. Lots of other eggs just get eaten or washed out in floods. A pair of animals only needs to replace themselves for the population to remain stable. So fishermen taking millions of salmon a year from the ocean are taking the excess number that would die anyway. The only thing affected by removing the ball python babies would be animals that eat ball pythons, but if those predators eat a variety of different things, not just ball pythons, they aren't affected either. I'm sure Dav will give a better explanation, lol. It makes sense when you are 60 years old and studied salmon ecology, but that's why we go to college to study ecology---it's complicated and fun!
I would love to do this. I would be good to see a video on the process of applying for cites, connecting with farming facilities and then shipping. Looking forward to your ball python movie!
Hopefully you picked out some rippers for yourself! Would love to see you discover some new genes. And if you don’t name one the Kaufman special you’re missing out on a golden opportunity
Dave your a true trend setter , one of a kind and an essential vertebrae in our hobby’s spine ! I stand by that 💯! Keep doing what you do bro , you don’t know it , but your influencing our next Steve Irwin !!! God bless you big dog 🤙🏻
Wow I can't wait to see the green one Dav. What a great adventure video again... I bet you felt like a kid at a toy store looking a pokemon toy to see which character you want when you was picking out them Ball Pythons 😆 have a nice day be safe
Talk about living your best life! I'm picking up a couple of these for sure! Thanks for going over there and doing this and I can't wait for the ball python movie!!!
This is the coolest thing I have ever seen and I breed ball python morphs. I would love to get my hands on some of them babys to try and prove them out.
You picked some amazing ones for yourself, cant wait to see what they end up producing for you..theres so much beauty and variation in normal ball pythons theyre still stunning to me.
I saw your Morph Market listings! Figured it made sense since you had been in Africa haha. Glad we get to see behind the scenes too! Super cool. Also, very pretty little orange babies :) Edit: Actually, I am in the market for a couple males and another female.... ;)
Dav, you are so beyond cool to be doing this and giving people the opportunity to work with these snakes and not just thinking of yourself and the money you could make. I'm a retired wildlife biologist and don't keep reptiles as pets (at least not right now), but I am so curious about the evolutionary reasons behind the variation in the coloration of this species. I keep forgetting to google and read the literature to learn why this is the case, so maybe I'll just wait for your documentary! It's easy to understand why the various colors and patterns wouldn't be selected *against* because they are all good camouflage, but the sheer number of mutations/variations seems ridiculous! Evolution is endlessly interesting. I have been to southern Africa and hope to go back at some point, possibly for good. Your episodes in Africa just remind me of all the reasons I love it. I remember driving into towns on roads like that where it seemed there was no rhyme or reason to where you were supposed to drive--makes me laugh all over again. Can't wait to see your green python---but....no blue or purple ones? Are you slacking off? 😉 I really wanted to see a rock python in the wild, but never did, so I loved your video on finding that giant. What a thrill.
Thank you! I really appreciate that. I touch on at least some of the folklore of why there are so many morphs in the upcoming ball Python movie but the truth is nobody really knows
@@davkaufmansreptileadventures Reminds me a little of Tanganyikan cichlids--dozens of locales with different colors within one species. But sexual selection certainly a factor there and not in snakes. But shows that the genetic potential for color mutations must be so high. Then again, there are hundreds of breeds of domestic pigeons, chickens, dogs and even rats now come in dozens of colors from Siamese to Russian Blue, curly hair, rex, hairless. Now I'm too curious not to start googling. 🤔
Great video and an amazing journey that most of us will never live. Thank you sir for sharing your tour to the land of Ball Pythons!!!!😎🏆🤙🏼💪🏼 You are the Man!!!!!
Great video! It was nice to see that you made sure to get ones that were sustainably sourced and looked over each one. I can't wait for the movie to come out, I'm really excited to learn more about their natural habitat.
Wow Dave you are such a great and generous guy for doing this and really all of the great things you do for this amazing hobby. I wish I had the money to help support your efforts. Keep up the great work man!
Man I can't wait to see what is produced from some of these! I loved the one with the circle patterning on its back. Probably my favorite I seen in the video!
Hey Dāv, I thought I had subscribed awhile ago, guess not do just did today. I love what you do, good guy....I too am in MN and have been watching some old videos, love the hognose vids....anyhow, can't wait to see your movie....pretty excited for that. Thanks for the great stuff, I know it's not easy and I appreciate ya. Much love from Minnesota
You gotta understand that he is a visitor so it would be weird to go in and tell everyone they’re doing stuff wrong, they might kick him out and also he is not the one doing it, he was only trying to do good for all of us by finding new morphs
@@Moonlight_Monsters He doesnt need to go there to import snakes. He shouldnt be importing any more snakes, finding new morphs is worthless, you dont need new morphs, no one does. That obsession is a cancer to the hobby and should be shamed.
Shoooot.. if I had the space, I would have had you pick up one of those GORGEOUS "normals"! Some test breedings involve normals, and some of those were VERY well marked!
Dāv I thank you gonna have a good interesting thing going here! Good eye. But sure keeping some treats under your toop! Will keep an eye out on morph just checked dont see any! What a incredible trip! How was the Food?! Rattle On! And Always More COWBELL!!!!
The long awaited video! We've been waiting for this one for a couple of months now! What are you gonna call the green BP if it proves genetic? (too soon for this question, I know) Go Dave!
Great video & information. Can’t wait til your full BP movie comes out. Me personally, I would pick a lot out the bucket of darker babies and those orange ones look nice as well.
Hello and greetings from finland again 🙏😇🤟✌️!! I woud love To get few/one Off those darger ones 😍🙏😇!! But yeah nice pics Dav and cant wayt To see the ballpython movie 🙏😇!! Pleasy show is the Green one Dav 🙏🙏🙏😅!!
I looked in see u only have 3 up on morph market now are u putting more up later in are u going to sell all individually or are you going do Pairs now that being said have to say love this video in love ball python movie u did it's awesome
Good work Dave! I appreciate you're efforts in all you do for the world of reptiles! Thanks brother! Hope to catch you again at any of the upcoming Daytona and or the Orlando reptile show's. I go every year man. Florida bound. And thanks for getting whomever back into ball pythons. Take care... 🤘🏻🐍 2022
The gene I am working with is recessive. If you would like to check my credentials please let me know and I will put you in touch with breeders in the USA who know me.
Started saving just now for that green BP’s babies. Might be a few years but I know they will sell in the thousands. So can’t wait till you put them on the market. Love your videos super educational and interesting to watch for the whole family
I'd really like to find out what happened: how they survived the trip back, what some of them that you shared looked like, how easy it was to get them to settle, not to mention green! So wish there was a follow up video. Though I did enjoy your main film of what you found out in Africa.
Hey man lol! I know that I'm already watching the free video you made for us, but I was just going to ask you to please make a video on Kenyan sand boas in the wild?! Of course you should expect that request to come from Mike Holloway Jr lol! Nephew of Jeff Holloway lol
How many are available to us the public very interested and I love the movie it's super neat seeing the other side of ball pythons and get a bigger picture of them in the wild
Amazing video! I´d love to do that exact thing with African Fattails sometime. But I am not sure how that exactly would work or if they have facilities for them too
Is anyone keeping track or documenting where the specific morphs are found? Scientifically? Are the females that are taken to lay eggs returned to the same exact spot they were found?
Did all the babies sell out already? Hopfully im just early. I went to your morphmarket and didnt see any😞 would love to add one to our breeding program.
Love the video! So many cute little baby balls! We discovered Animal House in Mukwonago because of your videos. It's a great store to see beasties that we've never seen IRL before. (I am in love with their monitors, especially the NFS blue tree monitor.) I'm excited that they make custom PVC cages. We ordered one for our beardie. Anyway, are you willing to answer some ball python husbandry questions? We set up a 40 gallon breeder aquarium as a bioactive enclosure. We have a medium ZooMed mat on the side, a 60 watt ceramic heat emitter on top, and a UVB tube light. The whole top is mesh. The heat isn't as high as I'd like. It's 77° mid-tank. I have the mat thermostat set to 90. She's jamming herself behind the hide to be next to it. We have a small mat and a large mat, but no spare thermostats at the moment. Do you think I should switch out the medium mat for the large? Should I get a more powerful ceramic emitter? Any help would be appreciated. We want to keep her (Piper the Pied Python) happy and healthy! Thanks!
I did a highschool report on Togo. Tiny country, but rich in minerals. It's main one being phosphate. Also has gold, diamonds, and uranium deposits. Ball pythons weren't in my report though! I'd like to make a pied out of one of the dark ones!
Awesome video Dav. When do you think these will be posted on morph market. I’m looking to get into ball pythons. And would love to get one or two. I’ve been out of the game for 10 yrs, I used to breed boa constrictors.
This shows how we end up with multiple genes that are the exact same thing ( since they come from the same clutch) but end up with different people who prove them out and name them. Usually the best one at marketing wins
Hey, where you been? :)
Are you saying mandarin is orange ghost
It also shows how common a lot of morph genes are in wild populations. I knew spider was extremely common in the wild but I didn't realize how many others are as well. I saw a few unusual genetics in the temple pythons too.
For context on my spider comment. Specimens, like really old ones I first looked at in college as well as black and white photos included them to the point I assumed it was officially documented as a natural morph. I was very surprised when I found out how long it took for live ones to make it to the USA
I did get a bit of a puppy farm feeling when I saw all the bins 🙈
Love the leopard spotted and the dark ones.
Eeeh those poor babies all piled up like that...tossed around like they are oranges at a grocery market or something. I'm excited for the green one...."African Olive" ball python... unless it's green green...I don't know. But I'm glad for the ones you are bringing home. They will be in good hands.
Hello Dav i saw al the end of the video trata you get a green ball pyton icant wait to see it, i love your Chanel
As much as heaps of baby ballpythons sounds like a dream, I find it hard to watch how they're treated.
What happens with all the "normal" (no oddities) normals, is there enough demand for those? How many baby snakes die in those facilities?
Also sceptical about the sustainable harvest. Sure, they release the female back into the wild but it still cuts down on the number of ballpythons in the wild when those babies are sold off instead of being part of the next generation living in the wild.
Awesome video Dav!!! I can’t imagine being able to go through all of those hatchlings! It’s also really awesome that you brought some back to sell and help freshen up the gene pool here at home! I’m really looking forward to the ball python movie!
Glad you enjoyed it!
I have to admit I was a bit freaked out about sooo many snakes but the dark ones, WOW 😍 can not wait for the movie too, these little clips have already been so informative!
Glad you enjoyed!
Those dark ones blew me away!!! They are the ones I'd be most interested in. I have a GHI, and she's dark, but not like that. (Jan Griffiths).
This is so exciting! Can't wait to see the progress, and the Green one!!
Green?! GREEEEEEN?!?!!!! Now THAT is exciting! I’d love to have one but I don’t breed mine so it’s better for someone who does breed to have them, since that’s your intention. I had missed feelings watching the facility footage. I love my BP’s so much and it was difficult for me to see a bunch of balled up (scared) babies dumped out of a bag. I’m too sensitive I guess. I’m so excited for the Ball Python movie!!!!!
They were beautiful little things, but like you said there was definitely something unpleasant about seeing so many babies. It was very much a business, which I suppose is the reality of breeding for profit, but it doesn't sit well. I have 2 17 year old corns at the moment. I don't think I'll have reptiles when they're gone. I'm sure lots of snakes are not bred like this at all, but I found it something I didn't want to be part of.
@Jo Talbot if you’re not getting imports from a huge breeder, you won’t be getting snakes from a situation like this. The huge majority of ball pythons (and other snakes) in the US and Europe are captive born and bred, meaning they were never in a situation like this. You just have to know who you’re buying from.
If you think that's bad, I am a pet rat lover! So I could never keep a snake even though I love them. I have that hypersensitive empathy to animal stress too and it has only become more acute the older I get (I'm 61), but I actually didn't get too sad seeing the big bags of baby pythons. I try to think of it from the point of view of what that particular species senses and is comfortable with in nature. The people handle them casually, but hurting the snakes would only negatively affect them financially, so although they are crowded temporarily, as long as they are being fed, kept at their native temperature and humidity, and not injured, I'm not sure it's that stressful for them, but I know how you feel. I worry more about when they are kept by someone who neglects them or just sets them free outside when they are tired of them. It's kind of admirable that the locals have a way to make a living from nature in a sustainable way that doesn't hurt the snake populations or habitat or kill the animals. Pretty rare business model in this world we live in. If you ever get a chance to go to Africa in your life--take it! Places like this look a little chaotic, but the people are so friendly and there is so much more nature than in our "civilized" countries. I spent a day walking alone along a river backwater and every five minutes a giant Nile monitor came flying out from the shade of the shrubs, crossed in front of me and dove into the water and disappeared. I kept trying as hard as I could to see one BEFORE it saw me, but they were so camouflaged, it was impossible! Maybe for the best because I really wanted to touch one, lol. I love reading comments by people like you on Dav's channel. It's very hard to go through life being sensitive to suffering--things other people think are funny can ruin your whole day. But you are the best of peoples!! Hang in there and spread the love.
@@jotalbot2719 You have some lucky snakes! I was impressed that they only collected the eggs and released the adults back into the wild. I am having a hard time thinking of another business that "exploits" a species without killing them, hurting their populations, or destroying their habitat, especially in a poor country. They are treating the snakes casually, but actually mistreating them would hurt them financially, so it probably looks more stressful than it is. A snake mostly wants to be warm and fed and not eaten or injured itself, so they may not mind the crowding or occasional toss into a pile as much as we think. I am sooo sensitive to animal suffering myself, so I know how you feel--I am glad there are people like you on the planet to care for the little guys.
@@scrubjay93 The reason that certain animal populations are destroyed or mistreated is because they are in black markets. If you allow the free trade of every animal, the populations would increase, not decrease.
Wow! Livin the dream! That’s is so cool. I don’t think I could decide. They all look special! Super cool stuff
Genuine question-could you explain how the captive farmed ball pythons are more sustainable? I’ll need to rewind a bit to confirm, but if the hunters are picking up gravid females (even if they’re returned to the wild after laying), I don’t see how that would be ecologically sound. Leaving breeding-sized adults in the wild probably wouldn't help the wild populations much when their entire clutches (thousands of hatchlings!) are being removed. The new potential morphs are pretty, but even if ball pythons aren’t currently endangered, rapidly decreasing wild populations to bolster the pet trade isn’t great.
He cannot because it isn't
@WiredPyro I’m of the same opinion, but I thought I’d at least ask in case there’s something I’m missing here. My best guess on what might be “sustainable” about the ranches is that captive born (but not captive bred, of course) snakes might be slightly less stressed during the exporting process than wild-caught adults? But that still doesn’t cover any of the environmental concerns. As cool as new morphs are, aesthetic should never be prioritized over conservation.
I explain this very thing in the ball python movie coming up
It's something you learn in ecology called "sustainable yield" or "sustainable harvest"--google those terms to learn more. As a salmon ecologist, I can give you that example. A Pacific salmon lays a couple thousand eggs but there is only habitat for a limited number of juveniles in the stream to hide from predators and keep from being washed downstream in high flows. Ones that can't find good habitat get displaced downstream (where they die) or get eaten. Then there is a limited amount of good spawning habitat (nice oxygenated gravels of certain size) when the adults return, so if double the number come back to spawn, there will still only be enough spawning habitat for a fixed number of eggs to survive--the rest spawn in poor habitat where the eggs may die, or they spawn on top of other nests, killing the eggs in that nest. Lots of other eggs just get eaten or washed out in floods. A pair of animals only needs to replace themselves for the population to remain stable. So fishermen taking millions of salmon a year from the ocean are taking the excess number that would die anyway. The only thing affected by removing the ball python babies would be animals that eat ball pythons, but if those predators eat a variety of different things, not just ball pythons, they aren't affected either. I'm sure Dav will give a better explanation, lol. It makes sense when you are 60 years old and studied salmon ecology, but that's why we go to college to study ecology---it's complicated and fun!
@@pyromaniac407 Dav is correct--there is an ecological explanation for why this is the case.
I would love to do this. I would be good to see a video on the process of applying for cites, connecting with farming facilities and then shipping.
Looking forward to your ball python movie!
It's not that interesting TBH, just paperwork lol
Hopefully you picked out some rippers for yourself! Would love to see you discover some new genes. And if you don’t name one the Kaufman special you’re missing out on a golden opportunity
I did, and I'll have to wait and see what comes from them before I name them but I'll take that into consideration
I was just going to say the same thing! I love giving to the community but I love watching his guide to caring for reptiles!
Rippers lol 🤙🏻 we know who’s Chanel that came from 😁😂🤣
Dave your a true trend setter , one of a kind and an essential vertebrae in our hobby’s spine ! I stand by that 💯! Keep doing what you do bro , you don’t know it , but your influencing our next Steve Irwin !!! God bless you big dog 🤙🏻
@@davkaufmansreptileadventures if you don't name it after me. I will stalk and beg you for the rest, of this comment lol
Wow I can't wait to see the green one Dav. What a great adventure video again... I bet you felt like a kid at a toy store looking a pokemon toy to see which character you want when you was picking out them Ball Pythons 😆 have a nice day be safe
Talk about living your best life! I'm picking up a couple of these for sure! Thanks for going over there and doing this and I can't wait for the ball python movie!!!
Very cool selection of ball pythons! Can’t wait to see the future of these projects!
This is the coolest thing I have ever seen and I breed ball python morphs.
I would love to get my hands on some of them babys to try and prove them out.
ps the Dark one's OMG GORGIOUS!!! Off the hook! interested! 🤔 Green.... ok can't wait to see! More Cowbell!!
Dāv, you have got to be one of the luckiest ppl ever lmao... got you some good ones... I'd be honored to own a import from you...
You picked some amazing ones for yourself, cant wait to see what they end up producing for you..theres so much beauty and variation in normal ball pythons theyre still stunning to me.
I saw your Morph Market listings! Figured it made sense since you had been in Africa haha. Glad we get to see behind the scenes too! Super cool. Also, very pretty little orange babies :)
Edit: Actually, I am in the market for a couple males and another female.... ;)
Dav, you are so beyond cool to be doing this and giving people the opportunity to work with these snakes and not just thinking of yourself and the money you could make. I'm a retired wildlife biologist and don't keep reptiles as pets (at least not right now), but I am so curious about the evolutionary reasons behind the variation in the coloration of this species. I keep forgetting to google and read the literature to learn why this is the case, so maybe I'll just wait for your documentary! It's easy to understand why the various colors and patterns wouldn't be selected *against* because they are all good camouflage, but the sheer number of mutations/variations seems ridiculous! Evolution is endlessly interesting. I have been to southern Africa and hope to go back at some point, possibly for good. Your episodes in Africa just remind me of all the reasons I love it. I remember driving into towns on roads like that where it seemed there was no rhyme or reason to where you were supposed to drive--makes me laugh all over again. Can't wait to see your green python---but....no blue or purple ones? Are you slacking off? 😉 I really wanted to see a rock python in the wild, but never did, so I loved your video on finding that giant. What a thrill.
Thank you! I really appreciate that. I touch on at least some of the folklore of why there are so many morphs in the upcoming ball Python movie but the truth is nobody really knows
@@davkaufmansreptileadventures Reminds me a little of Tanganyikan cichlids--dozens of locales with different colors within one species. But sexual selection certainly a factor there and not in snakes. But shows that the genetic potential for color mutations must be so high. Then again, there are hundreds of breeds of domestic pigeons, chickens, dogs and even rats now come in dozens of colors from Siamese to Russian Blue, curly hair, rex, hairless. Now I'm too curious not to start googling. 🤔
Sure just tease us with the green lol. Sounds crazy and that looked like too much fun
I wanna see what I can do with it and then I’ll make a video about it :)
Great video and an amazing journey that most of us will never live.
Thank you sir for sharing your tour to the land of Ball Pythons!!!!😎🏆🤙🏼💪🏼
You are the Man!!!!!
Love this information! Thank you so very very much!!!
Really enjoyed this upload - incredibly interesting - thanks, Dav!!
Glad you enjoyed it
Great video! It was nice to see that you made sure to get ones that were sustainably sourced and looked over each one. I can't wait for the movie to come out, I'm really excited to learn more about their natural habitat.
I know I'm so excited to see what this green snake looks like I keep constantly checking your social media to see if you've posted it
My big boy, Tengen is a normal pied with what looks like a battle axe on his ‘neck’. Super cool to see all the cool patterns on normals here.
Wow you’re awesome Dav!!!
I’ve always wondered what the ball python business was like over there, now I know! Really looking forward to your movie!!!
ANOTHER GREAT VIDEO!!! CAN'T WAIT FOR THE COMPLETE MOVIE!!!
Wow Dave you are such a great and generous guy for doing this and really all of the great things you do for this amazing hobby. I wish I had the money to help support your efforts. Keep up the great work man!
Every episode of DK's Reptile Adventures is AWESOME! This episode is especially so.
Thank you! I’m really glad to hear you’re enjoying the videos!
Man I can't wait to see what is produced from some of these! I loved the one with the circle patterning on its back. Probably my favorite I seen in the video!
I gasped when I saw that one!
Lone watching these videos! Ran across the page not long ago and I’ve watched 75% of ur videos easily plus the new drops
Hey Dāv, I thought I had subscribed awhile ago, guess not do just did today. I love what you do, good guy....I too am in MN and have been watching some old videos, love the hognose vids....anyhow, can't wait to see your movie....pretty excited for that. Thanks for the great stuff, I know it's not easy and I appreciate ya. Much love from Minnesota
Thanks! Come say hi when you see me at a local expo
Wait...we have local expos?? O man that's great!!
Keep us posted on you green ball python project! Hope you get some amazing results working with that gene. 💚
Thank you Dav! Appreciate the work your doing.
Got me drowling over that 2.2 group of dark ones your keeping. Definitely gonna be watching that for sure dav
Love those dark morphs hope they prove out for you!!! Those could change the game a lot!
I hope so!
Super excited to see all of these new guys coming back to the states.
This was a very cool idea for a video. Thank you for giving us an opportunity we wouldn't normally get. Can't wait to see that green ball python!
How can you look at a giant bundle of snakes being dumped out of a bag and think its not abusive?
Same here, I love dav but damn this video rubbed me the wrong way
Calling something animal abuse is a privilege that these people will never have.
You gotta understand that he is a visitor so it would be weird to go in and tell everyone they’re doing stuff wrong, they might kick him out and also he is not the one doing it, he was only trying to do good for all of us by finding new morphs
@@Moonlight_Monsters He doesnt need to go there to import snakes. He shouldnt be importing any more snakes, finding new morphs is worthless, you dont need new morphs, no one does. That obsession is a cancer to the hobby and should be shamed.
@@pyromaniac407 Ur mom
Shoooot.. if I had the space, I would have had you pick up one of those GORGEOUS "normals"! Some test breedings involve normals, and some of those were VERY well marked!
I can't wait for the movie Dav. Just love your channel.
Thank you! It's coming soon!
Dav you definitely teasing us with your secrets 😳. Very Very interesting😁
Dāv I thank you gonna have a good interesting thing going here! Good eye. But sure keeping some treats under your toop! Will keep an eye out on morph just checked dont see any! What a incredible trip! How was the Food?! Rattle On! And Always More COWBELL!!!!
Whooooa. Those dark ones are 🔥🔥🔥
Dav, the best approach is... "Well, there's really no way to tell for certain. Therefore, I must take them all."
This is amazing! I am loving these videos from your trip! Beautiful snakes 🐍
What an awesome thing you did Dav!
Wow its like living the dream😍😍
Sure was!
Dav you are the fucking coolest bro! What a dream trip that’s insanely cool! Hope you blow us away with some of these projects!
It really was!
That would have been so great! I’ve always wanted to be able to pick up something like that. Definitely a once in a lifetime thing.
Your a good man Dave , what an adventure that must of been
Kept all the best for yourself, I see! 😂 Such gorgeous animals!
Actually they are just selling out fast. But I did hold some nice ones back :)
LOVE your videos! Thanks for sharing! 🖤❤️🐍
14:10 That cheetah pattern one... omg😱
The long awaited video! We've been waiting for this one for a couple of months now!
What are you gonna call the green BP if it proves genetic? (too soon for this question, I know)
Go Dave!
Dav great video youŕe definitely not greedy, I got a Bullsnake from you at a show years ago very reasonable.
Thanks man. Hope your bull snake is doing well
Hey Dav. We are all waiting for the Ball Pythons in the wild video with baited breath. Bring it on
Fantastic video! thanks for the content!
Hello Mr. Kaufman first off I would like to tell thank you for all the informational content that you put out and I really like your channel
THank you! Really glad to hear that!
Highly doubt Dav will see this and reply, but did the ringed pattern at 14:09 make it back into the states???
Hi Dav, what happened to the green ball python? Spectacular video!!!! Greetings
Great video & information. Can’t wait til your full BP movie comes out. Me personally, I would pick a lot out the bucket of darker babies and those orange ones look nice as well.
That silver one from the first facility...I'm not even into BP's, but that one was hot!
Hello and greetings from finland again 🙏😇🤟✌️!! I woud love To get few/one Off those darger ones 😍🙏😇!! But yeah nice pics Dav and cant wayt To see the ballpython movie 🙏😇!! Pleasy show is the Green one Dav 🙏🙏🙏😅!!
Hello! Maybe I'll make a video on it soon :)
I woud love that 😍🙏😇🤟✌️🤗!!
I think Green is one colour that we need In ballpythons cos then we can get To some other coulours like blue 😉😅🙏😇 or that is what i think 😁🙏😇!!
Hello from finland again 🙏😇🤟✌️!! Im just looking this video Abaut 10th time and still wayting for the Green one Dav you To show us 😁😉🙏😇🤟✌️!!
I looked in see u only have 3 up on morph market now are u putting more up later in are u going to sell all individually or are you going do Pairs now that being said have to say love this video in love ball python movie u did it's awesome
You selling only 8? Nice video. Enjoyed the buckets full of Bps
this looks so fun omg
Good work Dave! I appreciate you're efforts in all you do for the world of reptiles! Thanks brother! Hope to catch you again at any of the upcoming Daytona and or the Orlando reptile show's. I go every year man. Florida bound. And thanks for getting whomever back into ball pythons. Take care...
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a green ball python? cant wait to see what the future holds with this!
Love the video. I have a green BP imported a number of years ago. Did it have a good headstamp and a good stripe?
The gene I am working with is recessive. If you would like to check my credentials please let me know and I will put you in touch with breeders in the USA who know me.
You gotta do an update on these ones like which ones you kept
Started saving just now for that green BP’s babies. Might be a few years but I know they will sell in the thousands. So can’t wait till you put them on the market. Love your videos super educational and interesting to watch for the whole family
It’s like a python 🐍 Easter 🐣 egg hunt! So awesome 👏
I'd really like to find out what happened: how they survived the trip back, what some of them that you shared looked like, how easy it was to get them to settle, not to mention green! So wish there was a follow up video. Though I did enjoy your main film of what you found out in Africa.
Nice, better to see them wild farmed than wild caught 🥰 happy
I had no idea there was such variation between what is basically naturally occurring individuals.
Did you even get bit Dav?
Your channel is absolutely f@#%!$ amazing!!!!! Your life is amazing! Keep up the greatest content on RUclips my friend.
Hey man lol! I know that I'm already watching the free video you made for us, but I was just going to ask you to please make a video on Kenyan sand boas in the wild?! Of course you should expect that request to come from Mike Holloway Jr lol! Nephew of Jeff Holloway lol
This was really cool! I thought it was awesome seeing how they incubate the eggs
How many are available to us the public very interested and I love the movie it's super neat seeing the other side of ball pythons and get a bigger picture of them in the wild
Amazing video!
I´d love to do that exact thing with African Fattails sometime. But I am not sure how that exactly would work or if they have facilities for them too
Is anyone keeping track or documenting where the specific morphs are found? Scientifically? Are the females that are taken to lay eggs returned to the same exact spot they were found?
Did all the babies sell out already? Hopfully im just early.
I went to your morphmarket and didnt see any😞 would love to add one to our breeding program.
Love the video! So many cute little baby balls! We discovered Animal House in Mukwonago because of your videos. It's a great store to see beasties that we've never seen IRL before. (I am in love with their monitors, especially the NFS blue tree monitor.) I'm excited that they make custom PVC cages. We ordered one for our beardie.
Anyway, are you willing to answer some ball python husbandry questions? We set up a 40 gallon breeder aquarium as a bioactive enclosure. We have a medium ZooMed mat on the side, a 60 watt ceramic heat emitter on top, and a UVB tube light. The whole top is mesh. The heat isn't as high as I'd like. It's 77° mid-tank. I have the mat thermostat set to 90. She's jamming herself behind the hide to be next to it.
We have a small mat and a large mat, but no spare thermostats at the moment. Do you think I should switch out the medium mat for the large? Should I get a more powerful ceramic emitter?
Any help would be appreciated. We want to keep her (Piper the Pied Python) happy and healthy!
Thanks!
Aww man now this video was very very interesting you picked out some really cool looking ones
Definitely see a few that I’ll be keeping an eye out for on your MM
Super dope, imma go check that link. Respect 🤝
I followed you on MM and look forward to seeing what you are making available.
Making me wish i lived in the states id love to get a ball python from you just in general
What a cool adventure !
I did a highschool report on Togo. Tiny country, but rich in minerals. It's main one being phosphate. Also has gold, diamonds, and uranium deposits. Ball pythons weren't in my report though! I'd like to make a pied out of one of the dark ones!
Show us the green ball Python, Dav!
Dav you bastard, we NEED to see that green ball python!
Hi Dav! I was wondering if you've posted everything that you brought back from Africa? I went to morph market and only seen four.
oh god....this handling is so awful...throwing them onto the ground wtf
Those people do not care about the animals...so why even support these people?
Awesome video Dav. When do you think these will be posted on morph market. I’m looking to get into ball pythons. And would love to get one or two. I’ve been out of the game for 10 yrs, I used to breed boa constrictors.