Only a reptile depending on who you ask, but there are quite a few parrots that keepers brought back from extinction. Blue Spix macaws were just reintroduced to the wild in Brazil after being declared extinct, and they were saved by entirely by private collections and animals donated from private collections to zoos.
An awful lot of parrot species have also been and are directly being influenced by illegal collection for the pet trade. Governments and buyers need to actually look at where they are getting their animals from.
Mexican here! Axolotls are pretty difficult to reintroduce to the wild, because as you mentioned there are invasive species and pollution in the lake of Xochimilco, also some people capture them from the wild and sell them illegally. Although there are lots of wild centers that are specialized in preservation of them, there hasn’t been a way to prevent them from dying in the wild. They are also so important in medical research!
Please do an updated axolotl video. I plan to get my daughter an axolotl for Christmas. We live in MN and utilize our basement so they'd have a great environment with us. I have done a lot of research but I would love to hear your opinions and advice on diet, lighting and noise tolerance.
Oh my gosh I love this idea! Also I totally think you should do a video on elder reptiles or five ways to care for them or something like that there’s not a lot of how to videos for old reptiles
Im from México i used to live with my parent just 2 blocks away from a canal and a mini lake and i remember there where people who sell axolotes to the tourist who went to the canals and flowers markets and súper cheap if i had to said there where from 2-5 dolars each my brother even had one for a couple of years is just sad now to remember that and realize we did that, now in mexico they love them and there is a lot in interest to save them
I love how the whole video Diamond just starts climbing around, and then when he gets put back the utter confusion on his face is visible and then he tries again 🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂
This was a wonderful and informative video! I did not even know about the Crested Gecko story so that was an interesting fact. If you ever plan on doing a part two to this or maybe a spin on this idea, there are a lot of chameleons from Madagascar that are endangered, as well as several species of island tortoises and even species such as the Burmese python are under threat.
I wanna see a in depth care guide for electric blues, I have one but there isn’t many videos on them and would love to see some more of them. I love my little dude, he’s so full of personality and fun to watch
I used to have a breeding pair of L williamsi (electric blue day geckos) a few years ago. They were very productive and I am imcredibly proud of providing some captive bred animals to the hobby! The most fun lizards Ive ever owned, and one day I hope to own a pair again at some point!
Ive read somewhere that what we keep as axolotls are now a different species then the ones in the wilds, and that if we released them back into their natural lakes they could survive.
Yeah this was a great video, I love the way you explain things, you make it really easy for people to learn and actually understand what you're trying to get across. Off topic but when I was a kid I used to have a desert spiny lizard that had crazy rainbow colors all over it's chest and I remember the lady said I wouldn't ever really be able to handle it (not sure if it was male or female) but it would sit on my desk beside me while I was doing homework and after a while it would let me pet it without freaking out and the way they just look at you is crazy, I wish I knew what was going through their brains lol, sorry that was a lot
All of your content is great, Adam! You're definitely one of my favorite RUclipsrs in the hobby. Keep up the great work 👍 I certainly would enjoy some more axolotl content. Although you've mentioned before that no one seems to watch amphibian content, which is sad imo, lol.
I LOVE axolotls Can’t afford a decent setup so I’ll never have one but I can see them at the local reptile shop. We talked about how close they are to extinction in the wild.
great video adam! i’m a long time viewer, reptile content like yours is my guilty pleasure. actually an obsession lol. even tho i never plan on getting a reptile 😂 i love looking at them but i would have a very hard time picking any up
If you check out Creatures of Nightshade, they did a 2-year experiment on diet vs condition of Dragon Snakes and discovered that the ones fed exclusively on tadpoles and frogs had the best condition. The more fish included in the diet, the worse the condition of the snakes. What cool creatures these are, they hunt their food in water. If you have never checked out the site you should as long as you aren't squeamish about the snakes eating live prey. Some animals need to do this.
Me: *casually watching this video* My mom, looking over my shoulder: Is that the short guy with the ladder in that one snake discovery video? Me: Me: I mean, he has a name, but yes
I love that you called Electric Blue Day geckos bougie 😂 but on a serious note humans need to do better. I'm glad we can create insurance colonies through breeding initiatives but it's still sad to think about any animal no longer existing in the environment they were meant to be in 😪
Truly you must realize there are only about 100 companies in the US responsible for most of our pollution, as well as India and China who produce wayyyyy more pollution than the US and people like you and I
Naturally, species do die out. 99% of all species thst have existed are extinct, its the natural process of survival. THAT BEING SAID, HUMANS SHOULD NOT BE AN UNNATURAL FORCE DRIVING EXTINCTION
Hey Wicken! First off, I know this is totally not related to the video. BUT! I wanted to ask you a question, so I just found your most recent video and am posting it here. What are your thoughts on keeping a wild-caught gecko? There's a tiny mediterranean house gecko outside of my apartment that I would love to capture and keep in a 10 gal bioactive terrarium I have set up. On Reddit though, they're all recommending against keeping wild-caught geckos. If it's just the shorter lifespan, I don't mind, but are there other considerations too? Like could it ruin the bioactive terrarium? Thanks a lot!
The electric blues are funny because in captivity they very prolific breeders, as opposed to in the wild where they’re only found on a particular species of tree, I think there’s a species of phelsuma that’s the same way, they very prolific inside of this one area, but as soon as you go outside of that area they are nowhere to be found Also, electric blues are no longer imported and haven’t been for awhile and earless monitors are almost nonexistent in the pet trade, despite how easy they are to breed once setup correctly
Great video! I believe humanity’s desire to seek, learn and explore should not be suppressed, but encouraged responsibly. When we permanently encroach on an animal’s ecosystem (which should be discouraged) I believe it is our responsibility to protect those species. Maybe captive breeding gives us the time we need to figure out how to live harmoniously with said species. All that to say, i enjoyed the video and You earned another subscriber. Thank you sir.
There's a species of screw pine on new caledonia too. I was looking into trying to keep members of the pandanus family as house plants to see if I could do some at home conservation with plants
I love these educational videos. My 8 year old son really wants an axolotl so an updated care guide would be awesome! Then I have to find room to add it to our collection.
Awesome video, I would absolutely love 50 more Axolotl videos please lol. Axolotls are great, wouldn't personally have one but awesome see people who can have them show them off.
Very good video! Love it! I watch every upload. You should do another top 5/10 arboreal lizards/snake if you think people would watch it. Either way love the videos! Keep up the good work!
Also you may not see this but question. I have a 120 gallon (4x2x2) that my bearded dragon is in. He Is old so but he's still healthy and happy. But once he passes what other lizards would do well in the 120?
Very interesting Adam. Axolotyls seem to be ramping up in popularity again. The Dragon Snake and last lizard, forgot it’s name, we’re really cool. Never heard of them before. Thanks for the interesting content!❤
The Abronia could also be on the list, I think. There was an "Animals at home" video I watched a while back talking about them and how captive breeding could be a way to save the wild populations. Apparently they're considered bad omens down in some parts of South America and are killed out of fear. I'd highly recommend giving it a listen if you're interested.
Dwarf chameleons, many soft shelled tortoises, many snakes, countless small lizards, many toroises and many iguanas are all critically endangered. You should do vidoes discussing some of them.
I'm a kid, so I don't have the money. But I love animals. I love reptiles. I love keeping pets. I love learning how to keep reptiles. If I had the money, an electric blue day gecko is one of my top choices for pets to get
Wonderful video! Thank you so much! This is why I got into reptiles in the first place. Worked with local F&W breeding and releasing newts and salamanders. My dream job would be breeding and releasing. Sadly as you said we are destroying habitats.
People like to say that is cruel to have animals in captivity and not in the wild in their home, but this is the deal, humanity has made a great job leaving them with no home on the wild
Can you do a top 5 best pet inverts, I know that this is a reptile channel, but inverts and reptiles appeal to the same kind of people. Also, in the past you haven't always stuck with reptiles either.
Just a thought, but I think it'd be interesting to see a video where you speak with a captive breeder of each reptile/amphibian mentioned on this list. I'd happily watch a long form video that included all of them in a one-shot!
Can I just say after doing this for 40 years that there are so many reptiles hobbyists have brought back from the brink of extinction. Of course I do not condone breaking the law but it is the reptile community who brought awareness to dying reptile species. Captive breeding ensures that some species will never die out. I was ever so fortunate to work with The Bronx Zoo as well as in Australia with rare species that are not considered rare now and it was hobbyists that saved them from near extinction honestly.
Apparently oxlottles can cross breed with some kind of salamander native to NJ and make a venomous invasive species which is why you can't have them legally in NJ.
I have a Standings day gecko I bought 16 yrs.ago. She's w.c. and STILL going strong. Her natural habitat is in danger because of collection and the charcoal trade. They are considered in threatened status from what I've read.
I realize that you don't want to make a bunch of videos that people don't watch. But for many of these animals such as axolotl's there's a lot of bad information out there and actually not too much information about them anywhere. So they have an accurate informative care guide for animals like that is very handy.
Adam : Don't buy animals at PetSmart to save them because they will bring in more. Me : Ok so we steal them. Gotcha. On a more serious note, there is so many parallels that can be made with fishkeeping!!
It would be super cool if you did a video on underrated amphibians and reptiles that make good pets. But not geckos and frogs. I mean newts, smaller skinks, salamanders, etc. and others like them that do exist in the pet trade, but you never hear anything about :)
We as humans need to do so much better. It upsets me when I see animals in danger of disappearing forever. I sometimes wonder what the world would be like if some of the animals that went extinct many years, or even centuries, ago were still around. And definitely an updated axolotl care guide, I'd be sure to watch it :)
Love the video . Agreed humans can be so horrible. Videos/channels like yours give people the education to do better! A cool idea might be top reptiles to visit in thier natural habitat (like where they originated) just a thought
I love numbers 1 and 2 so much! Don't want to ruin the fun for those who read comments before watching, but they are SO amazing! Electric blue is one of my favorite colors so number 5 is pretty awesome, too. I wonder, with a big enough enclosure, if they could be kept with mourning geckos? Probably not, but that'd be cool.
Just found dragon snakes in Indo! Such cool snakes! But yes as you said, unless attitudes in their range (same with earless monitors) change, they are beyond doomed. It was very disheartening the devastating amounts of trash (particularly single use plastics) that covered the landscape there. It would take a very dramatic shift in attitudes and infrastructure to fix it.
Loved this! Telling herpers that they are the last refuge from extinction for some species (ie.: Crested Geckos) is the sort of message that empowers them to do more of the same. Has any effort been made to breed the San Francisco Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia) in captivity? With climate change, disappearing food supply (frogs which are also dying out), etc. -- we seem to be waiting for the last 1,000 or so to die out so we can build yet one more strip mall.
I remember seeing the electric blue daygeckos being sold in the pet section of a farm supply store in my area back then... Should haver baught em, they actually werent that expensive then.
I am surprised you did not in include Morelia carinata. We’re very close to extinction. Make a video on them it is such a unique snake. Explorative and loves to climb.
When I was very young (under 10), I used to see a wide variety of snakes around my backyard. Blue racers in particular were very common. When my parents were kids, they saw an even wider array of species, and my grandparents seemed to think of them as an everyday part of life. I haven’t seen many of those snakes from my childhood in a long time, and I’ve never seen some of those my parents or grandparents told me stories about at all. I did a bit of research, and most are now endangered in the ranges where they used to be common decades ago… It makes me want to cry, honestly. There’s very little respect or concern for endangered reptiles in the general populace, compared with “cute” animals like pandas or elephants. I wish more people would realize that ALL of them are worth saving, and play critical roles in the balance of nature. 😢
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Only a reptile depending on who you ask, but there are quite a few parrots that keepers brought back from extinction. Blue Spix macaws were just reintroduced to the wild in Brazil after being declared extinct, and they were saved by entirely by private collections and animals donated from private collections to zoos.
very cool!
Birds definitely are reptiles
An awful lot of parrot species have also been and are directly being influenced by illegal collection for the pet trade. Governments and buyers need to actually look at where they are getting their animals from.
@@wnoo5844 phylogenetically yeah, but a lot of people don't see them that way. Technically from a phylogenetic standpoint we are all fish.
@@ahoteinrun yes!
Well themed episode. Love hearing about conservation and the positive impact we can actually have as people
thanks!
Mexican here! Axolotls are pretty difficult to reintroduce to the wild, because as you mentioned there are invasive species and pollution in the lake of Xochimilco, also some people capture them from the wild and sell them illegally. Although there are lots of wild centers that are specialized in preservation of them, there hasn’t been a way to prevent them from dying in the wild. They are also so important in medical research!
It is really nice to say you contributed to save an animal from extinction
always!
Please do an updated axolotl video. I plan to get my daughter an axolotl for Christmas. We live in MN and utilize our basement so they'd have a great environment with us. I have done a lot of research but I would love to hear your opinions and advice on diet, lighting and noise tolerance.
ok!
Oh my gosh I love this idea! Also I totally think you should do a video on elder reptiles or five ways to care for them or something like that there’s not a lot of how to videos for old reptiles
good idea!
Totally agreed 👍
@@melissadanielle629 yay!
@@WickensWickedReptiles who better than you? ☺️🤍 so excited!
@@IsraeliDoll931 That`s a fantastic idea! And as you said, who better to do it than Adam?
Im from México i used to live with my parent just 2 blocks away from a canal and a mini lake and i remember there where people who sell axolotes to the tourist who went to the canals and flowers markets and súper cheap if i had to said there where from 2-5 dolars each my brother even had one for a couple of years is just sad now to remember that and realize we did that, now in mexico they love them and there is a lot in interest to save them
I love how the whole video Diamond just starts climbing around, and then when he gets put back the utter confusion on his face is visible and then he tries again 🤣😂😂😂😂😂😂
That animated-logo was so chill and zen 😌
thanks for noticing
I honestly love the videos you do on axolotls and it would be nice to have an updated care guide
Totally agree!
Agreed I'm actually a fan of it when he includes amphibians
@@sauronthegreat489 Same here!
This was a wonderful and informative video! I did not even know about the Crested Gecko story so that was an interesting fact.
If you ever plan on doing a part two to this or maybe a spin on this idea, there are a lot of chameleons from Madagascar that are endangered, as well as several species of island tortoises and even species such as the Burmese python are under threat.
It is extremely scary that alot of things are going extinct, so we need to do better
agreed!
I wanna see a in depth care guide for electric blues, I have one but there isn’t many videos on them and would love to see some more of them. I love my little dude, he’s so full of personality and fun to watch
I love electric blues
Do a search on Living Art by Frank Payne, if you haven't seen his vid on them all ready. :)
I used to have a breeding pair of L williamsi (electric blue day geckos) a few years ago. They were very productive and I am imcredibly proud of providing some captive bred animals to the hobby! The most fun lizards Ive ever owned, and one day I hope to own a pair again at some point!
BTW love the intro to this video the serenity of the sand an the chimes went together so well it was very calming
glad you liked it!
@@WickensWickedReptiles thank u I'm glad u put such time into ur intros
I’m so happy I got my ball python yesterday! Ur vids help me a lot!
I'm so glad!
Ive read somewhere that what we keep as axolotls are now a different species then the ones in the wilds, and that if we released them back into their natural lakes they could survive.
Very interesting! And I am loving the new intro pieces! Really cool! Thank you!
Yeah this was a great video, I love the way you explain things, you make it really easy for people to learn and actually understand what you're trying to get across. Off topic but when I was a kid I used to have a desert spiny lizard that had crazy rainbow colors all over it's chest and I remember the lady said I wouldn't ever really be able to handle it (not sure if it was male or female) but it would sit on my desk beside me while I was doing homework and after a while it would let me pet it without freaking out and the way they just look at you is crazy, I wish I knew what was going through their brains lol, sorry that was a lot
Great job Adam so much work and effort are put into your reptiles and your videos!
Glad you like them!
All of your content is great, Adam! You're definitely one of my favorite RUclipsrs in the hobby. Keep up the great work 👍
I certainly would enjoy some more axolotl content. Although you've mentioned before that no one seems to watch amphibian content, which is sad imo, lol.
I LOVE axolotls Can’t afford a decent setup so I’ll never have one but I can see them at the local reptile shop. We talked about how close they are to extinction in the wild.
keep saving up :)
great video adam! i’m a long time viewer, reptile content like yours is my guilty pleasure. actually an obsession lol. even tho i never plan on getting a reptile 😂 i love looking at them but i would have a very hard time picking any up
I remember when you were at 50 k subs so happy for you man 😃
thank you!
@@WickensWickedReptiles thank you , you’re the reason I got my crested gecko Rexy 😊
Great episode and please do a follow up to this bc there are so many more species you can highlight.
I won't ever own an axolotl but I'd like an updated care guide
ok!
If you check out Creatures of Nightshade, they did a 2-year experiment on diet vs condition of Dragon Snakes and discovered that the ones fed exclusively on tadpoles and frogs had the best condition. The more fish included in the diet, the worse the condition of the snakes. What cool creatures these are, they hunt their food in water. If you have never checked out the site you should as long as you aren't squeamish about the snakes eating live prey. Some animals need to do this.
very interesting!
Me: *casually watching this video*
My mom, looking over my shoulder: Is that the short guy with the ladder in that one snake discovery video?
Me:
Me: I mean, he has a name, but yes
hahahhahaa! I love it!
I love that you called Electric Blue Day geckos bougie 😂 but on a serious note humans need to do better. I'm glad we can create insurance colonies through breeding initiatives but it's still sad to think about any animal no longer existing in the environment they were meant to be in 😪
Truly you must realize there are only about 100 companies in the US responsible for most of our pollution, as well as India and China who produce wayyyyy more pollution than the US and people like you and I
Naturally, species do die out. 99% of all species thst have existed are extinct, its the natural process of survival. THAT BEING SAID, HUMANS SHOULD NOT BE AN UNNATURAL FORCE DRIVING EXTINCTION
Great idea and awesome video! Can't wait for the next one
I can't wait to watch this when I get home! I already know it's going to be great
You're the best!
Love watching your vids every time
thank you!
Love your content! Keep it up!!
Hey Wicken! First off, I know this is totally not related to the video. BUT! I wanted to ask you a question, so I just found your most recent video and am posting it here. What are your thoughts on keeping a wild-caught gecko? There's a tiny mediterranean house gecko outside of my apartment that I would love to capture and keep in a 10 gal bioactive terrarium I have set up. On Reddit though, they're all recommending against keeping wild-caught geckos. If it's just the shorter lifespan, I don't mind, but are there other considerations too? Like could it ruin the bioactive terrarium? Thanks a lot!
always get a captive if you can, if you get a WC make sure to bring to the vet immediately. Also, it's Wickens not Wicken ;)
@@WickensWickedReptiles Thank you so much for replying!! Sorry, now I know hahaha!
The electric blues are funny because in captivity they very prolific breeders, as opposed to in the wild where they’re only found on a particular species of tree, I think there’s a species of phelsuma that’s the same way, they very prolific inside of this one area, but as soon as you go outside of that area they are nowhere to be found
Also, electric blues are no longer imported and haven’t been for awhile and earless monitors are almost nonexistent in the pet trade, despite how easy they are to breed once setup correctly
Great video! I believe humanity’s desire to seek, learn and explore should not be suppressed, but encouraged responsibly. When we permanently encroach on an animal’s ecosystem (which should be discouraged) I believe it is our responsibility to protect those species. Maybe captive breeding gives us the time we need to figure out how to live harmoniously with said species. All that to say, i enjoyed the video and You earned another subscriber. Thank you sir.
There's a species of screw pine on new caledonia too. I was looking into trying to keep members of the pandanus family as house plants to see if I could do some at home conservation with plants
Albino dragon snakes despite not being bred have popped up for sale in the UK years ago.
Crystal palace reptiles had them.
I love these educational videos. My 8 year old son really wants an axolotl so an updated care guide would be awesome! Then I have to find room to add it to our collection.
I would love to learn about Axolotols
no doubt
Had no idea how few wild Axolotl's there are! I rescued mine and it started my entire collection and they are amazing!
awesome video adam
Awesome video, I would absolutely love 50 more Axolotl videos please lol. Axolotls are great, wouldn't personally have one but awesome see people who can have them show them off.
Watch Diamond do a sommersault at 9:57 XD
Very good video! Love it! I watch every upload. You should do another top 5/10 arboreal lizards/snake if you think people would watch it. Either way love the videos! Keep up the good work!
Also you may not see this but question. I have a 120 gallon (4x2x2) that my bearded dragon is in. He Is old so but he's still healthy and happy. But once he passes what other lizards would do well in the 120?
I don't have any reptiles but I love your shows
KEEP up your great jobs
I love ALL animals! Reptiles and amphibians are ALL so interesting/cute/colourful/amazing. Love your channel!
Very interesting Adam. Axolotyls seem to be ramping up in popularity again. The Dragon Snake and last lizard, forgot it’s name, we’re really cool. Never heard of them before. Thanks for the interesting content!❤
The Abronia could also be on the list, I think. There was an "Animals at home" video I watched a while back talking about them and how captive breeding could be a way to save the wild populations. Apparently they're considered bad omens down in some parts of South America and are killed out of fear. I'd highly recommend giving it a listen if you're interested.
This video made the animals mentioned that much cooler!
The earless bornio monitor is just my fave lizard next to uromastyx
same!
Dwarf chameleons, many soft shelled tortoises, many snakes, countless small lizards, many toroises and many iguanas are all critically endangered. You should do vidoes discussing some of them.
dragon snakes are something that need to be talked about more often. They are amazing and they kind of look like Toothless!
Yes! It almost looks like they're smiling.
I got to work with some New Caledonia giant geckos. They were so awesome. We breed them and the babies were so cute.
something i would also have put on this list is rhino iguanas
for sure!
@@WickensWickedReptiles As much as you love rhino iguanas, it has to break your heart to hear they are endangered.
I'm a kid, so I don't have the money. But I love animals. I love reptiles. I love keeping pets. I love learning how to keep reptiles. If I had the money, an electric blue day gecko is one of my top choices for pets to get
one day!
Wonderful video! Thank you so much!
This is why I got into reptiles in the first place. Worked with local F&W breeding and releasing newts and salamanders. My dream job would be breeding and releasing. Sadly as you said we are destroying habitats.
People like to say that is cruel to have animals in captivity and not in the wild in their home, but this is the deal, humanity has made a great job leaving them with no home on the wild
I would love an updated axolotl care guide! I plan on getting some in the next couple months, but want to learn more first
Can you do a top 5 best pet inverts, I know that this is a reptile channel, but inverts and reptiles appeal to the same kind of people. Also, in the past you haven't always stuck with reptiles either.
I love that Crested Gecko story. I couldn't imagine not owning one.
Just a thought, but I think it'd be interesting to see a video where you speak with a captive breeder of each reptile/amphibian mentioned on this list. I'd happily watch a long form video that included all of them in a one-shot!
Your new intro looks sick!
thanks!
Can I just say after doing this for 40 years that there are so many reptiles hobbyists have brought back from the brink of extinction. Of course I do not condone breaking the law but it is the reptile community who brought awareness to dying reptile species. Captive breeding ensures that some species will never die out. I was ever so fortunate to work with The Bronx Zoo as well as in Australia with rare species that are not considered rare now and it was hobbyists that saved them from near extinction honestly.
Apparently oxlottles can cross breed with some kind of salamander native to NJ and make a venomous invasive species which is why you can't have them legally in NJ.
Woma Pythons have become extinct in certain wild regions, but luckily the breed well in captivity so there are breeding and release projects happening
I feel like there’s enough crossover interest to justify the amphibian talk.
I have a Standings day gecko I bought 16 yrs.ago. She's w.c. and STILL going strong. Her natural habitat is in danger because of collection and the charcoal trade. They are considered in threatened status from what I've read.
amazing!
My dad was born in Mexico and he said he used to eat them 50 years ago when there were a ton more of them.
One things for sure: we will never run out of mourning geckos
Great video Adam!!! I love the blue day geckos!! They’re stunning!
that dragon snake is one of the coolest snakes i have ever seen honestly
Great list ❤️❤️
I realize that you don't want to make a bunch of videos that people don't watch. But for many of these animals such as axolotl's there's a lot of bad information out there and actually not too much information about them anywhere. So they have an accurate informative care guide for animals like that is very handy.
The single lake the live on happened to be the one one of the biggest cities in the Americas was built on
yep!
Electric Blue Day Geckos -
"I have one-he actually hides a lot."
Hey, if I was electric blue and endangered, I'd hide a lot, too!
I love when we rediscover animals we thought were gone CHANGE THAT TEXT BOOK 📖 LOL 😆 😅
bingo!
Adam : Don't buy animals at PetSmart to save them because they will bring in more.
Me : Ok so we steal them. Gotcha.
On a more serious note, there is so many parallels that can be made with fishkeeping!!
I would love an updated axolotl video! My mom has one and I want the best possible enclosure for her
Another video idea would be the top things that we can do at home to help reptiles save their habitats
Superb video!
Yeah again this video was really goos and I love it
It would be super cool if you did a video on underrated amphibians and reptiles that make good pets. But not geckos and frogs. I mean newts, smaller skinks, salamanders, etc. and others like them that do exist in the pet trade, but you never hear anything about
:)
Great video
Glad you enjoyed it
We as humans need to do so much better. It upsets me when I see animals in danger of disappearing forever. I sometimes wonder what the world would be like if some of the animals that went extinct many years, or even centuries, ago were still around.
And definitely an updated axolotl care guide, I'd be sure to watch it :)
im so glad my pet never went extinct. she is so cute and also rather friendly
adorable!
A big issue in reintroducing is loss of habitat…hard to reintroduce if there is no longer a place for them to go…which is tragic.
Love the video . Agreed humans can be so horrible. Videos/channels like yours give people the education to do better!
A cool idea might be top reptiles to visit in thier natural habitat (like where they originated) just a thought
I love numbers 1 and 2 so much! Don't want to ruin the fun for those who read comments before watching, but they are SO amazing! Electric blue is one of my favorite colors so number 5 is pretty awesome, too. I wonder, with a big enough enclosure, if they could be kept with mourning geckos? Probably not, but that'd be cool.
Also, I would love a video made exclusively of reptiles/amphibians/animals that we hate. It would be eye opening to see them all.
Just found dragon snakes in Indo! Such cool snakes! But yes as you said, unless attitudes in their range (same with earless monitors) change, they are beyond doomed. It was very disheartening the devastating amounts of trash (particularly single use plastics) that covered the landscape there. It would take a very dramatic shift in attitudes and infrastructure to fix it.
Loved this! Telling herpers that they are the last refuge from extinction for some species (ie.: Crested Geckos) is the sort of message that empowers them to do more of the same.
Has any effort been made to breed the San Francisco Garter Snake (Thamnophis sirtalis tetrataenia) in captivity? With climate change, disappearing food supply (frogs which are also dying out), etc. -- we seem to be waiting for the last 1,000 or so to die out so we can build yet one more strip mall.
Oh that hurts my heart.
I remember seeing the electric blue daygeckos being sold in the pet section of a farm supply store in my area back then...
Should haver baught em, they actually werent that expensive then.
#1 is so neat looking. Great list.
Thanks for watching!
I am surprised you did not in include Morelia carinata. We’re very close to extinction. Make a video on them it is such a unique snake. Explorative and loves to climb.
The sad part is not just reptiles, but a good chunk of animals are probably only gonna be found in captivity
Dragon snake is one I'd love to have. They're so gorgeous!
I'm actually looking to get an acolyte so an updated care guide would be amazing
When I was very young (under 10), I used to see a wide variety of snakes around my backyard. Blue racers in particular were very common. When my parents were kids, they saw an even wider array of species, and my grandparents seemed to think of them as an everyday part of life. I haven’t seen many of those snakes from my childhood in a long time, and I’ve never seen some of those my parents or grandparents told me stories about at all. I did a bit of research, and most are now endangered in the ranges where they used to be common decades ago… It makes me want to cry, honestly. There’s very little respect or concern for endangered reptiles in the general populace, compared with “cute” animals like pandas or elephants. I wish more people would realize that ALL of them are worth saving, and play critical roles in the balance of nature. 😢
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