I love hearing about the completely unreasonable pets- explaining what the black tip reef shark video was about to a friend was how I sold them on watching videos on this channel. You cover the good, the bad, and the ugly on the how-to of EVERY possible pet for EVERY possible level of determination on the matter, which is just fun to learn as some neat facts, but it also gives an insight to just how these animals live by learning what they need to thrive in captivity! (My vote for next video is a carpet shark :P)
There was this snake where Clint linked a big glas jar and alcohol in the supplies for it, because you are so likely to kill it xD Was it dragonsnake ? Can't remember XD
@@rasmusn.e.m1064 Baby dolphins are worse and adult dolphins are even worse, every experience i’ve had with sharks have been positive but I cannot say the same about dolphin, i’ve gotten bit by a dolphin before and it wasn’t very pleasant.
To all those who are confused because they had small “sharks” in a freshwater aquarium, those freshwater fish, like dala sharks and red-tailed black sharks, were not actually sharks but simply fish with a pronounced dorsal fin.
Handleability is sort of weird with sharks. Virtually any shark can be conditioned to allow large amounts of handling relatively easily. Back in college I had a summer of field studies where we caught several small sharks and rays then kept them in a 500ish gallon pool. Since I was a marine biology major focused on animal behavior and had a decent amount of experience already, I was allowed to work hands on with them (and mostly because I had repaired and rebuilt several of the broken filters that they were trying to use at the campus and they owed me) Within a few weeks I had our 2 young dogfish sharks trained to come over to me and allow me to pick them up _out of the water_ and put them on a scale for weighing and measuring. These were wild caught sharks, that were released again after the study was over, and it took them less time to become used to rather invasive handling than it takes many captive breed reptiles. Many sharks are very chill, and way smarter than people give them credit for.
Epaulettes are great. Great looking, interesting behavior, hardy as heck for an rjadmi branch fish. Handleability? I’ll say this/. Don’t let ‘im grab you. They crush their meals open, more or less- think a can opener procreating with a pair of pliers. If you are messing around and get bitten, you’ll feel like someone is pressure pinching the heck out of you. They might not break your skin, but they’ll tear it and give you one nasty bruise. They also don’t let go very easily. It is not likely you’ll ever be bitten, but if you are, you aren’t gonna like it. If you really NEED a shark and you are new to saltwater, this is your guy. A decent search online should locate you one pretty easily. They are not as cheap as the banded cat sharks or catshark eggs, but they are a much, much better choice. (Catsharks get a lot bigger than you think, and they seem to like dying ). Great video, thanks for reading.
One thing some people forget to add into housing aquatic animals is just how much the water alone weighs. Not exact, but 1 gallon of salt water weighs roughly 8.6 lbs. (Using 2.5% salinity just to make it easy on my brian) So the water alone in a 200 gallon tank will weigh over 1,700 lbs. When you add in sand, coral, glass, filter, sump, ect it can start getting close to one ton. It is advisable to put the tank on a concrete sub floor, just because that amount of weight on floor joists that are typically designed to support about 40lbs live weight per sqft could be both expensive and dangerous.
(Metric translation) "One thing some people forget to add into housing aquatic animals is just how much the water alone weighs. Not exact, but around 3.78 liter of salt water weighs roughly around 3.9 kg. (Using 2.5% salinity just to make it easy on my brain) So the water alone in a 757.082357 liter tank will weigh over 771.1 kg. When you add in sand, coral, glass, filter, sump, ect it can start getting close to 1.01 tonne. It is advisable to put the tank on a concrete sub floor, just because that amount of weight on floor joists that are typically designed to support about 195.3 kg per m2 could be both expensive and dangerous."
When I was working for a saltwater aquarium shop they told everyone interested in a setup to figure a minimum of 10# per gallon. If you had a lot of live rock or coral it was closer to 12# per gallon.
I love epaulette sharks. On handleability, the state aquarium in my city has a touch tank that is mostly epaulette sharks. They’re *so* handleable that this Aquarium trusts (supervised) small children to pet and touch the sharks and do the things that small children do. The sharks that don’t feel like being touched right now go to the center of the tank where they’re unreachable, and the ones that are chill with being touched stay to the outside. And they seem to know the difference. I’ve seen them get fed up with a kid being just a little too rough or too loud and dash to the center of the tank, then chill among the rocks there. So even when annoyed past their limit, their instinct is to get away to a place they know is safe rather than attempt to bite. Biting doesn’t seem to occur to them at all.
I love epaulette sharks as a child when I first found out about them (they literally go braindead on purpose, so relatable). It has always been a bucket list pet along with wobbegongs. Maybe you should feature them soon!
I just learned about wobbegongs a few months ago and was instantly fascinated! I live on the Gulf of Mexico and most of the sharks I’ve learned about either live here or in the Caribbean. (I only knew about epaulette sharks because they are so handleable that my local Aquarium has them in a touch-tank) So now I’m starting to learn about other shark species, and wobbegongs were a delightful find. Especially the tasseled wobbegong.
I like how a "reasonable" shark still needs a large saltwater aquarium, eats Crab and Sushi, that can't be cheap, and requires frequent water maintainance and robust protein skimming equipment.
Hey Clint! Have you seen Leon the Lobster? Obviously the guy there is a pretty experienced saltwater keeper, but I'd love to see a more in depth video with you? Maybe a Collab in future?
Before I saw those videos I had wondered myself if you could buy a lobster from the store and keep it like he did! I've been hoping Clint would cover lobsters eventually, they're really cool and on the surface seem like pretty reasonable pets for what they are.
@@KJSully92 It's definitely something I want to do someday! But right now I have no saltwater tank experience, minimal freshwater experience, and insufficient space/money. But at some point in my life I will save a lobster friend! Boiling seafood alive should be illegal, I think it already is in the UK and I hope that trend continues.
@@Gromper7878 I live in Australia and I've never seen live lobster for sale here so I'm not sure if it's legal or not. It's pretty bloody cruel. I definitely get you with the saltwater, I have 5 freshwater tanks but saltwater looks so much harder. Maybe just start with a nano reef tank first until you get some experience getting salinity levels right.
It's also interesting that not only are they non-tetrapods, they're non-bony fish. Their walking developed entirely independently with entirely different limb structure
Despite their fearsome reputation, a mantis shrimp would be easier to house than any shark. They don't need a big aquarium like an epaulette shark would.
Sold! I want one. Cleaning the bathtub now. JK - but those are cool. I knew nothing of these sharks before this video. I love that they can walk on land. It's fantastic seeing the sharks each year when I go snorkeling off Catalina Island. I want them all ;-)
Since we're pushing the boundaries of reasonable with fish, it would be interesting to see Zebra Sharks covered. They're about as handleable as a large shark gets but you'd probably need the Bond Villain tank. Also, would be interesting to see some large catfish covered.
Still hoping to see the senegal bichir or delhezi/barred bichir on this channel. They are probbably the most reasonable prehistoric aquatic monster that you can keep. And as an extra they do good in beautiful planted tanks.
Holy crap, can't believe I never knew about these incredible creatures. As a whee lad, I did indeed want to be a Bond Villain. I wanted nurse sharks when I learned they were legal. Now I'm grown blown away learning about these adorable lil puppers.
AAAH YES MORE CONTENT FOR MY FAVORITE SHARKS IN THE WHOLE WORLD!!! I had NO idea you’d cover this species, like, EVER. We really need more coverage of these funny little walking sharks. They’re just so wonderful. I clicked as soon as I saw the video.
You should do a video on desert iguanas! It's a very underrated pet lizard that gets almost no attention at all! Someone with a platform as good as yours should shed some light on those amazing little lizards!
I love how it's always "one of the coolest animals on the planet." He only drops the "one of" to replace it with "may be" for the truly amazing animals like alligators
I'm putting my vote in for you to do pet fish videos! That are actually semi-reseanoble (although I love these too). This is because I adore the work and style that goes into these videos, and I'd really appreciate profiles for fish, as there's so much confusing, difficult to get through, or misinformed information out there!
I wonder if you could teach an Epaulette shark to eat out of a tidepool-like foodbowl, if you provided some space for them to walk around. It seems keeping with their instincts, and it could help keep the main water cleaner.
I want to hear about both the semi-reasonable pets sharks and the unreasonable pets sharks and everything in between. Sharks are some of my favorite animals.
My local saltwater aquarium store had some pups come in a few months back they were adorable and from what she told me all went to very good homes and experienced marine fish keepers.
Not saying Utah doesn't have cool stuff, but it's also got a lot of major problems - including being a near-theocracy. As with most places, there are good and bad things.
I appreciate this Clint, I really do. This video just brings so much endearment to my life. I enjoy watching video's about sharks, its one of my favourite things to do. I have commented once before about sharks and it was about great white sharks, my favourite. I hope one day you could do a video on them, I would just pog out of my mind tbh. Anyways, thank you for this amazing video and have a blessed day.
This might be my favorite video you've done yet! Your excitement is so apparent for what you do and for seeing these sharks. I'm pretty sure I'm not even Bond Villian maid wealthy, so I'm never going to have any of the wonderful animals you show in your channel. So once again, thank you for sharing your experiences with your subscribers!
For an even more reasonable land fish, how about doing a video on mudskippers? They're really cute! I also saw climbing perch at my local fish store the other day and thought they were fascinating, but even the store employees sadly didn't know very much about them other than their adult size and basic care.
Although it sounds like this is the easiest shark to keep yet it still isn't the easiest aquarium pet. By the looks of it, a person should think very carefully about getting an epaulette shark.
A good "shark" to have if you don't have the room or money for the 200+ size tank would be a Red tail black shark (Epaizeorhynchos bicolor). It's a feisty freshwater minnow that would be very happy in a 29g tank.
Muskellunge or Northern Pike would make for a hilarious video. Obviously they'd make rotten pets since they get huge, but it'd be a nice comedic pairing with your snapping turtle videos, since they live in similar areas. Who doesn't want a freshwater barracuda?
I'd be really interested in a video about your research process. As a new reptile owner, it's hard to find reliable sources and I want to provide excellent care for anything I buy. I'm sure you have a ton of great tips!
Awesome! What a great video even having aquarium staff that keeps epaulets to come talk about them. I've wanted to keep some ever since i first read about them but i haven't started getting experience with saltwater yet but I've always had freshwater tanks since i was a kid
They are absolutely the coolest. I remember learning about hammerhead sharks and the way their eyes look like they're not much use but in fact they're among the most successful hunters with a hugely enhanced binocular overlap and the cephalofoil giving enhanced agility.They have fascinated me my whole life as due to my father's job in the Merchant Navy, I have been at sea a lot, even circumnavigating the world via the Panama canal, New Zealand and Australia and finally from Durban and Cape Town, up the West African coast back to the English Channel and to Tilbury. You see a lot of shark feeding frenzied over stuff that is dumped overboard, the water looks like its boiling, I rescued a young Albatross that got a fishing hook in its beak, it was fine, they aren't white when young but they are still big. It's been amazing seeing whales, sharks, dolphins flying fish, swarms of locusts landing on board up the African coast, and the scary big wasp things that were in Panama. Else is lovely and knows her subject!
I would absolutely love to own a shark but I’m also so aware of how much work, time and responsibility it takes to own one not to mention the cost. I have huge respect for people own this beautiful animals responsibly. Sadly I’ve also heard horror stories of people who haven’t and in rare cases of people trying to own sharks that just is beyond stupid, a case of a bull shark being one, and should never have ever been able to get them.
Sharks are awesome! Videos on sharks and other awesome marine life is always cool to watch. I’m gonna stick with pets that aren’t so difficult to keep, but still always enjoyable to watch!
I would love a video on a paludarium for dwarf caiman babies, I would also love a video about any other kinds of sharks, much love Clint, I appreciate you so much.
My favorite are definitely these and bamboo sharks. Although I'd prefer a stingray. They are very curious about people. I very much enjoy when petshops have either, since there's no way in hell I could ever afford to house any ever.
Thank you for creating & sharing this interesting episode and many thanks to Elsa for sharing her expertise! BTW (imagining all those who can't cope with all the requirements for these particular animals) at least I got comparative thrills from keeping water newts and I dearly loved them ;-)
Marine animals are just... so cool. I'd so love to have a shark I've also seen videos of divers having friendly experiences with moray eels. I think if it's possible to keep a captive, happy, healthy moray, it would be a big point on my bucket list. I might have to stick with garden eels though haha. Eels in general are great though, so that's ok! A video on garden eels would be really cool!
This seems to be a case of some convergent evolution with aquatic salamanders. Watching them walk around very much reminds me of larval/neotenic Ambystoma species.
It's eerie just how close I could actually be to pulling this off. I'm just too lazy to do salt water but everything else is viable if I was determined to pick one up today.
Epaulettes are a bucketlist aquarium pet for me. I primarily keep south American cichlids and have been keeping fish for 17 years my father had a few saltwater tanks so I'm no stranger to its husbandry but I still plan to start small before I work my way up to something this demanding. I will probably start with blennies because imo they are one of the coolest saltwater fish that are readily available on the trade and they have rad personalities.
I have been out of the marine aquarium hobby for a while now, but long ago I had kept a horn shark (bullhead shark) for many years. It was also very puppy like and it knew when you were coming with some shrimp. It also seemed to not mind being handled and actually seemed to like being stroked on its back as it would come next your hand if you had it deep in the tank and wait for you to pet it.
Those sharks fascinated me since I learnt of them. A small, partly terrestrial shark is the least likely thing that you can expect from the shark lineage. They are quite a recent evolution too.
Epaulette sharks are one of my favorite animals and I greatly appreciate the video on them! Could we possibly get spotlights on bamboo and wobbegong sharks? And for a completely unreasonable entry, whale sharks?
If you live close enough to a Red Lobster, you could probably take your shark for a walk to get a seafood dinner! 😂 Always awesome video! Love the content!
While not a *True* Shark, I had a Red-Tail Shark as a kid. Funny... Torpedo also liked to get out of his tank. I don't know how I was lucky enough to find him in time the 3 times it happened. sadly, I think I had his water too cold looking back. That's a far easier to keep sharkie-lookin' fish, though.
This taught me alot! Goes really hard at 11 PM on a school night... I've always wondered...what if terrestrial-ish fish like these or mudskippers evolved to be fully terrestrial? Would we get another lineage of terrestrial vertebrates entirely separate from the tetrapods? Be really cool, but idk if it could happen...maybe it already has... (I bet speculative evolution fandoms have brought this up a lot)
Very late comment, but just wanted to mention that there is a restraunt that keeps black tip reef sharks, among other fish like giant groupers and green morays
I wish that i had another saltwater tank setup that's not a reef tank and wished that it was 500 gallons with 100 gallon sump with a huge protein skimmer and refugium that is growing a ton of cheato algae and is also full of copepods to help get rid of all the nutrients. Then i would keep these sharks and maybe a couple rays that would be the coolest tank ever!
Will we see an update on the dumerils or green tree monitor that you have? Or perhaps changes in opinion from previous videos? Just curious. Keep up the good work Clint!!!
What a neat little shark! I love those big spots they have. No way I'd ever be able to keep one myself, but really interesting to know that it's possible for someone with less-than-Bond-villain resources. Saw someone below mention parrots. As someone who grew up with several birds in the family, I'd be intrigued to see what you'd have to say! Of course having cared for parrots, I understand that they really don't make "good" pets in the typical sense. Our Amazon was a rescue, at least. The smaller birds (a lovebird, a budgie, and a cockatiel later) were bought from pet stores and a breeder, respectively. They're all little feathery children, basically! That's what's so stinkin' rad about them, but also what makes them not the best pets. It can be hard to give them enough mental stimulation! Not to mention that for larger birds like Amazons or Macaws, you're going to need a massive cage, a ton of produce and nuts, etc. to feed them, and a whole lot of patience if you want to be friends with your bird(s). You also have to be ready to accept that sometimes a bird picks a favorite person of the family, and it might not be you. Our Amazon picked me as his person which was a huge honor, especially considering I was only 12 or so--not even a teenager yet. He didn't like spending too much time on a shoulder, but sometimes he wanted to and would preen my hair. It took a lot of trust for both of us, considering he could've probably taken my ear off if something upset him. That's something really special if you do end up bonding with a bird like that, though. Wish I still had him today. It was out of my hands since I was still a minor living with my mom when we had to give him away--but at least he went to an experienced parrot-owners home, so we knew he'd be in good hands. They live far too long to be an impulse purchase pet!
Wobbegong, bamboo, bonnethead and nurse sharks would be pretty cool to cover. The first two I listed also seem to be "reasonable" as far as sharks are concerned. Bonnetheads and nurse sharks would really be pushing it, but not outside the realm of possibility. I'm looking forward to videos about those!
Is there also a video about catsharks? I'd really like to know how they are ranked compared to the other sharks... not that I could ever afford to handle them myself...
Can you please do a video on Chinese cave geckos I’m thinking of getting one but there’s not much information about them and it would be awesome if you could make a vid on them it would light up my day
Hey Clint. I like that you are branching out now, but concerning odd aquarium pets to keep; Has our lovely marine friends (the dolphin) come across your mind as a potential future video?
I love hearing about the completely unreasonable pets- explaining what the black tip reef shark video was about to a friend was how I sold them on watching videos on this channel. You cover the good, the bad, and the ugly on the how-to of EVERY possible pet for EVERY possible level of determination on the matter, which is just fun to learn as some neat facts, but it also gives an insight to just how these animals live by learning what they need to thrive in captivity! (My vote for next video is a carpet shark :P)
There was this snake where Clint linked a big glas jar and alcohol in the supplies for it, because you are so likely to kill it xD
Was it dragonsnake ? Can't remember XD
I knew a few people who had pet sharks as a kid. It's really not totally unreasonable
God made sharks for His own glory.
That would have been a dragon snake
"Sharks aren't puppies"
Clint's wisdom really blows my mind sometimes.
The fact that, many need to hear that, blows mine ;)
Exactly. Baby dolphins are puppies :)
@@amandastakeonit7402 I needed to hear that. I think I'll just get a stuffed animal version of it tbh
@@rasmusn.e.m1064 Baby dolphins are worse and adult dolphins are even worse, every experience i’ve had with sharks have been positive but I cannot say the same about dolphin, i’ve gotten bit by a dolphin before and it wasn’t very pleasant.
@@mancingliaran2009 wait have you had pet dolphins or do you mean at your work place or in the ocean?
To all those who are confused because they had small “sharks” in a freshwater aquarium, those freshwater fish, like dala sharks and red-tailed black sharks, were not actually sharks but simply fish with a pronounced dorsal fin.
Handleability is sort of weird with sharks. Virtually any shark can be conditioned to allow large amounts of handling relatively easily. Back in college I had a summer of field studies where we caught several small sharks and rays then kept them in a 500ish gallon pool. Since I was a marine biology major focused on animal behavior and had a decent amount of experience already, I was allowed to work hands on with them (and mostly because I had repaired and rebuilt several of the broken filters that they were trying to use at the campus and they owed me) Within a few weeks I had our 2 young dogfish sharks trained to come over to me and allow me to pick them up _out of the water_ and put them on a scale for weighing and measuring. These were wild caught sharks, that were released again after the study was over, and it took them less time to become used to rather invasive handling than it takes many captive breed reptiles.
Many sharks are very chill, and way smarter than people give them credit for.
I wish there was a video of that, bet it would look awesome!
bro how u take em outta the water they die 😔😔😔 /j
I mean to be fair most captive-breedable reptiles do not have a lot going on upstairs, bless their hearts.
@@curlygurly2112 It was only for a few seconds at a time. No danger.
Epaulettes are great. Great looking, interesting behavior, hardy as heck for an rjadmi branch fish. Handleability? I’ll say this/. Don’t let ‘im grab you. They crush their meals open, more or less- think a can opener procreating with a pair of pliers. If you are messing around and get bitten, you’ll feel like someone is pressure pinching the heck out of you. They might not break your skin, but they’ll tear it and give you one nasty bruise. They also don’t let go very easily. It is not likely you’ll ever be bitten, but if you are, you aren’t gonna like it.
If you really NEED a shark and you are new to saltwater, this is your guy. A decent search online should locate you one pretty easily. They are not as cheap as the banded cat sharks or catshark eggs, but they are a much, much better choice. (Catsharks get a lot bigger than you think, and they seem to like dying ).
Great video, thanks for reading.
One thing some people forget to add into housing aquatic animals is just how much the water alone weighs. Not exact, but 1 gallon of salt water weighs roughly 8.6 lbs. (Using 2.5% salinity just to make it easy on my brian) So the water alone in a 200 gallon tank will weigh over 1,700 lbs. When you add in sand, coral, glass, filter, sump, ect it can start getting close to one ton. It is advisable to put the tank on a concrete sub floor, just because that amount of weight on floor joists that are typically designed to support about 40lbs live weight per sqft could be both expensive and dangerous.
(Metric translation) "One thing some people forget to add into housing aquatic animals is just how much the water alone weighs. Not exact, but around 3.78 liter of salt water weighs roughly around 3.9 kg. (Using 2.5% salinity just to make it easy on my brain) So the water alone in a 757.082357 liter tank will weigh over 771.1 kg. When you add in sand, coral, glass, filter, sump, ect it can start getting close to 1.01 tonne. It is advisable to put the tank on a concrete sub floor, just because that amount of weight on floor joists that are typically designed to support about 195.3 kg per m2 could be both expensive and dangerous."
When I was working for a saltwater aquarium shop they told everyone interested in a setup to figure a minimum of 10# per gallon. If you had a lot of live rock or coral it was closer to 12# per gallon.
@@heinrichkrull2523 thenk you !
Welcome to the metric system where 1 liter of water weighs 1 kilogram and things actually make sense (salt water weighs just a little bit more)
@@hnewc1919 i guess its a valid system in the same way a spoon is a valid tool to cut a steak
I love epaulette sharks.
On handleability, the state aquarium in my city has a touch tank that is mostly epaulette sharks.
They’re *so* handleable that this Aquarium trusts (supervised) small children to pet and touch the sharks and do the things that small children do.
The sharks that don’t feel like being touched right now go to the center of the tank where they’re unreachable, and the ones that are chill with being touched stay to the outside. And they seem to know the difference. I’ve seen them get fed up with a kid being just a little too rough or too loud and dash to the center of the tank, then chill among the rocks there.
So even when annoyed past their limit, their instinct is to get away to a place they know is safe rather than attempt to bite. Biting doesn’t seem to occur to them at all.
For some reason that's super cute to me.
Clint: "... most puppy-like of all sharks."
Lemon Sharks: "Am I just a joke to you?"
Dogfish: Hands on hips
Nurse shark: Swims away
There are a lot of puppy sharks all trying to sulk under the same table, resulting in an adorable dog pile
My stuffed shark plushies: _:v_
I love epaulette sharks as a child when I first found out about them (they literally go braindead on purpose, so relatable). It has always been a bucket list pet along with wobbegongs. Maybe you should feature them soon!
Ah the Wobbegong is one of my favorites to
I just learned about wobbegongs a few months ago and was instantly fascinated!
I live on the Gulf of Mexico and most of the sharks I’ve learned about either live here or in the Caribbean. (I only knew about epaulette sharks because they are so handleable that my local Aquarium has them in a touch-tank)
So now I’m starting to learn about other shark species, and wobbegongs were a delightful find. Especially the tasseled wobbegong.
Angel sharks are my personal favorite
Come to Australia, both are native!
Wobbegong sounds like something youd fight in D&D.
I like how a "reasonable" shark still needs a large saltwater aquarium, eats Crab and Sushi, that can't be cheap, and requires frequent water maintainance and robust protein skimming equipment.
For any large marine tank its extremely expensive...so if you have the set up allready there not much extra effort.
Elsa just seems like such a genuine lovely person that really cares for the animals :)
Hey Clint! Have you seen Leon the Lobster? Obviously the guy there is a pretty experienced saltwater keeper, but I'd love to see a more in depth video with you? Maybe a Collab in future?
I love Leon!
Before I saw those videos I had wondered myself if you could buy a lobster from the store and keep it like he did! I've been hoping Clint would cover lobsters eventually, they're really cool and on the surface seem like pretty reasonable pets for what they are.
@@Gromper7878 DO IT! Living in your tank has to be better than being boiled alive.
@@KJSully92 It's definitely something I want to do someday! But right now I have no saltwater tank experience, minimal freshwater experience, and insufficient space/money. But at some point in my life I will save a lobster friend!
Boiling seafood alive should be illegal, I think it already is in the UK and I hope that trend continues.
@@Gromper7878 I live in Australia and I've never seen live lobster for sale here so I'm not sure if it's legal or not. It's pretty bloody cruel. I definitely get you with the saltwater, I have 5 freshwater tanks but saltwater looks so much harder. Maybe just start with a nano reef tank first until you get some experience getting salinity levels right.
Probably the best shark to keep in a home aquarium, right up there with the bamboo shark. That said, it needs a big tank... or a smallish pool.
Still for a shark that's pretty great.
Any shark you can keep in a tank that fits in a normal house is incredibly reasonable for a shark.
It's also interesting that not only are they non-tetrapods, they're non-bony fish. Their walking developed entirely independently with entirely different limb structure
These guys and mantis shrimp are tied in my mind for most shockingly achievable awesome saltwater animals.
Omg we need clint to do a video on mantis shrimp ASAP
Despite their fearsome reputation, a mantis shrimp would be easier to house than any shark. They don't need a big aquarium like an epaulette shark would.
The shrimp would be much much cheaper if money is an issue.
Sold! I want one. Cleaning the bathtub now.
JK - but those are cool. I knew nothing of these sharks before this video. I love that they can walk on land.
It's fantastic seeing the sharks each year when I go snorkeling off Catalina Island. I want them all ;-)
Since we're pushing the boundaries of reasonable with fish, it would be interesting to see Zebra Sharks covered. They're about as handleable as a large shark gets but you'd probably need the Bond Villain tank.
Also, would be interesting to see some large catfish covered.
Still hoping to see the senegal bichir or delhezi/barred bichir on this channel. They are probbably the most reasonable prehistoric aquatic monster that you can keep. And as an extra they do good in beautiful planted tanks.
They look a lot like Dragonfish
If I remember correctly it's one off many nicknames given to bichirs.
Holy crap, can't believe I never knew about these incredible creatures. As a whee lad, I did indeed want to be a Bond Villain. I wanted nurse sharks when I learned they were legal. Now I'm grown blown away learning about these adorable lil puppers.
No pet is illegal!!!
@@expertoflizardcorrugation3967 I'm Joking... it's like how some extremists yelling no human is illegal... but that's another topic.
Clint is a character he has created, isn’t he. He’s too charactery to be just a normal dude. Always love the vids man gg.
I've never been a "normal dude" 😉
AAAH YES MORE CONTENT FOR MY FAVORITE SHARKS IN THE WHOLE WORLD!!!
I had NO idea you’d cover this species, like, EVER. We really need more coverage of these funny little walking sharks. They’re just so wonderful. I clicked as soon as I saw the video.
You should do a video on desert iguanas! It's a very underrated pet lizard that gets almost no attention at all! Someone with a platform as good as yours should shed some light on those amazing little lizards!
I love how it's always "one of the coolest animals on the planet." He only drops the "one of" to replace it with "may be" for the truly amazing animals like alligators
I'm putting my vote in for you to do pet fish videos! That are actually semi-reseanoble (although I love these too). This is because I adore the work and style that goes into these videos, and I'd really appreciate profiles for fish, as there's so much confusing, difficult to get through, or misinformed information out there!
I'd love to see more fish-themed episodes
*Waits for the Clint's Reptiles id where he goes to the Georgia Aquarium to talk about keeping Whale Sharks*
I wonder if you could teach an Epaulette shark to eat out of a tidepool-like foodbowl, if you provided some space for them to walk around. It seems keeping with their instincts, and it could help keep the main water cleaner.
I want to hear about both the semi-reasonable pets sharks and the unreasonable pets sharks and everything in between. Sharks are some of my favorite animals.
"Well, you're older now. And I think you're ready"
I absolutely cackled. What a great joke.
My local saltwater aquarium store had some pups come in a few months back they were adorable and from what she told me all went to very good homes and experienced marine fish keepers.
You know Clint, every time you make a video and talk about cool stuff in Utah, you just make me want to go there! Sounds way cooler than where I’m at!
Not saying Utah doesn't have cool stuff, but it's also got a lot of major problems - including being a near-theocracy. As with most places, there are good and bad things.
please do bamboo shark or cat shark or maybe short fin nurse shark they are very good pets aswell
I appreciate this Clint, I really do. This video just brings so much endearment to my life. I enjoy watching video's about sharks, its one of my favourite things to do. I have commented once before about sharks and it was about great white sharks, my favourite. I hope one day you could do a video on them, I would just pog out of my mind tbh. Anyways, thank you for this amazing video and have a blessed day.
This might be my favorite video you've done yet!
Your excitement is so apparent for what you do and for seeing these sharks.
I'm pretty sure I'm not even Bond Villian maid wealthy, so I'm never going to have any of the wonderful animals you show in your channel.
So once again, thank you for sharing your experiences with your subscribers!
But, can you put a frickin' laser beam on it's head? Asking for a friend.
Probably
I’d like to suggest a potential new “best pet shark” the port Jackson shark.
For an even more reasonable land fish, how about doing a video on mudskippers? They're really cute! I also saw climbing perch at my local fish store the other day and thought they were fascinating, but even the store employees sadly didn't know very much about them other than their adult size and basic care.
I love how you can see clints brain going through the process that this is a new pet is coming !
Elsa nailed it AGAIN!!! awesome video Clint! great info and super cool shark! coming from a horn shark keeper! ❤
Dang it Clint!
Now I want one, and I have NEVER done a saltwater tank 😢❤️
Love the video
Although it sounds like this is the easiest shark to keep yet it still isn't the easiest aquarium pet. By the looks of it, a person should think very carefully about getting an epaulette shark.
A good "shark" to have if you don't have the room or money for the 200+ size tank would be a Red tail black shark (Epaizeorhynchos bicolor). It's a feisty freshwater minnow that would be very happy in a 29g tank.
so reasonable for the type of person who's able to seriously consider getting one .like a boa constrictor
do bamboo sharks next!there super cool
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Muskellunge or Northern Pike would make for a hilarious video. Obviously they'd make rotten pets since they get huge, but it'd be a nice comedic pairing with your snapping turtle videos, since they live in similar areas. Who doesn't want a freshwater barracuda?
I know a guy who owns an epaulette shark, and its awesome!
This is my aquarium!! Good job Elsa!
I'd be really interested in a video about your research process. As a new reptile owner, it's hard to find reliable sources and I want to provide excellent care for anything I buy. I'm sure you have a ton of great tips!
Yes!!!! The Epaulette shark is one of my favorites. I rarely see much on them though!!!! Thank you for posting this!
Awesome! What a great video even having aquarium staff that keeps epaulets to come talk about them. I've wanted to keep some ever since i first read about them but i haven't started getting experience with saltwater yet but I've always had freshwater tanks since i was a kid
They are absolutely the coolest. I remember learning about hammerhead sharks and the way their eyes look like they're not much use but in fact they're among the most successful hunters with a hugely enhanced binocular overlap and the cephalofoil giving enhanced agility.They have fascinated me my whole life as due to my father's job in the Merchant Navy, I have been at sea a lot, even circumnavigating the world via the Panama canal, New Zealand and Australia and finally from Durban and Cape Town, up the West African coast back to the English Channel and to Tilbury. You see a lot of shark feeding frenzied over stuff that is dumped overboard, the water looks like its boiling, I rescued a young Albatross that got a fishing hook in its beak, it was fine, they aren't white when young but they are still big. It's been amazing seeing whales, sharks, dolphins flying fish, swarms of locusts landing on board up the African coast, and the scary big wasp things that were in Panama. Else is lovely and knows her subject!
I would absolutely love to own a shark but I’m also so aware of how much work, time and responsibility it takes to own one not to mention the cost. I have huge respect for people own this beautiful animals responsibly. Sadly I’ve also heard horror stories of people who haven’t and in rare cases of people trying to own sharks that just is beyond stupid, a case of a bull shark being one, and should never have ever been able to get them.
These are my favorite sharks ❤ I'd love to have a large saltwater pond for them someday. They're not easy by any means, but it's a dream.
Love ur natural enthusiasm for the animals relax n b urself ur personality really shines thru u r a cool guy keep up the vide
I love any and all shark content you post. Reasonable, unreasonable, I care not. MOAR SHARK PLS.
Sharks are awesome! Videos on sharks and other awesome marine life is always cool to watch. I’m gonna stick with pets that aren’t so difficult to keep, but still always enjoyable to watch!
If you want to cut down on water changes (not eliminate unfortunately) load your tank up with plants and bivalves.
Beautiful animals!!! So glad you showed us another animal we should love and admire but ,ost of us should steer clear!
I want a video about a House Hippo.
Ok for realsies, I think a Pygmy Hippo video would be hilarious.
I would love a video on a paludarium for dwarf caiman babies, I would also love a video about any other kinds of sharks, much love Clint, I appreciate you so much.
My favorite are definitely these and bamboo sharks. Although I'd prefer a stingray. They are very curious about people. I very much enjoy when petshops have either, since there's no way in hell I could ever afford to house any ever.
Can’t believe Clint just gave me the talk… with sharks
Thank you for creating & sharing this interesting episode and many thanks to Elsa for sharing her expertise! BTW (imagining all those who can't cope with all the requirements for these particular animals) at least I got comparative thrills from keeping water newts and I dearly loved them ;-)
Marine animals are just... so cool. I'd so love to have a shark
I've also seen videos of divers having friendly experiences with moray eels. I think if it's possible to keep a captive, happy, healthy moray, it would be a big point on my bucket list.
I might have to stick with garden eels though haha. Eels in general are great though, so that's ok! A video on garden eels would be really cool!
This seems to be a case of some convergent evolution with aquatic salamanders. Watching them walk around very much reminds me of larval/neotenic Ambystoma species.
THATS ADORABLE!!!! I LOVE IT!!! I'm not ready for it, but I hope to be soon
The eye decoy on their side is so eerie
Here is a good idea for a episode which is the California Round Stingray or Urobatis halleri.
I Love Clint's Reptiles...new vids all the time.
It's eerie just how close I could actually be to pulling this off. I'm just too lazy to do salt water but everything else is viable if I was determined to pick one up today.
Epaulettes are a bucketlist aquarium pet for me.
I primarily keep south American cichlids and have been keeping fish for 17 years my father had a few saltwater tanks so I'm no stranger to its husbandry but I still plan to start small before I work my way up to something this demanding. I will probably start with blennies because imo they are one of the coolest saltwater fish that are readily available on the trade and they have rad personalities.
I have been out of the marine aquarium hobby for a while now, but long ago I had kept a horn shark (bullhead shark) for many years. It was also very puppy like and it knew when you were coming with some shrimp. It also seemed to not mind being handled and actually seemed to like being stroked on its back as it would come next your hand if you had it deep in the tank and wait for you to pet it.
Yes! Keep the sharks coming! They definitely aren’t right for me atm… but it’s good to have goals.
in the wise words of clint
they are stinkin rad. awesome video clint these are very strange, very fishy and very cool.
Those sharks fascinated me since I learnt of them. A small, partly terrestrial shark is the least likely thing that you can expect from the shark lineage. They are quite a recent evolution too.
I would love to see you rank a great white-it would probably get a score in the negatives, but there would be so much cool information!
Banded cat sharks, bamboo sharks and horn sharks are also reasonable sharks to consider as a pet shark and all can be breed in captivity.
Epaulette sharks are one of my favorite animals and I greatly appreciate the video on them! Could we possibly get spotlights on bamboo and wobbegong sharks? And for a completely unreasonable entry, whale sharks?
If you live close enough to a Red Lobster, you could probably take your shark for a walk to get a seafood dinner! 😂 Always awesome video! Love the content!
While not a *True* Shark, I had a Red-Tail Shark as a kid. Funny... Torpedo also liked to get out of his tank. I don't know how I was lucky enough to find him in time the 3 times it happened. sadly, I think I had his water too cold looking back.
That's a far easier to keep sharkie-lookin' fish, though.
Have to say. Elsa here is pretty cute. I could listen to her all day describe sea creatures.
This taught me alot! Goes really hard at 11 PM on a school night...
I've always wondered...what if terrestrial-ish fish like these or mudskippers evolved to be fully terrestrial? Would we get another lineage of terrestrial vertebrates entirely separate from the tetrapods? Be really cool, but idk if it could happen...maybe it already has...
(I bet speculative evolution fandoms have brought this up a lot)
It's always a good day when Clint uploads!
Hey Clint! How have you not done an African Pygmy Hedgehog (common pet hedgehog in USA) episode yet?! More like reptiles than you’d think!
Very late comment, but just wanted to mention that there is a restraunt that keeps black tip reef sharks, among other fish like giant groupers and green morays
I wish that i had another saltwater tank setup that's not a reef tank and wished that it was 500 gallons with 100 gallon sump with a huge protein skimmer and refugium that is growing a ton of cheato algae and is also full of copepods to help get rid of all the nutrients. Then i would keep these sharks and maybe a couple rays that would be the coolest tank ever!
Unreasonable pet videos are fun. The anaconda one you did is still my favorite. :)
She seems to be crushing on Clint almost as hard as he crushes on all animals haha. Also i wish we had some badass aquarium around me.
I wanna hear about the bond villain sharks and the more reasonable ones, loved this vid.
Will we see an update on the dumerils or green tree monitor that you have? Or perhaps changes in opinion from previous videos? Just curious. Keep up the good work Clint!!!
Clint is a Bond Villain 😊
What a neat little shark! I love those big spots they have. No way I'd ever be able to keep one myself, but really interesting to know that it's possible for someone with less-than-Bond-villain resources.
Saw someone below mention parrots. As someone who grew up with several birds in the family, I'd be intrigued to see what you'd have to say! Of course having cared for parrots, I understand that they really don't make "good" pets in the typical sense. Our Amazon was a rescue, at least. The smaller birds (a lovebird, a budgie, and a cockatiel later) were bought from pet stores and a breeder, respectively. They're all little feathery children, basically! That's what's so stinkin' rad about them, but also what makes them not the best pets. It can be hard to give them enough mental stimulation! Not to mention that for larger birds like Amazons or Macaws, you're going to need a massive cage, a ton of produce and nuts, etc. to feed them, and a whole lot of patience if you want to be friends with your bird(s). You also have to be ready to accept that sometimes a bird picks a favorite person of the family, and it might not be you.
Our Amazon picked me as his person which was a huge honor, especially considering I was only 12 or so--not even a teenager yet. He didn't like spending too much time on a shoulder, but sometimes he wanted to and would preen my hair. It took a lot of trust for both of us, considering he could've probably taken my ear off if something upset him. That's something really special if you do end up bonding with a bird like that, though. Wish I still had him today. It was out of my hands since I was still a minor living with my mom when we had to give him away--but at least he went to an experienced parrot-owners home, so we knew he'd be in good hands. They live far too long to be an impulse purchase pet!
Hello :) I would love to see a video about snails. Great video as always! Thank you!
Bring on the Tiger Sharks, Clint! lol Love these videos so much.
Wobbegong, bamboo, bonnethead and nurse sharks would be pretty cool to cover. The first two I listed also seem to be "reasonable" as far as sharks are concerned. Bonnetheads and nurse sharks would really be pushing it, but not outside the realm of possibility. I'm looking forward to videos about those!
I've seen them in the wild, and yes, Epaulette Sharks are stinking rad.
My fave animal of all time! I am excited to see Clint's thoughts on jt
Is there also a video about catsharks? I'd really like to know how they are ranked compared to the other sharks... not that I could ever afford to handle them myself...
Can you please do a video on Chinese cave geckos I’m thinking of getting one but there’s not much information about them and it would be awesome if you could make a vid on them it would light up my day
Quasi-reasonable pet sharks are amazing. plz give more.
Hey Clint. I like that you are branching out now, but concerning odd aquarium pets to keep; Has our lovely marine friends (the dolphin) come across your mind as a potential future video?
imagine going to an aquarium and then you see these little buggers walking outta the entrance