Simulating a Giant Desert Ecosystem!

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  • Опубликовано: 8 фев 2025
  • This is simulating a desert ecosystem on a truly giant scale! Simulating a desert is impressive at any size, but this ecosystem simulation contains big animals. Such as Starred agamas, tortoises, Egyptian uromastyx, plated lizards and rock hyrax!
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    Hello, my name is Liam, I am first and foremost a fanatic reptile enthusiast, I have a bachelor’s degree in animal management, this is where my interest in research stems from. My mission with this channel is to investigate herpetological husbandry with a scientific mindset and champion an evidence-based approach to reptilian husbandry, centred around animal welfare science.
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  • @ReptilesandResearch
    @ReptilesandResearch  8 месяцев назад +32

    You can find the full half an hour of footage of these animals here: www.patreon.com/posts/desert-ecosystem-104954157?Link&

    • @GaiaCarney
      @GaiaCarney 8 месяцев назад +2

      Great video! Beautiful habitat 🦎

  • @coopsreptiles2588
    @coopsreptiles2588 8 месяцев назад +389

    Nothing better than a large dynamic multi species exhibit with thriving animals! Love it

  • @leafystreet
    @leafystreet 8 месяцев назад +284

    needs more paper towel substrate

    • @Shadow-jk6ip
      @Shadow-jk6ip 8 месяцев назад +4

      Fr

    • @ReptilesandResearch
      @ReptilesandResearch  8 месяцев назад +34

      And linoleum

    • @perwarmell5741
      @perwarmell5741 8 месяцев назад +15

      Or a big reptile carpet.

    • @macaulayroper628
      @macaulayroper628 7 месяцев назад +3

      They will get impaction from all that loose substrates they are clearly eating

    • @Mossy.Arrøw
      @Mossy.Arrøw 6 месяцев назад +2

      @@macaulayroper628 they have loose substrate in the wild and barely any of them get impacted

  • @SamGlife
    @SamGlife 8 месяцев назад +153

    I think what’s so important/impressive about this enclosure, is that it’s a desert terrain. In the hobby we see jungle/forest terrain done to a high standard with multi species fairly often, but I could watch this all day! Brilliant video Liam! Well done

    • @ReptilesandResearch
      @ReptilesandResearch  8 месяцев назад +12

      I think the hobby sleeps on deserts, I find them so fascinating! And thank you ☺️

    • @diversevids
      @diversevids 8 месяцев назад

      Its an enclosure in marwell zoo

  • @joewood99
    @joewood99 5 месяцев назад +6

    "It may look like this lizard is doing push-ups but actually it is just displaying its strength" ...
    Yeah, that's exactly what a push-up is?

  • @leopardgeckotalk
    @leopardgeckotalk 8 месяцев назад +86

    I still need to go see this, I didn't realise so many different animals lived in it. Shame the plated lizard was killed 😭 but wow what a setup. Marwell have really upped their game, I remember 15-16 years ago they had 3 female leos in a 2ft, with a male in a cricket box (literally) in their education centre, they were showing how they were slowly introducing the male to the females. Nowadays their reptile exhibits are some of the best I've seen.

    • @ReptilesandResearch
      @ReptilesandResearch  8 месяцев назад +5

      Marwell has fantastic reptile setups lately

    • @JoshAblin
      @JoshAblin 5 месяцев назад

      u f***ing spoiled it

  • @That1DudeWhoDrawz
    @That1DudeWhoDrawz 8 месяцев назад +54

    I've seen lots of these ecosystem simulations, but none of them were at this scale with this many different interesting creatures!

  • @Juicecarton97
    @Juicecarton97 8 месяцев назад +29

    I loved the different species' interactions with eachother

    • @ReptilesandResearch
      @ReptilesandResearch  8 месяцев назад +2

      Was the best part for hours

    • @cherylj7460
      @cherylj7460 6 месяцев назад

      Absolutely! I could watch them all day! Fascinating!

  • @SR-HVAC
    @SR-HVAC 8 месяцев назад +5

    i love how the uromastyx knows hes the big dog and just pushes everyone out their spots. pretty awesome to watch nature doing its thing like this. thanks for this cool video!

  • @Wtfzipcode
    @Wtfzipcode 8 месяцев назад +32

    i thought this was gonna be another dr plants clone due to the title, but it was really nice to see an extremely large enclosure. looking forward to seeing more of this

    • @ReptilesandResearch
      @ReptilesandResearch  8 месяцев назад +8

      There’s more species to be added yet 😉

    • @larsdamen9115
      @larsdamen9115 8 месяцев назад +2

      @@ReptilesandResearch Dare I say it needs a certain varanid with a spiny tail and a load of personality

  • @WickensWickedReptiles
    @WickensWickedReptiles 8 месяцев назад +6

    this is amazing

  • @bopo900
    @bopo900 8 месяцев назад +11

    man im so jealous. you really build an paradise for them and to enjoy it with them. hope you have an amazing time with it.

    • @servalboy8412
      @servalboy8412 7 месяцев назад +1

      He didn't make it

    • @servalboy8412
      @servalboy8412 7 месяцев назад +1

      I've been their

    • @bopo900
      @bopo900 7 месяцев назад +1

      @@servalboy8412 i dont really care if he build it himself. He still got them an awesome enclosure.

  • @patrickbang3037
    @patrickbang3037 7 месяцев назад +5

    just the fact that many lizards do push ups to establish dominance is so damn amazing and adorable

  • @LongsGreenhouse
    @LongsGreenhouse 8 месяцев назад +8

    This is probably the coolest thing I've ever seen! Love it!!!

  • @zakosist
    @zakosist 5 месяцев назад

    This desert biome has charm, nice to see all the different animals interact

  • @filmsnat3428
    @filmsnat3428 8 месяцев назад +1

    There is nothing better than making coffee and the morning and watching the animals. This takes it to a whole new level, I'd never be able to leave.

  • @davidmende3409
    @davidmende3409 8 месяцев назад +1

    i would love to see more zoomed out shots - showing where they are currently, where there territory is and where the diff ecosystems are

  • @NickSibz
    @NickSibz 8 месяцев назад +2

    This is awesome. We need a full series.

  • @Solomon00000
    @Solomon00000 5 месяцев назад

    As a desert native I love seeing content like this, keep it up!

  • @Albino_Viper
    @Albino_Viper 4 месяца назад

    Marwell have really outdone themselves with this enclosure

  • @GibbonLord
    @GibbonLord 8 месяцев назад +1

    In burgers zoo Netherlands they tried this in a greenhouse simulating the Sonora desert.
    They stopped with freeroam reptiles because it got a bit too cold.
    I heard they are gonna heat the paths so perhaps theyll try again.
    But i urge you to watch it on youtube, because you can see what birds and mammals would work.
    Personally id pick Gambells quail, sonora pigeon and perhaps rice vinches.
    And for mammals id pick a robotovski hamster.
    And perhaps a gartner snake as a larger predator that wont be able to take on fullgrown lizards.

  • @artichopes
    @artichopes 8 месяцев назад +1

    I actually went here a couple weeks ago, I couldn’t believe the Marwell team had changed a humid rainforest glasshouse to a spectacular desert ecosystem.

  • @Imgoofy242
    @Imgoofy242 8 месяцев назад +2

    This is the first one I’ve seen with a mammal in it! Keep it up

  • @Jesse-zk9ge
    @Jesse-zk9ge 8 месяцев назад +4

    I think it would be fun being one of the people to engineer such a bioactive enclosure in places similar to the moon in the future. What a very neat project.

  • @lerican7704
    @lerican7704 8 месяцев назад +3

    Sheeeesh we need more videos showing Uromastyx

  • @LucasLindnerr
    @LucasLindnerr 5 месяцев назад +1

    At 4:21 how he looks after his food got eaten 😂😂😂😂😂

  • @OtterChild33
    @OtterChild33 8 месяцев назад +3

    Please make a part two this is so cool

  • @20_pennies
    @20_pennies 7 месяцев назад

    first video ive watched of you, and i LOVE it.

  • @jam_jar7
    @jam_jar7 7 месяцев назад

    Dude u could make a kids cartoon with the guys and this whole atmosphere idk why but that’s the vibe it’s giving.

  • @alanclark785
    @alanclark785 4 месяца назад

    Hands down the best enclosure I,ve seen that's how to keep lizards if you have too keep them at all.

  • @Plants-and-Ts
    @Plants-and-Ts 8 месяцев назад +1

    I think this is the only one of these video styles that could actually function as an ecosystem

  • @Adaptibility
    @Adaptibility 6 месяцев назад

    This deserves a billion views

  • @nakomtsuu8433
    @nakomtsuu8433 7 месяцев назад

    bro u legit have my dream "backyard" if i can say so ive dreamed,draw shit like that as a kid so much.... good job bro

  • @peanut4745
    @peanut4745 8 месяцев назад +2

    This is so amazing

  • @ZOOBADOOBA7
    @ZOOBADOOBA7 5 месяцев назад

    The bird call in the background is so calming

    • @ReptilesandResearch
      @ReptilesandResearch  5 месяцев назад

      Thank you!!! I think so but seems everyone thinks the opposite lol

    • @ZOOBADOOBA7
      @ZOOBADOOBA7 5 месяцев назад

      @@ReptilesandResearchis that a loom call

    • @Vhx882
      @Vhx882 5 месяцев назад

      hey whats the name of the bird

    • @ZOOBADOOBA7
      @ZOOBADOOBA7 5 месяцев назад

      @@Vhx882I’m pretty shure it’s a loom call I can make one exactly like it with my hands

  • @Sailorgriffin
    @Sailorgriffin 8 месяцев назад +1

    this is insane! so awesome!

  • @HoboBrute
    @HoboBrute 8 месяцев назад

    This is absolutely incredible, please tell me you have videos on the building of this enclosure, cause this might be the best multi species set up I've ever seen

  • @Latenivenatrix_Mcmasterae
    @Latenivenatrix_Mcmasterae 6 месяцев назад

    Now THIS is what I want when I search for simulated ecosystems

  • @OpalineWaters
    @OpalineWaters 7 месяцев назад

    6:17 scared the crap outta me. I was so relaxed damn

    • @ReptilesandResearch
      @ReptilesandResearch  7 месяцев назад

      boo! its funny you say that, relaxing was the vibe i was going for too!

  • @GardnerFamBam-n6f
    @GardnerFamBam-n6f 8 месяцев назад +2

    This is amazing for me and the animal

  • @Alfieanddogs
    @Alfieanddogs 5 месяцев назад

    It’s at marwell zoo if anyone is wondering

  • @TheSandwhichman108
    @TheSandwhichman108 8 месяцев назад +4

    And by chaos they mean cute dancing lizards.

  • @dogpopsiccle-gy5lp
    @dogpopsiccle-gy5lp 8 месяцев назад +2

    this is litterally my dreaam

  • @dacisky
    @dacisky 8 месяцев назад +1

    This was so well done. Thank you so much for doing this and do offer follow ups!

  • @LimeapeYT
    @LimeapeYT 6 месяцев назад

    You should make an entire series on this simulation

  • @thofficialmusic
    @thofficialmusic 8 месяцев назад +2

    This is a combination of The Hunger Games, The Matrix, ARK: Survival Evolved, and playing God, my friend.

  • @EsponjosoPollito
    @EsponjosoPollito 8 месяцев назад

    Gorgeous, always wondered if something like this was possible ❤

  • @DJCole34
    @DJCole34 8 месяцев назад

    You sir, are amazing. Thank you.

  • @ZEBEDITZZ
    @ZEBEDITZZ 6 месяцев назад

    Nice video. Try to add some snakes like king snakes and garters snakes or others

  • @Blazing004
    @Blazing004 8 месяцев назад +1

    I was watching this video with my window open and the mourning doves outside were responding to the mourning doves in the video :’D

  • @user-vi3tb3bw5t
    @user-vi3tb3bw5t 8 месяцев назад

    This is awesome! Any chance you ever going to introduce Chuckwalla into the environment? I feel like they are so cool but not very known or popular. Would be perfect for an environment like this.

  • @landenriley8442
    @landenriley8442 8 месяцев назад +1

    I wanna see more videos like this in your channel

  • @Taintlessdisc
    @Taintlessdisc 8 месяцев назад +4

    "Viva los bio dome!"
    -Pauly Shore

  • @jonathonpevehouse3641
    @jonathonpevehouse3641 7 месяцев назад

    15 seconds in, and my mind went straight to bio dome

  • @servalboy8412
    @servalboy8412 7 месяцев назад

    I love that they encourage sensory

  • @jacojojo42
    @jacojojo42 8 месяцев назад

    Purely spectacular!!!

  • @jeffreymagni1272
    @jeffreymagni1272 8 месяцев назад +1

    Spectacular!

  • @mkuc6951
    @mkuc6951 8 месяцев назад

    This is so cool!

  • @DraganthasDragons
    @DraganthasDragons 8 месяцев назад

    Awesome! Love this

  • @eros5556
    @eros5556 8 месяцев назад

    give me biodome vibes !!!

  • @U-Gozoo
    @U-Gozoo 8 месяцев назад

    😮 this is the multi species reptile enclosure i only ever dream to have....

  • @gyomeihimejima3982
    @gyomeihimejima3982 8 месяцев назад

    5:34 wonder whats up with big guy's eye. handsome lil bro though

  • @samhooks3699
    @samhooks3699 7 месяцев назад +1

    was this at Marwell Zoo?

  • @SeanOkeefe-uj6xn
    @SeanOkeefe-uj6xn 8 месяцев назад

    Next time I visit marwell, I'm definitely starting at this enclosure.

    • @ReptilesandResearch
      @ReptilesandResearch  8 месяцев назад

      Definitely do, when everything’s basking in the morning

  • @tobiwobii
    @tobiwobii 8 месяцев назад

    Where’s and how did you build this I want to build something like this when I’m older

  • @G.r.e.g.g.l.e.s
    @G.r.e.g.g.l.e.s 8 месяцев назад +3

    Incredible. Where is this located?

  • @LagoonMan
    @LagoonMan 6 месяцев назад

    I mean, at this point you could make a whole non profit zoo with this and your other creations lol

  • @UNSPOK3NMENAC3
    @UNSPOK3NMENAC3 8 месяцев назад

    Very nice do another video for sure

  • @terrariumchannel
    @terrariumchannel 8 месяцев назад

    Very nice one Liam. Can I ask what camera you used?

  • @nasound42
    @nasound42 8 месяцев назад

    Are the doves in the enclosure or the calls coming from outside?

  • @ElLenadorLA
    @ElLenadorLA 8 месяцев назад +2

    How do they introduce UV through the greenhouse wrap?

    • @Hood_mf
      @Hood_mf 8 месяцев назад

      Inside it

  • @mr-oso-805
    @mr-oso-805 8 месяцев назад +3

    AntsCanada... eat your heart out.
    This is awesome. Im not jealous

  • @janklewek6608
    @janklewek6608 8 месяцев назад

    i need more

  • @CoolRexxed
    @CoolRexxed 6 месяцев назад

    just learned about rock hyrax

  • @artemshow5191
    @artemshow5191 8 месяцев назад +1

    You cool guy

  • @TheBiggestBoss67
    @TheBiggestBoss67 5 месяцев назад

    Isnt this just the desert house at the marwell zoo?

  • @mohammaddzulfikar755
    @mohammaddzulfikar755 5 месяцев назад

    can you list the name of the plant species? Are you use soil below the sand? false bottom? geotestile? sorry for asking, just curious 😅🙏

  • @Seb_Rowden
    @Seb_Rowden 5 месяцев назад +1

    Is this Marwell Zoo?

  • @Adventrous_gamer
    @Adventrous_gamer 8 месяцев назад

    What do you do with the animals when your done

  • @_Kensexotics
    @_Kensexotics 8 месяцев назад +2

    Wait.. Is this your enclosure?? Like did you make this?🤯🤯

    • @Hood_mf
      @Hood_mf 8 месяцев назад

      5:12

  • @triassictv6437
    @triassictv6437 8 месяцев назад

    How did you afford this setup?

  • @coastal_chameleon4668
    @coastal_chameleon4668 8 месяцев назад

    What are the uv levels

  • @zizoamin3605
    @zizoamin3605 8 месяцев назад

    I see the video of can I feed chiks but I have question my retic is eat only pigeons only is that fine or I have try athors variety

    • @zizoamin3605
      @zizoamin3605 8 месяцев назад

      She is very picky eater more than any ball python I raise she reticulated python

    • @gyomeihimejima3982
      @gyomeihimejima3982 8 месяцев назад

      variety is always recommended

  • @legomattie3295
    @legomattie3295 8 месяцев назад

    Isn't this the zoo in arnhem, Netherlands?

  • @MrIanjester
    @MrIanjester 7 месяцев назад

    What desert does this enclosure simulate?

  • @joshdrew7714
    @joshdrew7714 8 месяцев назад

    Isnt this the desert house "Thriving through nature" at marwell zoo

  • @sircompy5386
    @sircompy5386 8 месяцев назад

    Where did bro get rock hyraxes

  • @DJCole34
    @DJCole34 8 месяцев назад

    You should get a Mexican iguana for that enclosure. That’s perfect setup.

  • @rustyfan89
    @rustyfan89 8 месяцев назад

    What is the animal that you keep hearing in the background?

  • @Mothobius
    @Mothobius 8 месяцев назад +1

    Would be cool to focus on more life than just the lizards, but them again this channel is about reptiles so ignore me. I just feel like an ecosystem needs more than 1 class of animal

  • @jessemasters9062
    @jessemasters9062 8 месяцев назад

    Is this marworl or smth?

  • @Malayopython
    @Malayopython 8 месяцев назад

    Where is this exhibit?

  • @okla1954
    @okla1954 8 месяцев назад

    is all that at your house?

  • @bile897
    @bile897 8 месяцев назад

    I want a uromastyx!

  • @gulagmerchant8356
    @gulagmerchant8356 5 месяцев назад

    is this in ur backyard? 😮

  • @brettsoutdoorexperience9422
    @brettsoutdoorexperience9422 8 месяцев назад

    Did you make this??

  • @Chriszapis
    @Chriszapis 8 месяцев назад

    DR Plant's but in a whole new level:

  • @Tullmoran
    @Tullmoran 8 месяцев назад

    How would a collared lizard do in such a large environment like that?

  • @smilepixel7680
    @smilepixel7680 6 месяцев назад

    XD caos = una lagartija moviéndose

  • @4Sixx841
    @4Sixx841 7 месяцев назад +1

    You need to really talk to Ants canada