I used to have a sulcata tortoise who would dig burrows on our yard. I would look inside these tunnels and be amazed how deep it goes. He would also come out of the burrow when I call out his name. RIP Benjamin, I miss ya little buddy.
My mother breeds tortoises not Gofurs but spurthighs and when their all warmed up from the sun they really do move alot faster than you would think so i guess when running from the heat of fire they really can sprint lol
As a native Floridian I am aware of these wonderful creatures ! Had them in my suburban neighborhood in the 50's-70's on the empty lots. I doubt they are around much now. I saved quite a few in my life and most had been hit by vehicles, but did survive with help from a wildlife rehabilitator. Some don't realize the difference between a water loving turtle and a tortoise, but the tortoise is Not in the water. I'm amazed they can build in the soil of most of Florida, it's so sandy, but does become less so as you go deeper. Thank You for covering one of my favorite animals in the world ! Let's help protect them, they are so worthy!!
The FWC helps preserve the area that they are in I was told if you notify them and let them know that 1 is living in the area they cannot build around that area anymore . Sorry this text is kind of awkward I'm doing talk to text
@@AFloridaSon Correct me if I'm wrong, but there was a law protecting them that said businesses who were building on a space had to check for them and remove them or call for removal. THEN the law was amended so that the company could just pay a fee and bulldoze. Which I think is horrible and bends to a company and not wildlife. I mean, the tortoise will die an agonizing and slow death if buried alive.
@@KindCountsDeb3773 So yes and no, depending on the habitat. I work for an environmental consulting company here in Florida, and work with these guys on an almost daily basis. Before an area can be developed, a site assessment needs to occur way before anything can be dug up/bulldozed/removed. If a site assessment comes back and we see that there's suitable habitat for Gopher Tortoises, the property owner needs to pay for a survey from a qualified company (With qualified Gopher Tortoise Agents - Basically people licensed and trained to survey, capture, and transport these guys). We then conduct a survey (which is a fancy way of saying that we walk every square foot of the property) and mark burrows based on if they're 'potentially occupied' or 'abandoned'. We come back after the survey and dig up the potentially active burrows using hand shovels and excavators (We're SUPER careful when an excavator is used!) and relocate the tortoises to a recipient site where they live permanently. Once all burrows on the property are excavated and we're sure there's no more, we give the green light to start development!
when i saw that i nearly burst in tears, seeing the animals being safe from the fire and that the turtles share the burrows with the animals to take shelter, the turtles are heroes
Turtle: "Hey rattler you got the rent for this month" Snake: "I'm gonna be a little late boss" Turtle: "You better get the hell out my tunnel til you got the rent money."
Yes. I wonder, if the earth's populace, all creatures, were in their proper "alignment" or balanced coexistence, it really would work so much better and more safety and happiness for all. It's not a new concept, but we keep screwing with it. We don't listen much.
Fun fact: tortoises and turtles aren't actually always slow. They can haul ass with impressive speed when they want to, but most of the time they don't have to so the just leisurely walk around at a slow pace. I remember my grandparents caught a tortoise for me and my brother to play with and it sprinted the hell away from us faster than we could chase it.
Turtles are best in preparation for apocalypse, while whole other lots are enjoying, turtle builds their safe houses which are used by others at time of need.. great social work by turtle.. respect bro
All tortoises are turtles, but not all turtles are tortoises. In the UK, we make a distinct difference whereby the US uses the more generic term turtle, hence the Mutant ninja turtles.
Seriously though. my two Russian tortoises are fast. Probably because they are the smallest type of tortoise though-- they don't have to carry much weight
Why do I love tortoises way more after watching this video, they make amazing homes and they are so chill if someone else Is chilling with them in the house They’ve saved so many lives ❤️
eyg24 some loser boy was busted by the Law at Seabranch State Park, for stealing two Gopher Tortoises. He said he was going to eat them. The Law needs to throw the book at him.
Yep! And in Aus we regularly perform "back-clearing" which is deliberate but controlled fire to remove most of the dried leaves and other fuel, so that when a natural bushfire occurs it is less devastating.
@@allaroundamazing7007 wrong it's almost completely obvious that that fire was man made specifically for a reenactment putting real animal lives in danger.
Poor tortoise. Attenborough stalked him him with a robot, records his ever movements, then set his backyard on fire. I wonder what it be like if he did it to actual people ;P
antromy Next stop: Detroit. Except the snakes those resident animals share a community with are the democrats and they set their own environment on fire when they don't get there way
snakes and other reptiles dont actually yawn because they don't breathe in exactly the same way mammals do, your snake is probably readjusting their jaw after eating!
Fires are often set to do a controlled.burn. Fire is a normal part of most natural areas but we have been suppressing them so long that often uncontrolled fires burn too hot or endanger human stuff hence controlled burns.
Hunh? We humans pretty much mess up the rest of the animal (and plant) kingdom wherever we go. Then we set aside land to protect the shit we already messed up, then we hem and haw and go ahead and mine it, dam it, cut it down, poison it, etc etc, whatever suits our momentary interests. The rest of the living world would be a lot better off without our interference. Then again, you may have making your statement with a layer of sarcasm/irony : )
monye igwe yeah .. most animals are more intelligent than for whatever reason , humans seem to realize. Not sure why people fail to realize that so often but they do !
I used to have a huge one of these as a pet fifty years ago when I was a kid. They weren't protected back then that I know of . They will also breed in captivity. I kept mine for years before releasing it back into a longleaf preserve with the help of a professor at Georgia Southern University.
@@banishedfromthedwarfplanet530 Technically, a dry land turtle is a animal, which is made of atoms, which also make up rocks. So, dry land turtles are varients of rocks. -From That One Annoying Internet Warrior that nobody likes.
wow! what an ecosystem! Thank you Sir David Attenborough for your precious efforts and contributions to explaining the nature to Human beings. Thank you once again
My family several generations back caused them to become endangered in our area because they ate so many of them, I'm glad they're started to come back in larger numbers because I grew up with them in my yard as a child and inspired me to major in herpetology
Tortoise also have free housing and don't need to pay rent. It saves creatures from careless fires and they are harmless. I love tortoise too. They also beat the hare. Thank you for posting. Peace.
They probably just reached out to the forestry service to find out where the next controlled burns were going to be (Florida pineland habitat needs fires every few years, otherwise the new pines don't sprout and the habitat gets replaced with oaks and the like).
Salutations Sir David Attenborough and your team , for your time and dedication in bringing us such documentaries 🙏 I don't understand people... Especially those who sit down in the comfort of their homes and judge the work of those who battle life and death in the wild, just to bring out such videos to humanity, so they can understand how animals are so much more hard working, intelligent and co-existent.
Well said, and true. And, if you can't do the physica l work to help, try and donate to a good org. that helps. - I believe this about any charity or cause. Even small amounts add up. Or write, email government, etc. Don't just pray, send good thoughts, criticize, etc, although that's fine, Do something. Take positive action for the voiceless.
If I was that tortoise, I'd be charging some rent from other animals to stay in my burrow. You want to hang out here come noon? Best bring me a salad, buster.
snake as a roommate: Dude, you can't just welcome everybody into our house.
Autumm F 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣too funny
Seems like a pretty good idea to me! A Friend that can poison potential predators.
SAMMIsLIFE yeah pretty nice as somewhat of a bodyguard
That's how tortoises survives for 100s of years
Shut up base creature and get out
Anyone else think it's adorable how the tortoise walks and runs?
I love how he digs as well
@@quintiniusverginix7827 Yes, the way you couldn't see anything but sand flying away from him was so cartoonish and cute lol
All reptiles appear cute to me after I got my pet turtle
@@thighhighsenpaioof7423 EXACTLY
Adorable when it walks, and when it runs it is amusing and interesting. Not adorable when an animal is running for its life.
I used to have a sulcata tortoise who would dig burrows on our yard. I would look inside these tunnels and be amazed how deep it goes. He would also come out of the burrow when I call out his name. RIP Benjamin, I miss ya little buddy.
that is super cute, rest in piece benjamin 🐢
I have rescued my sulcata 5 times already from his hole collapsing. I love my Achilles so much I would do anything to save his life.
Damn that tortoise ran like a fast boi when he saw that bushfire
Tortoise had roast hare for breakfast!
My mother breeds tortoises not Gofurs but spurthighs and when their all warmed up from the sun they really do move alot faster than you would think so i guess when running from the heat of fire they really can sprint lol
tortoises can walk really fast when they want to.
Source: I have 3 of them cuties.
@@Wannabe_Chemist their great fun too watch hopped up on sunlight zooming around lol
@@benshearer1710 yeah i love to watch them eating and just being a turtle
I can imagine a sitcom between the tortoise and the rattlesnake.
*Scripted laughter*
Factual Opinion The Mighty Boosh would kill that.. 😂😂😂
Don’t forget the armadillo.
“Honey Im home! I also brought a friend!”
Snake shows lump in belly.
*scripted laugh*
“Oh lary!”
*Louder scripted laughing*
How cute lol
As a native Floridian I am aware of these wonderful creatures ! Had them in my suburban neighborhood in the 50's-70's on the empty lots. I doubt they are around much now. I saved quite a few in my life and most had been hit by vehicles, but did survive with help from a wildlife rehabilitator. Some don't realize the difference between a water loving turtle and a tortoise, but the tortoise is Not in the water. I'm amazed they can build in the soil of most of Florida, it's so sandy, but does become less so as you go deeper. Thank You for covering one of my favorite animals in the world ! Let's help protect them, they are so worthy!!
The FWC helps preserve the area that they are in I was told if you notify them and let them know that 1 is living in the area they cannot build around that area anymore . Sorry this text is kind of awkward I'm doing talk to text
They're everywhere.
@@nikiiixo333 You can get a permit to move them.
@@AFloridaSon Correct me if I'm wrong, but there was a law protecting them that said businesses who were building on a space had to check for them and remove them or call for removal. THEN the law was amended so that the company could just pay a fee and bulldoze. Which I think is horrible and bends to a company and not wildlife. I mean, the tortoise will die an agonizing and slow death if buried alive.
@@KindCountsDeb3773 So yes and no, depending on the habitat.
I work for an environmental consulting company here in Florida, and work with these guys on an almost daily basis. Before an area can be developed, a site assessment needs to occur way before anything can be dug up/bulldozed/removed. If a site assessment comes back and we see that there's suitable habitat for Gopher Tortoises, the property owner needs to pay for a survey from a qualified company (With qualified Gopher Tortoise Agents - Basically people licensed and trained to survey, capture, and transport these guys). We then conduct a survey (which is a fancy way of saying that we walk every square foot of the property) and mark burrows based on if they're 'potentially occupied' or 'abandoned'.
We come back after the survey and dig up the potentially active burrows using hand shovels and excavators (We're SUPER careful when an excavator is used!) and relocate the tortoises to a recipient site where they live permanently. Once all burrows on the property are excavated and we're sure there's no more, we give the green light to start development!
So a tortoise, a rattlesnake, and an armadillo meet in a hole...
Nevermind that ain't a joke
when i saw that i nearly burst in tears, seeing the animals being safe from the fire and that the turtles share the burrows with the animals to take shelter, the turtles are heroes
@@MybeautifulandamazingPrincess tortoise *
armadillo: anybody wanna play uno?
And a robot
Panchatantra story
good guy tortoise:
only digging creature in area, shares burrows with others
Brian Cantrell,
Now that's a old ass fuckin meme bruh
He prtotecc, he dont attacc but most importantly he dig hole and take a nap
An ancient fossilized meme, what a beautiful sight to behold
How awesome. I had no clue they could tunnel that far into the ground. Was surprised to see other critters in there too.
chilling in da crib
I know, it got crowded in there at one point ha!
Turtle: "Hey rattler you got the rent for this month"
Snake: "I'm gonna be a little late boss"
Turtle: "You better get the hell out my tunnel til you got the rent money."
Jack Da Money *tortoise
Lol
😂
Or at least bring him food
Paul Dawson no one cares
2:36
"Bushfires..."
*Attenborough offscreen with flamethrower, dead pan expression*
David Scott 🤣🤣🤣
U mean its a circus show?
Tortoise: calm
Tortoise near fire: *I AM S P E E D*
Tortoise said aww hellll no
Imagine getting chased by a human speed turtle in full sprint
Tortoise: RENT!
Rattle Snake: ight ima head out
Jvkkgd is a m7po93
Snake: You'll get your rent when you FIX THIS DAMN DOOR
Spasm Boi
Tortoise: GIMME RENT
@@spasmboi266 ayy nice one toby
Rattlesnake: You'll get your rent when you fix this damn door!!
Not all heroes wear capes... some were shells too.
Joseph Smith wear*
Joseph Smith good point lol
+Joseph Smith They certainly are well deserved of more credit for the aid they provide in times of danger/or strife.
Some were humans too.
that's the joke. lol
It's amazing how big an impact the smallest animal can have on an entire ecosystem
So true and yet humans think they are tops At destruction they score at being a part of the eco chain few manage ..
Yes. I wonder, if the earth's populace, all creatures, were in their proper "alignment" or balanced coexistence, it really would work so much better and more safety and happiness for all. It's not a new concept, but we keep screwing with it. We don't listen much.
yea just an accident
Smallest?? That thing is chonky
This turtle is probably so damn confused about why there's a headlight lighting his way thru the burrow
@DarkBoyAssassin it's still a turtle.
DarkBoyAssassin actually a turtle is a tortoise but a tortoise isn’t a turtle
@@dominicg7069 always?
L L yes since a turtle can live on land but a tortoise can’t live in water
You're both wrong. It's a shelled lizard
Tortoise, you da real MVP
Fo sho
It is so funny seeing the turtle digging, throwing away the sand with it’s little claws! 😄
You fool it's a tortoise
Those legs are very strong.
@@playlistfhn386 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
Could have done without the fool part.@@playlistfhn386
That turtle was moving when the fire started lol
Edgar R it's a fucking tortouise
Jordan Morter no its a tortoise
Japple no it's a tortoise
A tortus
Fun fact: tortoises and turtles aren't actually always slow. They can haul ass with impressive speed when they want to, but most of the time they don't have to so the just leisurely walk around at a slow pace. I remember my grandparents caught a tortoise for me and my brother to play with and it sprinted the hell away from us faster than we could chase it.
The fire gave the tortoise Nam flashbacks.
That tortoise started the fire
ya boopty
No, they stopped accepting tortoises into the military after the Korean war.
Plot twist: the man started the fire just so he can include a bush fire segment in the video
I was thinking that before I seen this comment.
All nature programs are "set up" nobody have time to wait for nature.
Honestly they probably did have a controlled burn
@@jameswebb4171 Yeah it probably was. It's just that so much was burned so I question the lack ethics BBC earth has
@@polish_filipino Controlled bush burning helps prevent larger forest fires.
Turtles are best in preparation for apocalypse, while whole other lots are enjoying, turtle builds their safe houses which are used by others at time of need.. great social work by turtle.. respect bro
All tortoises are turtles, but not all turtles are tortoises. In the UK, we make a distinct difference whereby the US uses the more generic term turtle, hence the Mutant ninja turtles.
@@davekp6773 EXACTLY! its *OK* to call a tortoise a turtle jeez...
They literally build public bunkers how amazing is that
I’ve been chased by a tortoise once and I’m telling you they’re fast.
Or ur just slow
like really slow
hahaha
Seriously though. my two Russian tortoises are fast. Probably because they are the smallest type of tortoise though-- they don't have to carry much weight
Why are you afraid of a tortoise tho 😂😂
Why do I love tortoises way more after watching this video, they make amazing homes and they are so chill if someone else Is chilling with them in the house They’ve saved so many lives ❤️
and they hurt no one.
My pet tortoise passed away a time ago. After 20 years. I miss her so much.
Awww
Rip man
@@BigPanda096 really
@@billyc2572 yeah they get smart 76 years of getting into troubles they learn
Lmao
I had a turtle and it escaped and then we lost it LOL, we found him half a year later still alive in a chicken pen. XD
"''Cause they have to deal with an even greater danger than sunstroke... *David Attenborough lights match *Bush fires."*
LMAO
"I'm going to annoy the damn hell out of a tortoise" - Sir David Attenborough
They should bring table games and play some music in there.
Greetings
Mr slav what r u doing here love your black hole videos btw
Unexpected seeing you here
EVERYONE, GET TO MY BUNKER.
No thanks, I'll follow Arnold and "Head to the chapah."
Everyone in that tunnel has got armor for the Snake. 😂
Tortoise be like- Hello MTV and welcome to my crib!
That rover needs way less clunky controls though, fucking hell.
seeing that wee tortoise at 2:56 running for its life almost made me cry!!!!!!
eyg24 some loser boy was busted by the Law at Seabranch State Park, for stealing two Gopher Tortoises. He said he was going to eat them. The Law needs to throw the book at him.
Unusual Activities no u
eyg24 are you like 4 or something
eyg24 pussy
eyg24 i thought it was funny
The tortoise running to his tunnel is one of the funniest and saddest thing I’ve ever seen
nobody:
gopher tortoises:
the entire ecosystem depends on me
SIMP
.?
the world is a flying turtle
Turtle power.
Did they start this fire just to film this? or they was just lucky? hmmm...
My thoughts exactly
in florida they start fires on purpose to clear the palmettos and give the soil more nutrients
Yep! And in Aus we regularly perform "back-clearing" which is deliberate but controlled fire to remove most of the dried leaves and other fuel, so that when a natural bushfire occurs it is less devastating.
The same applies to avalanches in mountains.
David is a respectful person. I doubt they started it.
what a cool dog
Awwwwww. I love these guys. Had 6 burrows on my property in Florida. They are so sweet.
Idk why I found it soo adorable when the tortoise started digging. 🤣😍🐢
BBC just busted an illicit love nest between a tortoise and a rattle snake !
buru kenge Clark gable be like let's go in Mrs rattle Snake
Also an armadillo.
It is BBC js
"BBC just busted" BBC JUST BUSTED
2:56 *tortoise sees fire*
“OHFUCKOHFUCK, OHFUCKSHITFUCK”
this is not funny this is sad
sayko manyak Quit the waterworks dude this is a normal part of life for animals that live in the Outback.
@@allaroundamazing7007 wrong it's almost completely obvious that that fire was man made specifically for a reenactment putting real animal lives in danger.
I gave you 111th like
I love how it digs
Poor tortoise. Attenborough stalked him him with a robot, records his ever movements, then set his backyard on fire. I wonder what it be like if he did it to actual people ;P
Trust me when I say that David would never do that
😂 lol . Good one!!
antromy Next stop: Detroit. Except the snakes those resident animals share a community with are the democrats and they set their own environment on fire when they don't get there way
Dieter Gaudlitz
Rotflmbo
Paddy O'Yakkin
Lmbo
animals: "Hey guys there's a huge fire out there what are we gonna do?"
Tortoise: "Dont worry guys you can chill at my place"
I can't help but have this feeling the BBC lit that fire...
Did that snake yawn while they were talking about fires?
oh you mistook the word light for fire... :D The snake left cause no one would turn out the light. :D :D
Drake Kay no at the end they were talking about wildfires and the snake yawned.
My snake always yawns after a meal but idk, this is a different snake but that was adorable.
snakes and other reptiles dont actually yawn because they don't breathe in exactly the same way mammals do, your snake is probably readjusting their jaw after eating!
Grace Dixon I'm not too sure on snakes, but birds have a completely different breathing system as well and they yawn.
Run! Attenborough is setting you on fire!
Lol 😂, I can picture this, David running with a lighter , LMAO 🤣
I can just imagine a snake and a mouse both hiding in the burrow and the snake slowly looks at the mouse🤣
Don’t tell me that the bushfire was made up so you can film this scene 🤔
maybe，who knows😅
I was thinking the same things
They did it!!😐😠😠anything for money.
@@aliirfan5529 no, they did not start a fire.
Fires are often set to do a controlled.burn. Fire is a normal part of most natural areas but we have been suppressing them so long that often uncontrolled fires burn too hot or endanger human stuff hence controlled burns.
Turtle is one of the 4 holy beasts in Chinese mythology along side with bad asses like Dragon, Phoenix and Unicorn. I think I know why now.
i literally watched this guy so much as a kid and he is one of the reasons im still alive today, awesome dude
Gopher Tortoise= Architect and Landlord of the Animal Kingdom?
Certainly amongst wetter areas of the planet!
I'd say that title goes to humans
Hunh? We humans pretty much mess up the rest of the animal (and plant) kingdom wherever we go. Then we set aside land to protect the shit we already messed up, then we hem and haw and go ahead and mine it, dam it, cut it down, poison it, etc etc, whatever suits our momentary interests. The rest of the living world would be a lot better off without our interference. Then again, you may have making your statement with a layer of sarcasm/irony : )
That would either go to termites or beavers, but of course, tortoises are a worthy mention.
i already liked tortises a lot, as i have two myself, but wow now i really love those guys! what a cool ass animal!
The fact that David Attenborough made a bush fire just to see the camera man run into the hole with a snake and a tortoise is astonishing to me
I don't think he nor the crew would do such a thing 😂. This might be separate clips
I get the joke though 😂
@@internetduck1114 i dont think so, it looked like a semi controlled fire
He's a real hero in a half shell.
I'm a hero that's a halfwit.
didn't know turtles were that fast
Tortoises please, not turtles! Turtles swim and have paddle shaped feet
toothbrush revenge Not necessarily, box turtles may disagree with you!!!
All turtles are tortoises but not all tortoises are turtles.
Mark Valdez now take those words and 69 em'
A tortoise is a turtle that lives on land. The gopher tortoise is a turtle.
what a cute dog
tortoise is intelligent in all it does
I like to sleep, if I was a tortoise how much sleep would I get and whats the pay?
Yeah
@@bill605able as much as you want and if you are cute alot of noms
monye igwe yeah .. most animals are more intelligent than for whatever reason , humans seem to realize. Not sure why people fail to realize that so often but they do !
Turtle Anton noms ?
Turtle: "God you humans need to get a life..."
Sir Attenborough, you're my idol, you are one of those people that must live eternally. Long live to you.
Starting fires and spooking walruses off a cliff this guy is not a hero at all. Think about it.
I used to have a huge one of these as a pet fifty years ago when I was a kid. They weren't protected back then that I know of . They will also breed in captivity. I kept mine for years before releasing it back into a longleaf preserve with the help of a professor at Georgia Southern University.
I have no clue why but ive fallen in love with it. That tortoise is now my favourite animal of all.
"I wonder where this tortoise will go"... As he is standing over the home of the tortoise ..
Where are we gonna get a forest fire?
Cameraman: Well, I have a lighter
Director: *smiles*
That's probably what happened. Call the local fire department and ask if they'd like to do some brush fire training.
big difference between forest and bush fire lol
I live in Florida and bush fires are super common
You just need to be in SoCal around summer and you'll have several dozen fires to choose from.
“CUT!...Let’s do it again. Only this time I want an even BIGGER fire. 🔥 Let’s burn the entire swamp down so we can film this turtle 🐢 ....And ACTION!”
Sir David.......you're wonderful!!! Thanks SO MUCH......again! D
Turtle: waddup
Snake: ey
Turtle: need some shade?
Snake: just for a bit, but I’ll be out of your way.
Turtle: k man. Make ur self at home.
Snake: thx
thankssssss....
It's a tortoise
Armadillo: "Don't mind me, my reptilian friends :D...."
Here we are, 13 years later
Girl: want to meet me at my house?
Turtle: i cant. Im digging holes.
Girl: im alone.
Turtle: 2:56
It might be a small thing for you, but he is a tortoise not a turtle.
- from a reptile lover
Carp anman-- Well, technically tortoises are a type of turtle. A dry land turtle. -From a zoologist.
@@banishedfromthedwarfplanet530 Technically, a dry land turtle is a animal, which is made of atoms, which also make up rocks. So, dry land turtles are varients of rocks. -From That One Annoying Internet Warrior that nobody likes.
shadowblobSS-- I agree with your last sentence.
😀😀😀
wow! what an ecosystem! Thank you Sir David Attenborough for your precious efforts and contributions to explaining the nature to Human beings. Thank you once again
I'm a sucker for this video, I watch every time YT recommends it
Tortoise learned DIG
Tortoise lit the place up and ran to his underground lair, all in a vain effort to rid his hill of the human invasion.
Lol fucking pokémon😂
Shout out to my dude the dessert tortoise. Saving critters lives one hole at a time
“We need to showcase how animals react in a bushfire”
“But there are none right now”
“Hold my beer”
Can we please just take a minute to appreciate the hustle of the tortoise?
beautiful tawtus 😍😍
they are so nice animals slow and peaceful i love them
I've been on RUclips since before this was uploaded. Yet here I am only now getting to see the glory of this magnificent leisurely gentleman... 🐢💚
My family several generations back caused them to become endangered in our area because they ate so many of them, I'm glad they're started to come back in larger numbers because I grew up with them in my yard as a child and inspired me to major in herpetology
Yeah, not unusual in Fla and poor people needing a meal.
Been watching these on 9 in Saint Louis MO for thirty years and I still get excited. Great clip.
So cute when he was going turbo speed over the fire. Glad he made it.
Tortoises are awesome
Never knew a Tortoise can run that fast lol
TORTOISES SAVE LIVES!!!
Its so awesome that they actually set the forrest on fire for those great shots of running animals
Tortoise also have free housing and don't need to pay rent. It saves creatures from careless fires and they are harmless. I love tortoise too. They also beat the hare.
Thank you for posting.
Peace.
A truly magnificent and beautiful animal. Always been my favorite(although I love all animals) since I was a kid.
safe to assume yall started that fire for the shot.
They probably just reached out to the forestry service to find out where the next controlled burns were going to be (Florida pineland habitat needs fires every few years, otherwise the new pines don't sprout and the habitat gets replaced with oaks and the like).
God I love Attenborough. One of my heroes
Tortoise: Give me rent
Snake: I’LL GIVE YOU RENT WHEN YOU FIX THE DAM DOOR
Tortoise not turtle.
@@timdeathly oops
That is absolutely incredible
“I’m right BEHIND... (laughs to self)” this guy looool
Salutations Sir David Attenborough and your team , for your time and dedication in bringing us such documentaries 🙏
I don't understand people... Especially those who sit down in the comfort of their homes and judge the work of those who battle life and death in the wild, just to bring out such videos to humanity, so they can understand how animals are so much more hard working, intelligent and co-existent.
Well said, and true. And, if you can't do the physica l work to help, try and donate to a good org. that helps. - I believe this about any charity or cause. Even small amounts add up. Or write, email government, etc. Don't just pray, send good thoughts, criticize, etc, although that's fine, Do something. Take positive action for the voiceless.
Imagine just going into your house with the lights closed into your bed and just seeing this behind you
I learned more from this one old guy then I learned from literally anyone else about science and animals.
I DIDNT KNOW THEY WERE THAT DEEP. I live in Florida and have them in my yard
The amount of noise that machine created really stood out. Tortoises are such quiet and gentle creatures.
Nice dog.
If I was that tortoise, I'd be charging some rent from other animals to stay in my burrow. You want to hang out here come noon? Best bring me a salad, buster.
I just wanted to say hi from this comment 8 years ago
One of my favorite animals on the planet.
I want David Attenborough to narrate my life.
praise the dog!